LGC Standards is a division of LGC Group, the UK’s designated National Measurement Institute for chemical and bioanalytical measurements. We are a leading global manufacturer and service provider of quality assurance and research tools, supporting analytical needs of customers in more than 120 countries worldwide.
Job Descriptionwe’re seeking an ambitious Web QA Tester to join our team. This outstanding opportunity allows you to work closely with our outstanding web product management, engineering, and QA teams to ensure a flawless digital experience for our customers. By carefully performing tests and collaborating with various departments, you will help us maintain our competitive edge in the industry and provide outstanding quality to our clients.
Key Responsibilities
- Complete manual testing of website features and journeys, including functional, UAT, regression, and end-to-end testing, to ensure changes meet business, functional, and quality requirements.
- Identify, document, and track defects using test management tools (e.g., Jira), providing complete and accurate evidence including steps, encouraged vs. actual results, and severity.
- Develop and maintain test cases, test plans, and regression packs to ensure comprehensive and consistent pre-release validation across sprint cycles.
- Work closely with web product management, engineering, QA, and business analysts to clarify requirements, validate fixes, support UAT, and contribute to release readiness.
- Conduct cross-browser and mobile testing, investigate behavioral or functional issues, and provide input on opportunities for future automation.
- Provide structured support to the L1/L2 web support teams. Validate issues, clarify defects, and supply clear test evidence. This enables rapid and accurate resolution of customer-reported problems.
- Support knowledge transfer activities by identifying recurring support gaps and helping train teams or departments to strengthen platform understanding and reduce repeat issues.
Skills You'll Use Every Day
- Strong attention to detail with a methodical, analytical approach to problem-solving and clear written and verbal communication.
- Ability to complete structured manual testing, including functional, UAT, regression, and end-to-end testing, with an understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) principles.
- Proficiency in identifying and reporting defects through tools like Jira, TestRail, or similar platforms.
- Ability to coordinate closely with web product management, engineering, QA, and BA teams to aid in addressing problems and boost the clarity and quality of testing.
- Comfortable performing cross-browser and cross-device validation to identify functional or usability issues.
- Strong organizational abilities with the capacity to adhere to structured procedures, handle competing priorities, and meet sprint-based deadlines.
- Curious, proactive approach with a willingness to learn new tools, techniques, and QA practices.
- Practical experience in manual functional testing of web applications, including writing and accomplishing test cases, scenarios, and scripts.
- Experience using test and defect tracking tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or TestRail, with the ability to detail clear evidence and maintain organized test artifacts.
- Exposure to Agile/Scrum delivery environments, participating in sprint ceremonies and contributing to iterative delivery and continuous improvement.
- Foundational understanding of HTML/CSS, API testing concepts, or browser developer tools, with interest in developing technical testing skills over time.
- Experience supporting UAT execution, validating acceptance criteria, and providing structured test evidence for release readiness.
- Ability to analyze functional requirements and translate them into effective test coverage, identifying risks, dependencies, and gaps.
- Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience working with digital products or SaaS platforms.
- Location: This role is based in London on a hybrid basis, 2-3 days on-site per week.
- Apply now to join LGC and be a part of our journey to provide flawless digital experiences!
Our Values
- Passion: Pride in our achievements engenders passion for our work and it translates into our ambition to make the world a safer place
- Curiosity: We constantly look forward to what's next: our curiosity for today's discoveries makes tomorrow's innovations possible
- Integrity: A commitment to high ethical standards has been at the heart of LGC since we started testing the integrity of products in 1842
- Brilliance: We strive to be the very best in everything we say and do. We exceed customers' expectations through innovation and pioneering science
- Respect: We respect gender, age, nationality, religion and individuality – our diversity is our strength
Equal Opportunities
LGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents regardless of age, disability, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief. Short listing, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender, sexual orientation, marital status, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, age, or trade union membership.
Skills Required
- Practical experience in manual functional testing of web applications, including writing and executing test cases, scenarios, and scripts.
- Experience using test and defect tracking tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or TestRail, with the ability to provide clear evidence and maintain test artifacts.
- Exposure to Agile/Scrum delivery environments and participation in sprint ceremonies.
- Foundational understanding of HTML and CSS, API testing concepts, and browser developer tools.
- Experience supporting UAT execution, validating acceptance criteria, and providing structured test evidence for release readiness.
- Ability to analyze functional requirements and translate them into effective test coverage, identifying risks and gaps.
- Strong attention to detail, clear written and verbal communication, and organizational abilities to meet sprint deadlines.
- Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience with digital products or SaaS platforms.
LGC Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about LGC and has not been reviewed or approved by LGC.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, and vision coverage with FSA/HSA options are consistently part of the package, and private medical is cited where applicable in the UK. Coverage is often characterized as solid alongside other core benefits.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with employer contribution in the U.S. and pension schemes in the UK, complemented by life and disability insurance. These elements are highlighted as part of a standard-to-competitive core package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, sick leave, and family leave are broadly available, with some sites offering a year‑end shutdown. Flexibility and local leave programs contribute to a generally well-rounded time‑off offering.
LGC Insights
What We Do
LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality and range. LGC’s tools play a key role in customer workflows from discovery applications through to commercial manufacture and enable its customers to: bring new diagnostics and therapies to market; progress research and development; optimise food production; and continuously monitor and enhance the quality of food, the environment and consumer products. LGC’s 175+ years of scientific heritage, combined with a track record of innovation and value-enhancing acquisitions, has enabled the company to build its product portfolio and expertise, and develop deep relationships with customers, industry partners and the global scientific community. LGC’s core purpose of Science for a safer world and its core values of passion, curiosity, integrity, brilliance and respect, drive its culture. As of 30 June 2021, it employs 4,350 employees, of which over 1,175 employees hold PhD and/or master’s degrees. Its products and services are delivered by highly qualified and experienced teams, operating from a global network of accredited sites that showcase its scientific and manufacturing capabilities.
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