Company Description

****We have an opportunity for a Micro Analyst - Trainee to join our PSS Site in Kinsale****

What can Eurofins offer you as an employee of ours?

Developmental opportunities and career progression
The opportunity to work with our client - a world -leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology company
Location is easily accessible
Private Medical Insurance
Income protection and life assurance
Annual discretionary bonus
Free parking onsite
Full use of the canteen facilities on the client site
Additional annual leave days with continued service
The opportunity to work on therapeutic drugs helping to save lives across the world

Consider joining Eurofins, where people are the most important element in our business. Eurofins is a leading contract research organisation providing testing and research services in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sciences to clients worldwide.

For more information about Eurofins PSS® please visit our website and watch a message from our Global Head, Beth Di Paolo.

This position is to join our innovative Professional Scientific Services (PSS) programme as an employee of Eurofins. The programme places full-time analysts, technicians, scientists and technical support personnel managed by Eurofins directly at the client facility to provide long term staffing needs while maintaining the same services, expertise and cGMP compliance available at the Eurofins facility. This award-winning programme offers excellent career opportunities for people who have a proven track recording in combining excellent technical ability with first class interpersonal and communication skills

Job Description

This is a great opportunity to join our award-winning team and partner with one of the world's top pharmaceutical companies. The cornerstones of our team operations are quality, productivity, superlative service and team morale.

If you have some or all of the skills and experience listed below, together with a degree in Microbiology or a related discipline we would love to hear from you.

· Environmental Monitoring

· Routine Testing and/or PQ Experience

· Knowledge of LIMS and Trackwise would be a distinct advantage

· 6-12 months experience within a Microbiology laboratory is essential.

The ideal candidates will be good team players, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills, and be passionate about quality and customer service. They will have a flexible approach to changeable working patterns and be available for shift work should it be required.

Successful applicants will work as part of a dynamic, progressive company with excellent training and progression opportunities.

Responsibilities include:

Participating in all training required and scheduled by the Group Leader or the customer. Being prepared and on time for that training. Engaging in training processes and ensuring all information received is completely understood.
Completion of training records, and ensuring that all records presented for review and approval are at the appropriate standard.
Performing routine and non-routine analysis, as requested by the Group Leader or customer representative.
Preparing and approving results for tests in which they have received the appropriate training and are deemed competent.
Notify immediately to the Group Leader or a customer representative, any anomalous or out of specification results.
Ensuring at all times that all documentation and laboratory records are up to date and of an appropriate standard.
Ensuring that all work carried out is approached “Right First Time” so as to avoid any re-work or errors.
Being constantly aware of customer’s requirements and striving to meet or exceed those requirements keeping in mind the customer process end points.
Dealing with customer queries where knowledge permits and to contact designated personnel with any relevant information or issues relating to test results or the service in general. Escalating queries or issues as appropriate.
Keeping up to date with any technological or method revisions in their area, ensuring their training is complete and adjusting their work as required with approval from the Group Leader.
Training as required, other more junior members of staff in analysis techniques for which the Analyst is competent.
Performing second person verification checks as required by the laboratory schedule
Performing QC samples in accordance with customer procedures.
Assisting in the processing of laboratory consumables as required – labelling, acceptance testing.
Revising SOPs and updating other documentation as required by the Group Leader.
Providing cover for other members of staff as required and for taking part in the customer’s weekend rota and/or overtime schedule.
Ensuring that all documentation is completed on time. Ensuring that it is accurate and legible and conforms to the relevant quality standards.
Assisting in laboratory investigations as appropriate.
Adhering to all customer standards in the areas of safety, housekeeping and quality, notifying management of any discrepancies.
Ensuring that customer’s requirements are fully met or exceeded and in so doing will be flexible to work in any area of the business as is required.
Gaining a clear understanding of the customer relationship and service goals.
Ensuring that all decisions are handled with customer service in mind.
Ensuring uniformity, reproducibility and reliability in all work practices.
Keeping the laboratory area clean and tidy in both ‘seen’ and ‘unseen’ areas.
Identifying any opportunities for improvement of quality and service and work with the team to implement continuous improvement.

Qualifications

A degree or diploma in microbiology / chemistry or a related subject.
At least 1 years experience in a pharmaceutical industry GMP laboratory
Good team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills
Flexible, adaptable to changing priorities
Passionate about quality and customer service.
Good communication skills both internally and externally.

Additional Information

This is an opportunity to join Eurofins on a full time permanent basis.
Working a rotating shift pattern as below:
- Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday.
- Week 2: Wednesday & Thursday.
Benefits of pension contribution, medical insurance, health insurance and bonus are included in package.
Eurofins Management and Team on client site for support.
Opportunity to get to know fantastic people and be part of a great team.

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 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 63,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 60 countries and operating more than 950 laboratories. 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.

In 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 6.95 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Microbiology Analyst - Trainee

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