Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Job Description

Core working hours are Monday - Friday, between 7am - 7pm.

This scope of work involves supporting the External Analytical Strategy and Management (EASM) team. The scope of these services is associated with assuring all equipment calibration and service documentation has been completed compliantly ensuring the equipment is fit for usage in a GMP environment.

• Checking instrument calibration/service data (Performance Verification and Preventative Maintenance data) for multiple analytical instruments/equipment e.g. HPLC, Dissolution equipment, KF, stability chambers, etc.
• Foundational knowledge of authoring Quality documents based on templates for example Quality Agreements, Equipment Validation documents (URS, Validation Plans, Third Party Protocol Approvals, Decommissioning documentation).
• Author/update SOPs, Calibration protocols.
• Foundational familiarity with scientific instrumentation and scientific applications.
• Build capabilities in supporting compliance and integrity of quality systems to maintain GMP and any associated remedial activities.
• Under instruction support the introduction of new equipment / technology via documentation processes.
• Document data as dictated.
• Under instruction support internal audits and regulatory inspections.
• Ensure that the client gets the best possible service by continually reviewing best practice in relation to both commercial and quality issues and ensuring 100% ethical work standards.
• To learn and be aware of the client’s requirements and strive to meet or exceed those requirements keeping in mind the client process end points.
• To learn to deal with client queries and contact designated personnel, with appropriate support from onsite leadership.
• To ensure uniformity, reproducibility, and reliability in all work practices.
• Identify opportunities for improvement of quality and service and work with the team to implement continuous improvement.
• Work flexibly with multiple project teams as required.
• Support less experienced staff in techniques where the Scientist is competent.
• Attend meetings as required related to scope of work.
• To participate in the preparation of reports.
• To become fully familiar with and keep up to date with any technological advances in their area, ensuring their training is complete and adjusting their work as required with approval from the Lead Analyst.
• Once competent train as required, other members of staff in processes, techniques and equipment in which the scientist is competent.
• To adhere to all customer standards in the areas of safety, housekeeping and quality, notifying management of any discrepancies.

Qualifications

• A sound, fundamental knowledge of pharmaceutical science, manufacturing or engineering, including material science or analytical chemistry is desired.
• Some relevant experience of pharmaceutical product analysis and/or manufacturing within a group organization.
• Basic familiarity with authoring Quality documents based on templates for example Quality Agreements; Equipment Validation documents (URS, Validation Plans, Third Party Protocol Approvals, Decommissioning documentation) would be beneficial.
• Foundational understanding of analytical instrumentation and scientific applications (e.g.: Empower Chromatographic Data System) and laboratory environments.
• Foundational experience of authoring/updating SOPs, Calibration protocols.
• Previous experience of supporting compliance and integrity of quality systems to maintain GMP and any associated remedial activities.
• Familiarity with supporting the introduction of new equipment / technology via documentation processes.
• Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy whilst meeting deadlines in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
• Good communication skills both internally and externally and avoids making mistakes that will hinder the understanding of his/her written and verbal exchanges.
• Strong interpersonal skills to form strong working relationships with colleagues driving collaboration.
• Good understanding of compliance with an eye for detail.
• Passionate about quality and customer service.

Additional Information

Benefits

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Life Assurance (4 times annual salary)
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay Scheme 
• Company Pension Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.
• Free car parking
• Worldwide career opportunities
• Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle.

What Happens Next
Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths. 
 
Your data 
As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.
 
Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
 
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. 

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/