SGS: Senior Chemist - Geochemistry / Mineral Laboratory — Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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 Senior Chemist - Geochemistry / Mineral Laboratory in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, under reference REF92233G. 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: Permanent
• Legal Entity: SGS Inspection Services Saudi Arabia Ltd.
• Brands: SGS

Responsibilities and work described

• The Senior Chemist will lead technical activities within the Geochemistry Laboratory, ensuring reliable analytical results, compliance with ISO/IEC 17025 requirements and efficient laboratory operations
• The role also supports laboratory accreditation and deputises for the Laboratory Manager or Assistant Laboratory Manager when required
• Technical Leadership and Laboratory Operations
• Leadership: and coordinate daily analytical activities within the Geochemistry Laboratory, ensuring compliance with approved methods, procedures and applicable standards
• Leadership: the development, validation, verification and implementation of analytical methods
• Review: analytical data, investigate non-conforming results and coordinate appropriate corrective actions
• Oversee the performance, calibration, maintenance and troubleshooting of laboratory equipment and analytical instruments
• Maintenance: the integrity of LIMS and support improvements to laboratory systems and workflows
• Coordination: proficiency testing, inter-laboratory comparisons and quality-control programmes
• Monitoring: laboratory consumables, certified reference materials (CRMs), reagents and inventory requirements
• Quality Management and Accreditation
• Leadership: and support the establishment, achievement and maintenance of ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation
• Quality / delivery: laboratory activities comply with quality management system requirements and applicable technical standards
• Coordination: accreditation assessments, internal and external audits, corrective actions and continuous-improvement initiatives
• Quality / delivery: technical documentation, analytical records and quality-control data are accurate, complete and properly maintained
• Train, coach and assess the technical competency of Chemists and other laboratory personnel

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Geochemistry or a related scientific discipline
• Minimum 7 years of laboratory experience, including at least 3 years in a senior or supervisory position
• Relevant experience in a geochemistry, mineral testing or analytical laboratory
• Technical knowledge of ICP-OES, ICP-MS, Fire Assay and laboratory analytical methods
• Good understanding of ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation and laboratory quality management systems
• Technical leadership, decision-making and problem-solving abilities
• Written and spoken English, including technical report writing
• Proficiency: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Commitment to SGS standards of health and safety, integrity and professional conduct

Location, schedule and contract conditions

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• Work arrangement: On-site
• Advertised location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Pay and application dates

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How to apply to SGS

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Practical preparation: Excel

Excel examples should identify the task, the data and the checks used to avoid an incorrect result. Explain whether you built a reporting workbook, reconciled records, automated a process or maintained an existing model.

Relevant skills

• Excel
• PowerPoint
• ISO
• maintenance
• laboratory testing
• chemistry
• audit
• compliance
• inventory
• technical documentation
• problem resolution
• safety management