Material Scientist in Sittingbourne

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. 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.

Eurofins PSS Insourcing Solutions is a global, award-winning insourcing solution. We place our skilled team directly at the client site, managing operations seamlessly and eliminating complexities. We ensure a strategic, long-term service commitment that delivers value directly at the client site, utilising their facilities, equipment, and methodologies, while maintaining the same service, expertise, and cGMP compliance available at the Eurofins facility.

This is a full time, permanent position working 37 hours per week flexibly between 07:00 and 19:00. As a Material Scientist you will be supporting the client in both Manufacturing and R&D efforts by conducting analysis and characterization of the samples generated.

Job Responsibilities:

• Understand and demonstrate experience in a range of materials characterisation techniques.
• Demonstrate understanding of root cause analysis methodologies and analyses required in the formulation of amorphous dispersions.
• Support in the design of protocols and experimental work.
• Familiarity with electronic lab notebooks and ALCOA principles for the recording of data.
• Write or constructively review SOPs, Protocols, technical reports, risk assessments as required.
• 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.

Qualifications:

• Hold a degree in Chemistry or a related discipline.
• Possess a sound, fundamental knowledge and practical application of Organic Chemistry to pharmaceutical drug design.
• Have relevant experience of Material Science and analytical tools and techniques within a group organisation.
• Good foundation of experience with traditional analytical techniques as well as modern instrumental equipment (e.g., Particle size, PXRD, DSC, TGA).
• Sound knowledge of analysis methods and tools.

Additional Information:

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

As a Eurofins Employee You Will Benefit From:

• Being part of a Reward and Recognition Scheme.
• The option to opt into our Health Cash Plan.
• Life Assurance from day one, providing cover of four times your annual salary.
• Automatic enrolment into our Company Pension Plan after three months.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, offering 24/7 confidential support.
• Free on-site car parking.
• The opportunity to explore worldwide opportunities.
• Access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round.

What Happens Next:

As a potential new recruit you will be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process. 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 will be collected and processed as part of the recruitment process. 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.