Job Title: Laboratory Technician
Location: Hillington Park; Glasgow, Scotland
Contract: Full time, Permanent – Thursday to Monday - Thursday - Sunday 7.5 hours, Monday 7 hours (37 hours)
Package includes Salary £26,154.52 a year, and access to flexible benefits that support your development, wellbeing, and everyday life.
We regret that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support with work authorisation for this position.
About the role:
As a Laboratory Technician at AB Agri, you will be an essential part of our busy laboratory team based at the Hillington site near Glasgow.
Your role will focus on the accurate and efficient processing of a high volume of samples, with the first six months dedicated to sample reception, registration, and preparation.
Following this initial period, you will receive comprehensive training to develop your skills in various testing areas, including PCR and disease testing, with the goal of becoming fully proficient across the lab over time.
This role requires a strong attention to detail, the ability to work consistently in a fast-paced, repetitive environment, and a commitment to following standard operating procedures.
What you'll be doing:
- Receive, open, and register a high volume of laboratory samples daily, ensuring accurate and efficient processing.
- Perform repetitive, routine tasks with precision, maintaining consistency and attention to detail in sample handling.
- Participate in comprehensive training over the first six months to develop skills in various laboratory testing areas, including PCR and disease testing.
- Follow standard operating procedures and quality standards to maintain laboratory compliance and ensure reliable test results.
- Work collaboratively within a team in a fast-paced environment, adapting to peak periods of increased sample volume during seasonal spikes.
- Support ongoing laboratory operations by maintaining cleanliness and organisation of work areas and equipment.
What we're looking for:
- Ability to work accurately and consistently in a fast-paced, repetitive laboratory environment, with a strong focus on sample handling and registration.
- Willingness to learn and develop technical skills through comprehensive on-the-job training across various laboratory testing areas over time.
- Comfortable following standard operating procedures and maintaining exacting standards of quality and safety.
- Good teamwork skills combined with the ability to work independently and take initiative when required.
- Strong attention to detail to ensure accurate sample processing and data recording.
- Basic computer skills to manage sample registration and laboratory documentation efficiently.
Where growth meets purpose
What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together, we’re shaping a world where responsible nutrition is accessible to all. With a big goal comes equally big opportunities to make a career that truly feels like your own. As a team we’re collaborative, purpose-driven and encourage trying new ideas. We also find ways to nourish your individual journey, so everyone can feel proud of the difference that they make in their own way.
We’re thrilled to share that AB Agri has been recognised as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025. This is a proud moment for us all. It highlights the real progress we’ve made to build a workplace that is inclusive, supportive, and fair for everyone. Over the last 5 years we have rebuilt our talent management practices, from inclusive hiring, to transparent pay frameworks, flexible work, and the momentum of our Employee Network Groups. Our actions are embedding inclusion at the heart of how we operate and creating a culture where people can be themselves
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.
Decoding milk data, building robust insights.
When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.
About us
We’re National Milk Records (NMR) a part of the AB Agri community committed to investing in an innovative range of milk quality, herd health and genomic testing services, generating data and building robust insights that empower farmers to make informed decisions on cow productivity.
We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry.
Application Notes
We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes.
When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions, and this won’t affect your application.
Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.
Agencies and media sales
AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
