Job Description

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.

Eurofins Professional Scientific Services (PSS) is part of the Global Eurofins Business with over 61,000 employees. Eurofins PSS recruits full time scientists on permanent positions at client sites working collaboratively side by side with clients at their site on their projects and helping to develop and bring new medicines to patients to help improve and save lives.



This is a full time, permanent position. Working a 35 hour, flexibly between 07:00 - 19:00 Monday - Friday.

The purpose of this job is to perform analysis of pharmaceutical raw materials, drug substance, and finished product and produce accurate results within an acceptable timeframe.

Job Responsibilities:

• To perform routine and non-routine analysis using traditional and modern analytical techniques, as required by the Lead Analyst or customer representative.
• To review analytical data for GMP compliance.
• To initiate and follow-up OOS results and action limits as per customer procedures.
• To participate in the preparation of reports.
• To document data as dictated by the client\'s policies and procedures.
• To collect and measure productivity through agreed metrics such as number of tests performed, cycle times, lab/product issues, number of hours worked per project, etc.
• To attend meetings with the client as required to assess productivity and ensure the group\'s capacity is fully utilised. This will include presenting performance metrics to demonstrate efficiency and quality service levels. To prepare and approve results for tests in which they have received the appropriate training and are deemed competent.
• To keep up to date with any technological or method revisions in their area, ensuring their training is complete and adjusting their work as required with approval from the Lead Analyst.
• To perform QC samples in accordance with customer procedures.
• To revise SOPs as required by the Lead Analyst, or as dictated by the client.
• To provide cover for other members of staff as required and for taking part in the customer\'s weekend rota and/or overtime schedule.
• Assist the lead analyst as required in terms of team planning, resourcing, and recruiting as needed.

Qualifications

• A degree in Chemistry or a related discipline is required. MSc in relevant area an advantage.
• Minimum 5 years\' relevant experience of pharmaceutical analysis in a development laboratory, or equivalent, is desired.
• A sound, fundamental knowledge of Chemistry is essential.
• Experience with traditional analytical techniques as well as modern instrumental equipment (HPLC, GC, Karl Fischer, Dissolution, and UV spectroscopy). Able interpret raw data and draw conclusions regarding troubleshooting of instruments and methods. Can support others technically by giving advice or mentoring with regards to analytical functions.
• Thorough understanding of chromatographic techniques.
• Thorough understanding of requirements for working in a GMP environment and can coach others in this regard.
• Ability to quickly learn new processes. Takes initiative to become local expert in areas where there is a gap in knowledge and shares that knowledge appropriately as required.
• Ability to work on own initiative and be capable of developing solutions to problems as part of a team.
• Willing to operate in a flexible manner and be able to switch priorities at short notice. Seeks new ideas to make improvements within own area of control.
• Good understanding of drug development and production lifecycle in the context of their work.

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:

• Reward & Recognition
• 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 to 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.

Application Tips

It\'s really helpful for our Recruitment Team if you include a full up to date CV, your current location and a contact number so we can talk to you about our exciting opportunities. Please also detail your current Right to Work status in the UK.

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 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!

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