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
37.5 hours per week, Tuesday - Saturday 06:00 - 14:00
- Organisation and registration of water samples as required by client request.
- Typing and data entry of paper submission records and meticulous choosing of test requirements.
- Prioritisation and time management of samples to maintain a continuous flow of samples and aiding the laboratory to test samples within desired stability times.
- Identify deviated samples as per procedure and apply deviating comments.
- E-mail contact with clients with any sample queries in a professional manner.
- To undertake good housekeeping, involving strict aseptic techniques.
- Management of stock and ordering consumables for both laboratory and the client.
- Arranging subcontracting and couriers where required.
- Aiding the laboratory with any peripheral tasks to aid the efficient processing of samples
- Adhering to documented procedures for all aspects of laboratory work, ensuring that all relevant information concerning samples is recorded, that samples are handled correctly, and that all necessary records and quality data are maintained.
- Responsible for ensuring that UK health and safety legislation is maintained and helping to ensure that the working environment is kept in a clean and tidy manner with due attention to the careful maintenance of all laboratory fittings and equipment.
- Work with the team to drive the laboratory forward through continuous improvement.
- Knowledge of Laboratory Quality Manual to ensure compliance at all times with the policies, procedures and associated documents which are referred to in the manual.
- To assist through operating best practice to meet the requirements of the UKAS accreditation standard.
- Provide a high level of internal and external customer care.
Qualifications
Essential
- Maths, English, Chemistry or Biology at GCSE grade C or above or equivalent.
- Knowledge of aseptic techniques and basic microbiology.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Computer literate.
- Experience in working in a fast paced environment.
- Good laboratory skills and practices.
- Enthusiasm, energy and a driven outlook. Good team player.
Desirable
- Degree in microbiology or related field
- Knowledge of UKAS, ISO methods
- One year’s laboratory experience.
- Experience of Laboratory electronic management systems
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 and Recognition
- Health Cash Plan
- Life Assurance (4 times annual salary).
- Company Pension Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.
- 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 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/
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