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, 9:30am - 6pm.

Please note, this is a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract.

To provide with due care and attention, accurate, quality and timely Chemical Analysis as required by the core business of EMS. The standard of analysis shall exceed the requirements of the UKAS Accreditation Scheme and any additional requirements required by customers.

• Ensure testing of samples carried out within agreed timescales and with strict adherence to written methods and procedures. 

• Quality / verification checks - take part in verification checks as required and assure all information recorded and acted upon.

• Take part in External and Internal Quality Assurance schedules in order to assure competency and complete all associated documentation for participation as directed by your manager. 

• Chemical Preparation 

• Maintenance of Equipment 

• Cleaning and general housekeeping duties as required.

• Inventory and stock Control

•  To report any unsafe or poor working practices in the lab

• Record all tests undertaken 

• To liaise with personnel at all levels as required. This may be to provide advice, report deviations, unsafe conditions etc.

• Proven experience within a Chemistry laboratory

• Be familiar with and proven proficient in Chemical Testing and interpretation of results.

• Be familiar with the wider aspects of food chemistry.

• Have a working knowledge of UKAS principles for Laboratory Accreditation to ISO17025. Ability to work alone or as part of a team

• Strong communication skills - both written and verbal

• Computer literate

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/