Testing Technician

Company Description

We are SGS – the world's leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. Our 100, 000 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world. Our brand promise – when you need to be sure – underscores our commitment to trust, integrity and reliability.

SGS’s Industries and Environment services help businesses ensure safety, sustainability, and compliance through testing, inspection, certification, and consulting—supporting sectors from manufacturing to infrastructure and environmental management.

Job Description

• Job Title: Gas Testing Engineer (Testing Technician) 
• Location: Field based, North London & East Anglia Regions 
• Salary: From £30,000, including a company van 
• Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am-5pm (flexibility with travel requirements)

Are you working in a testing, inspection, laboratory, engineering, environmental, or technical role and looking for something different? Do you enjoy hands-on work, visiting customer sites, solving problems, and producing technical reports?

We're looking for a Gas Testing Engineer to join our growing team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to develop specialist skills in gas testing, sampling, analysis, and reporting.

No previous gas testing experience is required. Full training will be provided.

This role is ideal for candidates based in North London, Hertfordshire, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, or the wider East Anglia region, with regular travel across customer sites throughout the South East and East Anglia.

About the Role

This is a hands-on technical role combining site work, sampling, testing, data analysis, and customer interaction. You'll be responsible for carrying out onsite gas testing activities, collecting samples for laboratory analysis, reviewing results, and producing reports that help customers maintain compliance and operational performance.

What You'll Be Doing

• Carrying out onsite gas testing and analysis activities at customer locations.
• Collecting gas and environmental samples to send for laboratory analysis.
• Preparing, labelling, and dispatching samples to laboratories, ensuring all quality procedures are followed.
• Reviewing analytical results and producing accurate reports for customers.
• Working with testing and monitoring equipment to carry out site activities
• Building strong relationships with customers and providing a professional service.
• Travelling throughout North London, the South East, and East Anglia, with occasional travel elsewhere in the UK.

Qualifications

Who We're Looking For

We're looking for someone from a testing, inspection, laboratory, engineering, or technical background who wants to develop a career in gas testing and analysis.

You may be working as a Laboratory Technician, Inspection Technician, Environmental Technician, Field Technician, Engineering Technician, Quality Technician, or similar.

Qualifications & Experience

• Educated to A-Levels, BTEC, NVQ, apprenticeship, HNC, or equivalent experience.
• Ideally have experience in a testing, inspection, laboratory, environmental, engineering, or industrial environment.
• Strong attention to detail and a practical, hands-on approach.
• Good communication and report-writing skills.
• Full UK driving licence.

No degree required. Full training provided.

Additional Information

At SGS, we believe in rewarding our employees for their hard work and commitment. As part of our team, you would be eligible for:

• Private medical cover (BUPA)
• Pension scheme + Life Assurance
• Generous Annual Leave allowance
• An additional day off for your birthday
• Retailer Discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity and adoption pay
• Length of Service Awards
• Christmas Vouchers
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives
• Discounted Gym Membership

SGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristics protected by law.

APPLY NOW for full consideration, if you are selected for an interview, or further consideration, we will be in touch with you directly