Process Technician

Location: St Albans
Salary: Not specified
Job Type: Temp
Sector: Scientific
Date Posted: 15 May 2026
Reference: 55504

About The Role

The One Group

Process Technician

Ongoing temporary opportunity with potential to become permanent

St Albans area

 

Are you a practical, hands-on technician who enjoys working in a laboratory or process development environment where no two days are exactly the same?

 

This is an opportunity to join a growing technical business with a great culture at an exciting stage of development, supporting hands-on laboratory and process activity within a collaborative, highly capable team.

 

The role would suit someone who enjoys practical problem-solving, working with equipment, following and improving procedures, and supporting experiments or process activity that contributes to wider scale-up and development work.

 

You will be involved in setting up, operating and cleaning down laboratory/process equipment, supporting day-to-day lab operations, working safely to SOPs, helping maintain documentation, gathering information and feeding back observations to support continuous improvement.

 

This is not a role for someone who wants to sit in a defined box. It would suit someone who is adaptable, self-motivated, practical, safety-conscious and comfortable working in an environment where ideas are shared and improvements are welcomed.

 

You will need:

 

  • Previous hands-on experience in a laboratory, process, pilot plant, R&D or technical operations environment

  • A strong health and safety mindset

  • Experience working with SOPs, procedures or risk assessments

  • Good practical aptitude with equipment

  • Strong attention to detail

  • The confidence to communicate clearly and work collaboratively

  • A flexible, proactive approach

 

Experience with process development, pilot-scale work, materials, chemical processes, equipment troubleshooting, continuous improvement or practical mechanical/electrical tasks would be beneficial.

 

The role is based mainly onsite and is initially offered on a temporary ongoing basis, with potential to become permanent as the business continues to grow.

 

For someone who enjoys being close to the action, solving practical problems and working as part of a small, intelligent and supportive technical team, this could be a really interesting next step. Get in touch to find out more!

To apply for this job email your details to ccircuitt@theonegroup.co.uk

About The ONE Group

The ONE Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy with offices in Cambridge, Peterborough, Northampton, and Hertfordshire.

We recruit across Technology, Engineering & Manufacturing, Scientific, Sales, and Marketing, with consultants who specialise in their sector rather than trying to cover everything. This focused approach allows us to provide deeper market knowledge, stronger networks, and better hiring outcomes for both clients and candidates.

Our expertise spans permanent, contract, and senior-level appointments. Most importantly, the majority of our business comes from repeat clients and referrals, reflecting the long-term relationships we build and the trust we earn through consistently delivering results.

What Happens Next

1

One of our consultants will review your application within one working day.

2

If your experience looks like a fit, we'll be in touch for a quick conversation to understand what you're looking for.

3

From there, we'll talk you through the role properly, prepare you for interview, and stay alongside you through to your start date.

4

Whatever happens with this role, we'll keep your details on file, with your permission, so we can flag other opportunities that suit you.

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THE ONE GROUP

Where we're from,
and how we got here

Twenty years of specialist recruitment in the East – and a lot of small decisions that added up.

TOG started in Peterborough in 2004 with a small team and a simple idea: that recruitment is a people business, done best by specialists who stay in their sector long enough to know it properly.

More than two decades on, we've grown into four offices across the East of England and Home Counties. We recruit for finance leaders, HR directors, engineering managers, tech founders, scientists, and the commercial teams that keep businesses running day to day. Between us, we've built up over 258 years of collective recruitment experience across our specialist divisions, and a network of more than 150,000 candidates we've placed, coached, or come to know across two decades in the region.

The founding principle hasn't changed. Recruitment as it should be.

OUR STORY

Key events timeline

2004

Doors open in Peterborough.

Our first office launches with a team of six on Lynch Wood. Cambridge follows the same year, giving us two offices before our first anniversary.

2015

Northampton makes it three.

Our third office opens with a team of five, quickly growing to eleven consultants covering the wider Midlands region.

2017

Peterborough moves across the road.

The team has outgrown the founding office. We move into Arena House on Lynch Wood, big enough for a growing consultant base and the back-office team that supports the whole group.

2018

Cambridge moves too.

Our second office relocates to Cambourne Business Park, giving the growing Cambridge team the space it now needs.

2023

Four offices, three counties, one very good year.

The Hertfordshire & Essex office opens in Potters Bar, extending our footprint into the Home Counties.

In the same year, we're named Business of the Year in Northamptonshire, and Employer of the Year in both Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire at the regional SME Business Awards. Three counties, three panels.

TODAY

Still growing.

Four offices, more than 258 years of collective recruitment experience across our specialist divisions, and a network of over 150,000 candidates.

Same founding principle.

SPECIALISTS BY DESIGN

What we do

We're specialists, not generalists. Every consultant at TOG focuses on one sector and stays in it. Not because it's the only way to do recruitment, but because it's how you build the depth to spot the difference between a strong CV and a strong hire.

It's also why so many of our clients come back to us years, even decades, after a first placement.

01
Accountancy & Finance
→
 02
Human Resources
→
 03
Commercial Office
Administration, customer service, project management and more
→
 04
Technology
→
 05
Engineering & Manufacturing
→
 06
Scientific
→
 07
Sales, Marketing & Creative
→
 08
Executive Search
Across all of the above
→

Beyond the recruitment itself, we produce annual salary guides, regional market reports, and the practical resources our clients and candidates turn to when they want a clearer view of what's happening in their sector.

THE WAY WE WORK

How we work

Four principles show up in every conversation and every process.
01

Be curious.

We stay interested in the market we work in, and in the people who work in it.

02

Keep it human.

We remember your kids' names and know how you take your coffee. That's just how we work here.

03

Make a difference.

We're here to help people build careers they love and businesses they're proud of.

04

Enjoy the ride.

Recruitment is a career, but it should be fun too. If it isn't, we've done something wrong.

WHAT COMES NEXT?

Recruitment
as it should be.

Hire with TOG → Looking for a role →
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