Laboratory assistant

Want a role with real-world impact? As an Laboratory assistant / Chemical Laboratory Technician - Innovation (all genders) - 2 years at Reckitt, you’ll have the freedom to help develop products that touch millions of lives. Worldwide.

Laboratory assistant / Chemical Laboratory Technician - Innovation (all genders) - 2 years
Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg

Competitive Salary & excellent benefits package

Focusing on one of our biggest brands - you’ll innovate products of tomorrow that solve real problems and improve the lives of millions of people globally. Working with experts from different teams, you’ll analyse, interpret and evaluate test results and consider their implications.

You will

• Work directly in the laboratory on innovating new formulations and test methods for our products of tomorrow
• Submit suggestions for improvements to products and methods
• Prepare and perform storage tests according to SOP
• Sample preparation for analysis and performance tests
• Perform and document performance tests; perform and document analysis methods and product tests
• Record raw materials in the chemical register

You’ll succeed because you...

...have a bachelor's in chemistry or are a chemical laboratory technician (CTA, chemical technician or laboratory assistant, biotechnician/bio lab technician), ideally with first professional experience in the field of development of homecare products (e.g.detergents and cleaning agents)
...have interest, and ideally first work experience in innovation teams

...like to work with other innovation scientists in the team to bring new ideas for our detergent products

...have good communication skills in English and German (German nice to have)
...have basic Microsoft Office software knowledge (Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
...are a creative head with the wish to bring your own ideas to progress in development
...work independently, carefully and reliable
...like to think outside the box and challenge the status quo
...have good organizational and coordination skills for laboratory work

You’ll love it because...

...you’ll get to make an impact like never before. You’ll be responsible for your own projects - we can’t wait to listen to your ideas. The products you help us get out there will make people’s lives better. Our iconic brands will provide an incredible platform for you. And our dynamic, ownership-driven culture will help bring the very best out of you, every day.

​If you have any questions, please contact us at careers_dach_nordics@reckitt.com.

At Reckitt, we recognise that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. That’s why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. Come and join a team whose purpose is to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner and healthier world.

All qualified applicants to Reckitt will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.