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Eurofins Laboratory Analysts in Newmarket, United Kingdom
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.
We have a number of Analyst positions available, in our Organic & Inorganic Laboratories.
Working Hours - 37.5 hours, Monday to Friday
Preparation of samples as identified from work schedules
Analyse samples by ICP-OES, ICP-MS, IC, GCMS, HPLC, GC FID, GCGC or other Inorganic/Organics techniques, 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 ISO17025 guidelines.
Assistance in maintenance programmes for the Organics/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.
Relevant Degree/HNC or equivalent – Science
6 months relevant work experience
Understanding of ICP-OES, ICP-MS, Automated Colourimetric and IC methodologies, specically in environmental testing/water sector
Understanding of GCMS, HPLC, GC FID and GCGC 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
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.
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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 support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.
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/
