Associate Scientist: Biochemical Analysis R&D

at  Eurofins Belgium BioPharma Services

Company Description
Eurofins CDMO is a leading international Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) based in Europe. Our company focuses on drug product development and manufacturing for chemical/biological entities and drug substance development and manufacturing for biological entities. We support small and major biopharmaceutical companies in an innovative way to help them achieving their (pre)clinical milestones timely. Our facilities are perfectly designed for clinical and/or small scale commercial batches either for non-sterile or sterile dosage forms. With approximatively 350 staff, we operate out of 8 sites in France, Belgium and Italy.
Job Description
You will be part of an analytical R&D team responsible for conducting activities in support of process development and manufacturing of biologics (e.g. proteins). These activities are related to analytical method development and testing.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A bachelor degree with scientific orientation, preferably in life sciences: (biomedical) laboratory techniques, biotechnology, biochemistry, chemistry or pharmacy or other related degree.
• Freshly graduated or a few years work experience (0-3 years) in a biotech, pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical environment.
• You like laboratory work and are willing to work in an R&D environment.
• You have an analytical mindset and an elementary understanding of fundamental concepts in analytical chemistry.
• Knowledge of techniques such as UV spectroscopy, HPLC, MS, SDS-PAGE, ELISA are an asset.
• You can communicate (incl. writing) adequately in English.
• Ability to work independently as well as a member of a team in a dynamic and fast-paced environment whereby direct two-way communication is key.
• You are punctual, and have a critical eye for details.

• Develop and run accurately the analytical methods (UV, HPLC, LC-MS, SDS-PAGE, WB, ELISA) required to analyze the biological products in an R&D environment.
• Operate and control instrument equipment adequately.
• Provide and document adequately the test results after processing the analysis outcome data.
• Your objectives and tasks are set according to a customer project plan managed by a project leader. You work under the supervision of an analytical team lead to who you report in the first line.
• Assist in writing data reports and method descriptions.
• Assist in the continuous improvement of laboratory SOP’s.
• You are also the system owner of at least 1 laboratory instrument.