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Eurofins Sample Preparation Technician 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.
Working hours are Monday - Friday, 4:30am - 12:30pm
Prepare samples for the analytical department, adhering to SOP standards.
Ensure the sample receipt process is followed in line with customer expectations.
Duties and responsibilities:
Ensure business compliance with QMS, IEC/ISO 17025, MCERTS and associated documentation.
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.
Preparation of samples as identified from work schedules
Drying and Grinding samples
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.
Maintenance, storage and labeling of samples
Consultation with the Laboratory Manager or Team Leader when turnaround deadlines cannot be met
Unpacking of client sample containers (laying out)
Classification of soil samples (traying up)
Daily calibration checks of the balances.
Raise anomalies of results from daily calibration checks to Divisional Manager
Adherence to company SOP/QMS and work instructions
To work in a professional and safe manner
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.
To assist others in the performance of their duties if trained in that area of operation and if time allows.
To ensure that samples are returned to the appropriate storage area after testing
Maintenance of confidentiality
Previous experience within a laboratory is not required, full training will be provided.
Organisational skills
Chemical awareness
Numerical & verbal reasoning
Attention to Detail
Manual Handling Experience
Working in a previous Production Environment
Teamwork
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 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/
