Laboratory Analyst

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.

This is a full-time role working 36.25 hours per week - Thursday to Monday 10:00 till 18:00. Flexibility in working hours is required and overtime will be required to be worked at short notice during peak business demands during the week and at the weekend.

We are looking for a Food Microbiology Analyst to join our Eurofins Belfast laboratory working within a state-of-the-art Food Microbiology laboratory, with the following duties:

• Preparation of media (agars etc.) to be used in microbiological analysis.
• Food sample preparation in line with company protocols.
• Microbiological analysis of water/food/feed/swabs samples in line with company protocols.
• Collection of laboratory samples from customer sites (food only, when required).
• General housekeeping of laboratory and prevention of cross contamination.
• Accurate data entry on samples into laboratory database.
• Accurate record-keeping associated with UKAS quality system.
• Effective communication with all employees.
• Report any anomalous results or situations to Line Manager.
• Training and operation of relevant equipment.
• Adhere to Health and Safety procedures within the laboratory.
• Any other related activities as required by post.

Qualifications:

• Degree in a related field or working experience within a similar role.
• Experience of culture of microorganisms and knowledge of laboratory accreditation systems (ideally ISO 17025) is desirable.
• Computer literate with experience of MS Office applications (in particular Excel).
• Comfortable working in a busy environment.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work quickly and accurately.
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Strong communication skills.

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:

• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
• Additional Annual Leave Purchase scheme
• Annual Leave Sellback Scheme
• Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes
• Free parking
• Worldwide career opportunities

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.

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 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 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 achieve this goal!