Development Scientist in Liverpool

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.

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’s site, utilising their facilities, equipment, and methodologies, while maintaining the same service, expertise, and cGMP compliance available at the Eurofins facility.

This is a permanent full-time position, working a 37.5 hour week, Monday to Friday. We are currently recruiting for an enthusiastic and innovative Scientist. This is a new and exciting opportunity based at our client’s facility, a world-class company that develops and produces consumer products based in Liverpool. We have an opportunity for a scientist supporting product development in Personal care products.

The purpose of this role is to support the development of new product formulations providing support to the automated equipment and in line offline analytical equipment. Additionally, the scientist also has the potential to support further automated platforms and personal care product development evaluation. In addition, the candidate will also have strong logistic and technical skills as well as report writing, problem-solving skills. It is expected the ideal candidate will work in a flexible manner exhibiting high energy, self-motivation and resourcefulness. Additionally, will be able to think logically and have the ability to effectively collaborate with and communicate scientific ideas readily.

• Organisation, Scheduling and Planning of Routine requests from multiple client facilities to be progressed in the client facility, utilizing various automated platforms.
• Review Design of Experiments and progress automated runs.
• Support automated formulation platforms with a good level of proficiency.
• Manage Logistics, COSHH, Safety for routine requests from different client areas ensuring sample integrity, project timelines and demands are met.
• Run and Report any routine requests on automated equipment (including Statistics).
• Conduct associated in-line / off-line product quality assessment of personal care products.
• Preparation of samples including extraction of samples for analytical assessment and characterisation utilising various chromatographical analytical techniques.
• Conduct microbial work including preparation and routine workflow operations, media and plate preparation, microbial inoculation and automated analysis.
• Ensure all pre-calibration of equipment is conducted.
• Report and document any issues or non-conformances to the relevant client contact.
• Assist in the preparation and review and revision of area documentation e.g. SOP's, Reports, Protocols.
• To document data as dictated by current client policies and procedures.
• To ensure that all documentation is carried out on time, is accurate and legible and conforms to the relevant quality standards.

Qualifications: Degree or above in a relevant scientific discipline (Biology, Chemistry or Microbiology). Some industrial background would be ideal. Experience of microbiological techniques is essential, including media and plate preparation and microbial inoculation. Exposure to LC/MS and GC/MS would be a distinct advantage. Structured approach to investigating problems to resolution. Ability to organise, Schedule and Plan work with great efficiency and compliance. Excellent verbal and written skills, both internally and externally. Ability to build strong interpersonal relationships with colleagues driving collaboration. Ability to maintain operational effectiveness of automated equipment and monitor/report intervention detail and frequency thereby offsetting downtime. Passionate about quality and customer service is essential.

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. Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round.

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.

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.