SGS: Laboratory Sample Receipt Assistant — Glasgow, United Kingdom

About SGS

SGS provides testing, inspection and certification services. Its employer descriptions connect this work with quality, compliance and sustainability, using laboratory and other business facilities to deliver services. These activities address related but distinct needs: examining products or materials, assessing conditions against requirements, and establishing conformity with an applicable framework. The business provides organisations with evidence and assessments relevant to their operations, supported by scientific, technical and administrative work around the services delivered.

The position and its setting

SGS lists Laboratory Sample Receipt Assistant in Glasgow, United Kingdom, under reference REF92664H. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: Laboratory & Testing
• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 23 October 2026
• Contract Type: Standard
• Legal Entity: UK_SGS Vitrology Limited
• Brands: SGS

Responsibilities and work described

• Looking for a role where attention to detail really matters?
• Join SGS Glasgow, the Global Centre of Excellence for Biosafety Testing, and play a vital role in supporting the safe handling, tracking, storage, and shipment of samples that help bring life-saving medicines to market
• Receiving, logging, storing, and issuing samples and test items
• Preparation: shipments and coordinating sample deliveries
• Support: laboratory housekeeping, cleaning, and waste management
• Maintenance: accurate documentation and databases
• Communicating with clients and internal teams regarding samples and paperwork
• Delivery: general administrative support, including filing, scanning, and archiving

Essential requirements and candidate background

• This role would suit someone from a wide range of backgrounds, including retail, hospitality, customer service, administration, logistics, warehouse operations, healthcare, scientific support, quality, or laboratory environments
• If you enjoy being organised, helping others, and working in a structured setting, we'd love to hear from you
• You'll be:
• Highly organised with attention to detail
• Comfortable managing records, data, and multiple priorities
• Confident communicating with clients, colleagues, and stakeholders
• Proactive, reliable, and eager to learn
• A team player who enjoys supporting others and solving problems
• Interested in working in a scientific environment, although a science background is not essential
• What you'll need:
• A positive attitude and willingness to learn
• Good organisational and communication skills
• Confidence using computer systems and handling information accurately
• No laboratory experience is required
• Full training will be provided
• We're open to candidates from a variety of backgrounds, including retail, hospitality, customer service, administration, healthcare, logistics, warehouse, and other customer-focused or organised working environments

Location, schedule and contract conditions

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• Generous Annual Leave allowance (increasing with service) plus bank holidays
• Work arrangement: On-site
• Advertised location: Glasgow, United Kingdom

Pay and application dates

A verified salary figure is not established in this article. An online estimate for another Laboratory Sample Receipt Assistant vacancy is not an offer for reference REF92664H; use the employer’s own pay disclosure and recruitment communication.

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How to apply to SGS

Applications follow the official employer page linked below.

Open the official SGS posting below and match the title and reference REF92664H.

Compare your qualifications and experience with the essential conditions for the Glasgow, United Kingdom position, then read the preferred criteria separately.

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Practical preparation: laboratory testing

Laboratory experience is clearer when it names the sample or test context, the method and the checks used to establish a valid result. Explain record keeping, review and your own responsibility.

Relevant skills

• laboratory testing
• housekeeping
• customer support
• training
• logistics
• warehouse operations
• hospitality