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 PSS Insourcing Solutions® is a global, award-winning insourcing solution. We place our skilled team directly at the client site, managing operations seamlessly and eliminating complexities. We ensure a strategic, long-term service commitment that delivers value directly at the client’ site, utilising their facilities, equipment, and methodologies, while maintaining the same service, expertise, and cGMP compliance available at the Eurofins facility. If you're an employee seeking an exceptional career journey, Eurofins PSS Insourcing Solutions® is your gateway to a future where innovation, collaboration, and success converge. Join us in a world where excellence knows no boundaries!

Job Description

This is a permanent, full time position. Working a 37.5 hour week flexibly Monday - Friday 07:00 - 19:00. 

We are currently recruiting for an enthusiastic and innovative Scientist. This is a new and exciting opportunity based at our client’s facility, a world class Pharmaceutical company based in Macclesfield. We have an opportunity for an experienced Analytical Scientist with at least 5 years' experience of drug product analytical development in the pharmaceutical industry.

• The role will involve being the responsible point of contact for a major commercial product or group of products related to the analytical testing subject matter area.
• Using your expertise in Analytical Chemistry you will support the clients manufacturing sites and CMOs to ensure performance, robustness and compliance of OSD products and related analytical methods.
• You will support major changes and market access projects in collaboration with multiple functions (External Sourcing and Manufacturing, , Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing)
• Transfer of commercial analytical methods to multiple locations and may involve international travel to as part of the role.
• Potenitally perform practical analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Degree, Master degree or PhD level with experience post degree in an appropriate discipline such as Chemistry, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences or similar discipline.
• Good understanding of OSD, Inhalation and Parenteral drug products life-cycle from late stage development to launch and through the commercial life cycle.
• Good knowledge of analytical methods establishment, optimisation and transfer for release and stability testing.
• Understanding of a broad range of Analytical techniques (standard and non-standard)
• Good experience on issue investigation and change assessment from analytical point of view. Good knowledge of standard tools for root cause analysis
• A thorough understanding of principles, applications and management of SHE and cGMP.
• Good communication and leadership with demonstration of being able to work across different functions.
• Experience in or exposure to multiple disciplines in CMC and related functions (e.g. Product Development, Product Manufacturing and testing, Quality Assurance, Regulatory) would be desirable.
• Previous experience and training in Lean methodologies would also be desirable

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.
• 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 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/