Analytical Scientist

This is a permanent full-time position, working a 35-hour week, 7 hours per day flexibly between 7am & 7pm on 5/7 days as per business needs.

The purpose of this job is to perform stability testing of finished pharmaceutical products and produce accurate results within an acceptable timeframe. Responsibilities include:

• Perform routine and non-routine analysis using traditional and modern analytical techniques (primarily: HPLC, Dissolution and Karl Fisher determination), as required by the client’s representative.
• Perform technology transfers on new products entering the team.
• Review analytical data for GMP compliance.
• Initiate and follow-up OOS results and action limits as per client procedures.
• Document data as dictated by current client policies and procedures.
• Collect and measure productivity through agreed metrics such as number of tests performed, cycle times, lab/product issues, number of hours worked per project, etc.
• Prepare and approve results for tests in which they have received the appropriate training and are deemed competent.
• Deal with client queries and contact designated personnel, with appropriate support from onsite leadership, with any relevant information or issues relating to test results or the service in general.
• Keep up to date with any technological or method revisions in their area, ensuring their training is complete and adjusting their work as required with approval from the Lead Analyst.
• Support local audits as required.
• Perform testing of QC samples in accordance with client procedures.
• Revise SOPs as required.
• Adhere to all client standards in the areas of safety, housekeeping and quality, notifying management of any discrepancies.

Qualifications:

• A degree in Chemistry or a related discipline is required.
• A sound, fundamental knowledge of Chemistry is essential.
• A minimum of 1 year relevant experience of analysis in a pharmaceutical testing laboratory, or equivalent, is desired.
• The candidate should be experienced and competent with traditional analytical techniques as well as modern instrumental equipment (HPLC, Karl Fischer, Dissolution, and UV spectroscopy).
• Experience in technology transfers desirable but not essential.
• Be able to interpret raw data and draw conclusions regarding troubleshooting of analyses, instruments and methods.
• Have a thorough understanding of chromatographic techniques.
• Have a thorough understanding of requirements for working in a GMP environment.
• Must possess the ability to quickly learn new processes.
• Be capable of working proactively to offer suggestions for new ways to improve existing processes.
• Should have the ability to work using paperless systems such as Electronic laboratory notebooks and LIMS.
• Must be competent with MS Office suite of applications.
• Requires the ability to form strong working relationships with colleagues.
• Must have the ability to work on their own initiative and be capable of developing solutions to problems as part of a team.
• Must be willing to operate in a flexible manner and be able to switch priorities at short notice.
• Should seek new ideas to make improvements within own area of control.

Additional Information:

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues' special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities. As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Reward and Recognition.
• Health Cash Plan.
• Life Assurance (4 times annual salary).
• Company Pension Plan.
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.
• Free car parking.
• Worldwide career opportunities.
• Access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round.

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 its requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get to 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.

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!