Bioanalytical Analysts

at  Eurofins Ireland BPT

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 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 48,000 STAFF ACROSS A NETWORK OF MORE THAN 900 INDEPENDENT COMPANIES IN OVER 50 COUNTRIES AND OPERATING MORE THAN 800 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 2019, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 4.56 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.
Job Description
Consider joining Eurofins where people are the most important element in our business. Eurofins Biopharma Product Testing is a leading contract lab that provides testing and research services in the environmental, pharmaceutical, and biopharmaceutical sciences to clients worldwide.
We are currently recruiting for Bioanalytical Analysts for our Biopharmaceutical team within our Dungarvan facility. We are ideally seeking candidates with a minimum of 6 months GMP experience with a BSc/MSc qualification. The successful candidates must have exposure in Chromotography Techniques

What can Eurofins offer you?

• At Eurofins we offer careers not just jobs.
• Developmental opportunities and career progression
• Private Medical Insurance when with the company for 2 years for all roles
• Income protection and life assurance
• Free parking onsite
• Additional annual leave days with continued service
• The opportunity to work on life saving products
• Work-life balance
• Sports and Social events
• Salary Range €28,000-€38000

The main aim of the role is to carry out basic testing and to master the range of techniques appropriate for the work area.

• Become familiar with work practices and documentation requirements.
• To gain an insight into the processes / procedures of the company’s business including customer awareness, lab safety and efficiency.
• Act on their own initiative and to learn as quickly as possible any tests that they are required to do.
• Responsible for gaining proficiency in a certain number of tests/area of testing.
• Perform techniques / tests that they are qualified to do in terms of completed training records and as directed by the laboratory senior.
• Ensure that all documentation and calculations are carried out on time, accurately and legibly.
• Keep their training records up to date and to initiate training as per their training plan where possible when free from work.
• Adhere to all company standards in the area of safety, housekeeping and quality, notifying management of any discrepancies.
• Ensure that customers’ requirements are fully met and in so doing be flexible to work in any area of the business as is required.
• Identify any opportunities for improvement of quality and service and work with the team to implement continuous improvement.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 12 months GMP experience with BSc/Msc qualification
• Exposure to Chromotography techniques, HPLC & UPLC
• Good team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills
• Passionate about quality and customer service.
• Good communication skills
  Additional Information
  A large part of the work of the role involves interaction with all functions within Eurofins BPT Laboratories as well as with clients. This will include planned regular team meetings, client meetings as well as ad hoc discussions across the business. For this reason, the person performing this role will need to be available at the Ireland site as required by clients / internal meetings.
  There is likely to be a significant amount of time required to be spent at or travelling to client’s sites across the territory (and occasionally beyond) consequently the job holder must be prepared to travel and this will involve nights away from home, it is anticipated that a minimum of 50% travel time is required per week

• Become familiar with work practices and documentation requirements.
• To gain an insight into the processes / procedures of the company’s business including customer awareness, lab safety and efficiency.
• Act on their own initiative and to learn as quickly as possible any tests that they are required to do.
• Responsible for gaining proficiency in a certain number of tests/area of testing.
• Perform techniques / tests that they are qualified to do in terms of completed training records and as directed by the laboratory senior.
• Ensure that all documentation and calculations are carried out on time, accurately and legibly.
• Keep their training records up to date and to initiate training as per their training plan where possible when free from work.
• Adhere to all company standards in the area of safety, housekeeping and quality, notifying management of any discrepancies.
• Ensure that customers’ requirements are fully met and in so doing be flexible to work in any area of the business as is required.
• Identify any opportunities for improvement of quality and service and work with the team to implement continuous improvement