Technical Employee - Processing and Analysis of Water and Soil Samples 80% (m/f/d)
Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL
Birmensdorf
Key information
- Publication date:01 October 2025
- Workload:80%
- Place of work:Birmensdorf
Job summary
The Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL focuses on environmental sustainability. Join a team dedicated to protecting nature and managing natural hazards.
Tasks
- Conduct sampling and analysis of water and soil samples.
- Handle laboratory tasks and maintain analytical equipment.
- Collaborate with fieldwork and research projects in biogeochemistry.
Skills
- Completed vocational training as a chemistry lab technician.
- Strong communication skills and teamwork orientation.
- Fluent in at least one national language and good English.
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The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, with around 600 employees, is part of the ETH domain. It deals with the sustainable use and protection of the environment as well as responsible management of natural hazards.
Technical Employee - Processing and Analysis of Water and Soil Samples 80% (m/f/d)
The research unit Forest and Soil Ecology, which investigates the effects of environmental changes on material flows in ecosystems, is looking for a member for the Soil Biogeochemistry group for initially 2 years (option for permanent employment)
Within the framework of the research program "Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research (LWF)", you work for the nationwide monitoring of nutrient cycles in forests. You take on central tasks in sampling, sample processing, and chemical analysis of aqueous samples (precipitation, stemflow, soil solution), plants, and soil samples. In particular, you are responsible for sample receipt from the field to the laboratory, sample processing, and various chemical analyses. As part of the laboratory team, you take responsibility for the maintenance of assigned analytical instruments. Furthermore, you also take on fieldwork duties as a deputy.
You have completed vocational training as a laboratory technician EFZ specializing in chemistry and bring relevant experience in an analytical-chemical laboratory. For fieldwork, you have a category B driving license. You are a team-oriented personality with good communication skills, which facilitates your work at the interface between field and laboratory and between different laboratories, as well as the exchange with the scientific staff of the LWF program and within the Forest and Soil Ecology research unit. In addition to mastering at least one national language, you can communicate well in English.
Please send your complete application to Beatrice Lamprecht, Human Resources WSL, by submitting the required documents via our application portal. Applications by e-mail or post will not be considered. For questions, Dr. Frank Hagedorn (frank.hagedorn@wsl.ch; +41 44 739 24 63) is happy to assist you. At WSL, diversity and inclusion are lived values. We are committed to gender equality and promoting an open and inclusive working environment.
