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 works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 61,000 staff across a network of independent companies in 61 countries, operating ca. 900 laboratories.

Performing over 450 million tests every year, Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

Ever since its IPO on the French stock exchange in 1997, Eurofins has been one of the fastest growing listed European companies. In 2022, Eurofins recorded revenues of €6,712 million.

Chemtest is part of Eurofins; we are an award winning company providing routine analytical services and bespoke specialist testing throughout the UK, Ireland and Europe. Our staff are employed across a number of strategically placed locations, all utilising the latest technologies. Our laboratories are UKAS accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and, where applicable the Environment Agency MCERTS Performance Standard for soils.

Job Description

Duties & Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: - 

• Preparation of samples as identified from work schedules
• Analyse samples by GC-MS, GC-FID, GCxGC-FID and/or HPLC, processing and interpreting data for uploading to LIMS.
• Enter results onto LIMS to assist with the generation of accurate and timely data in line with client expectations and UKAS standards
• Ensure all data meets the requirements of Eurofins Chemtest’s Quality Management System and IISO17025 guidelines.
• Assistance in maintenance programmes for the Inorganics Team’s 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.
• Maintenance, storage and labelling of adequate stocks of reagents and standards.
• Perform some troubleshooting of instruments and methods.
• Communicate promptly with the Team Leaders and/or Department Head when turnaround deadlines cannot be met with justifications and proposals to remedy the problem.
• Communicate promptly with the Team Leaders and/or Department Head when insufficient resources are available to fulfill the duties of the Department.

• Responsibilities:

• Follow established procedures to perform analysis according to work schedules.
• Operate systems, ensuring results are completed to agreed deadlines.  
• Responsibility for managing your own analytical workload which will include working with preparation staff to ensure samples are prepared for analysis according to customer requirements
• Process and interpret analytical data, uploading to LIMS
• Performing analysis within the framework of the Laboratory’s Quality Management System and in accordance with requirements of ISO17025
• Perform routine maintenance and troubleshooting of instrumentation and other analytical equipment
• Prepare samples, solutions and reagents following standard laboratory formulas and procedures.
• Process and interprets analytical results for entry onto LIMS
• To work in a professional and safe manner
• To assist others in the performance of their duties if trained in that area of operation and if time allows.
• Maintenance of confidentiality
• 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

• Relevant Degree/HNC or equivalent – Science
• 6 months relevant work experience

Additional Information

• Understanding of ICP-OES, ICP-MS, Automated Colourimetric and IC methodologies, specically in environmental testing/water sector
• Previous experience working in a high-throughput analytical laboratory, ideally within the environmental sector
• Previous experience working in an ISO17025 accredited laboratory
• Use of LIMS would be advantageous
• Excellent attention to detail