SGS Australia is a leading provider of Testing, Inspection, and Certification services, supporting multiple industries across the country with trusted expertise and technical excellence. Backed by SGS’s global legacy of over 140 years, we operate one of the largest networks of accredited laboratories and field facilities in Australia, with a network of more than 50 offices and laboratories and over 1,600 employees across Australia. We are accredited by NATA and ISO 9001, ensuring our services meet both Australian and international standards.

Join a global leader in testing, inspection and certification, and play a key role in supporting essential environmental laboratory services.

SGS is seeking a detail-focused and organised Sample Receipt Officer to join our Portsmith team. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys hands-on work, accuracy and teamwork in a fast-paced laboratory environment. You will help ensure soil, water and air samples are received, logged, stored and prepared correctly so our laboratory can deliver high-quality, timely results for clients.

What you’ll be doing

• Receive, identify, label and store samples accurately.
• Prepare and package samples for testing or courier dispatch.
• Conduct sub-sampling where required while maintaining contamination control.
• Monitor and record sample storage fridge temperatures.
• Follow laboratory QA/QC, safety and compliance procedures.
• Assist with safe sample disposal and general housekeeping.
• Support smooth day-to-day sample log-in and laboratory operations.

What we’re looking for

• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to quality.
• Good communication, organisation and time management skills.
• A positive, reliable and team-focused approach.
• Flexibility and willingness to learn in a busy laboratory setting.
• An understanding of safe laboratory practices and QA/QC requirements.
• A relevant tertiary qualification is preferred.
• Previous commercial laboratory experience is highly regarded but not essential.

Why join SGS?

• Be part of a respected global organisation with a strong focus on quality and integrity.
• Build practical laboratory skills in a supportive team environment.
• Contribute to meaningful environmental testing services.
• Develop your knowledge through training and on-the-job learning.
• Work in a role where accuracy, safety and teamwork are valued every day.

Apply now

If you are organised, safety-minded and ready to start or grow your career in laboratory operations, we would love to hear from you. Apply today and join our Portsmith team.

Working at SGS means joining an innovative, Global company. Here are some of the benefits to working for SGS. 

•    As a company, we have embraced the shift to flexible work
•    Sustainability is embedded in our culture and the way we do business
•    Paid parental leave
•    Paid time for volunteering day and blood donations
•    Corporate health & wellbeing offers
•    Ongoing learning & development 
•    Career development opportunities (Nationally and Globally)
•    SGS Rewards: Our employee benefits platform with access to retail and online discounts and cashback

COME TO WORK AND BE 100% YOU
SGS Australia supports a diverse workforce, we encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures – including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability. Providing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is an important part of our SGS Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). We truly believe the diversity among us will continue to foster a strong, innovative, and forward-thinking workplace.

SGS Australia acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual, and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.