Laboratory Analyst

Unfortunately we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

This is a brilliant opportunity to join Eurofins Food Testing as a Laboratory Analyst in Wolverhamptons fast paced chemistry department. The purpose of this post is to complete to the required quality standards the extraction and analysis of samples for all food chemistry contaminants and environmental methods using appropriate techniques.

Please note this is a permanent full time role working Monday to  Friday 08:00 till 16:00. 

• Prepare extract and analyse food samples in accordance with standards of quality and the requirements of ISO17025.
• Preparation of calibration and quality standards to check method and instrument performance.
• Reporting and / or calculation of results in accordance with methods of analysis.
• Plotting and acting upon quality control data produced per batch.
• Maintain turnaround time at >99% ensuring that daily targets are achieved.
• Maintain stock levels of consumable items for methods being undertaken.
• Provide a high level of internal and external customer care.
• Responsible for ensuring that UK health and safety legislation is maintained and helping to ensure that the working environment is kept in a clean and tidy manner. 
• Work with the team to drive the laboratory forward through continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of Laboratory Quality Manual in order to ensure compliance at all times with the policies procedures and associated documents which are referred to in the manual.
• To assist through operating best practice in order to meet the requirements of the UKAS 17025 accreditation standard.

Qualifications :

• Science degree; or equivalent qualification; or significant laboratory experience. 
• Production experience or Laboratory experience gained through higher education project. 
• Knowledge of UKAS. 
• Good laboratory skills and practices. 
• Enthusiasm energy and a driven outlook.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills. 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office. 
• Maths and English at GCSE C or above or equivalent. 

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
• Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out the daily coffee or a summer holiday theres something to suit everyones lifestyle.

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do so its incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit youll 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 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 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.!

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