Job Description
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
This is a permanent full time position, working a 35 hour week. The shifts will be 7 hours per day with flexibly between 07:00 & 19:00 Monday to 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.
1. Perform routine and non-routine analysis using traditional and modern analytical techniques, as required to support investigational studies undertaking a range of physical and analytical testing.
2. Manage receipt, storage and disposal of development samples.
3. Enter materials into Development Store and dispense from store as required.
4. Support introduction of new equipment into functional area.
5. Contribute to assigned project team by providing feedback on experimental protocols, data summaries and initial interpretation of data according to assigned timelines.
6. Ideal candidate will be someone who can demonstrate the ability to take initiative, work independently, provide solutions to analytical challenges and multitask.
7. Identify any opportunities for improvement of quality and service and work with the wider team to implement continuous improvement.
8. 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.
9. Ability to form strong working relationships with colleagues.
10. Seeks new ideas to make improvements within own area of control.
11. Good team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills.
12. Passionate about quality and customer service.
13. Good communication skills both internally and externally. Ability to deliver an effective presentation on technical or non-technical content when required.
Qualifications
14. A Degree in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Science, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering or Chemistry is required.
15. A sound, fundamental knowledge of Chemistry is essential.
16. Relevant experience of pharmaceutical analysis in a development laboratory, or equivalent, is desired.
17. Experience with traditional analytical techniques as well as modern instrumental equipment (HPLC, GC, Karl Fischer, Dissolution, and UV spectroscopy).
18. Thorough understanding of chromatographic techniques.
19. Thorough understanding of requirements for working in a GMP environment and can coach others in this regard.
20. Good understanding of drug development and production lifecycle in the context of their work.
21. Good communication skills both internally and externally. If needed must be able to deliver an effective presentation on technical or non-technical content.
22. 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.
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:
23. Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
24. Company Pension Plan
25. Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
26. Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
27. Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
28. Health Cash Plan
29. Health and Wellbeing Programmes
30. Free parking
31. Worldwide career opportunities
32. We also have in place rewards recognising the great work out employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.
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.