Job Description
Duties:
1. Preparation of samples as identified from work schedules
2. Enter results onto LIMS to assist with the generation of accurate and timely data in line with client expectations and UKAS standards
3. Interpretation of chromatographic data
4. Assistance in the maintenance of QC and sample data in an accurate and ordered manner in compliance with Eurofins Chemtest quality systems.
5. Assistance in maintenance programmes for the Departments specific analytical instrumentation and any other analytical equipment used by the Department. Maintenance procedures shall ensure that instruments are kept in a clean and serviceable condition and that routine in house maintenance procedures are kept up to date.
6. Maintenance, storage and labelling of adequate stocks of reagents and standards.
7. Solve basic problems with laboratory tests and consult with the Divisional Manager when turnaround deadlines cannot be met with reasons and proposals to remedy the problem.
8. Consultation with the Divisional Manager when insufficient resources are available to fulfill the duties of the Department.
Responsibilities:
9. To work in a professional and safe manner
10. To advise others to work in a professional and safe manner
11. To ensure that the laboratory areas and work surfaces are free from clutter, and any spillages on the bench, floor and especially the instruments are immediately cleaned up.
12. To assist others in the performance of their duties if trained in that area of operation and if time allows.
13. To ensure that samples are returned to the appropriate storage area after testing
14. Maintenance of confidentiality
15. To comply with all the Health and Safety and ISO14001 requirements of your role, and perform any other reasonable duties as required by the Eurofins Chemtest Business.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
16. Relevant Degree/HNC or equivalent – Science
17. 6 months relevant work experience – minimum
Skills/ Experience:
18. Organisational skills
19. Attention to detail
20. Familiarity with relevant instrumentation (particular to each department)
21. PC literate – Basic
22. Relevant analytical experience
23. Numerical & verbal reasoning
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:
24. Life Assurance (4 times annual salary)
25. Company Pension Plan
26. Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support
27. Free car parking
28. Worldwide career opportunities
29. 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!