Microbiology Analyst - Trainee

This is a great opportunity to join our award-winning team and partner with one of the worlds top pharmaceutical companies.  The cornerstones of our team operations are quality productivity superlative service and team morale.

If you have some or all of the skills and experience listed below together with a degree in Microbiology or a related discipline we would love to hear from you.

        Environmental Monitoring

        Routine Testing and/or PQ Experience

        Knowledge of LIMS and Trackwise would be a distinct advantage

        6-12 months experience within a Microbiology laboratory is essential.

The ideal candidates will be good team players organised accurate have strong documentation skills and be passionate about quality and customer service. They will have a flexible approach to changeable working patterns and be available for shift work should it be required. 

Successful applicants will work as part of a dynamic progressive company with excellent training and progression opportunities.

Responsibilities include: 

• Participating in all training required and scheduled by the Group Leader or the customer. Being prepared and on time for that training. Engaging in training processes and ensuring all information received is completely understood.
• Completion of training records and ensuring that all records presented for review and approval are at the appropriate standard.
• Performing routine and non-routine analysis as requested by the Group Leader or customer representative.
• Preparing and approving results for tests in which they have received the appropriate training and are deemed competent.
• Notify immediately to the Group Leader or a customer representative any anomalous or out of specification results.
• Ensuring at all times that all documentation and laboratory records are up to date and of an appropriate standard.
• Ensuring that all work carried out is approached  Right First Time so as to avoid any re-work or errors.
• Being constantly aware of customers requirements and striving to meet or exceed those requirements keeping in mind the customer process end points.
• Dealing with customer queries where knowledge permits and to contact designated personnel with any relevant information or issues relating to test results or the service in general. Escalating queries or issues as appropriate.
• Keeping 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 Group Leader.   
• Training as required other more junior members of staff in analysis techniques for which the Analyst is competent.
• Performing second person verification checks as required by the laboratory schedule
• Performing QC samples in accordance with customer procedures.
• Assisting in the processing of laboratory consumables as required labelling acceptance testing.
• Revising SOPs and updating other documentation as required by the Group Leader.
• Providing cover for other members of staff as required and for taking part in the customers weekend rota and/or overtime schedule.
• Ensuring that all documentation is completed on time.  Ensuring that it is accurate and legible and conforms to the relevant quality standards.
• Assisting in laboratory investigations as appropriate.
• Adhering to all customer standards in the areas of safety housekeeping and quality notifying management of any discrepancies.
• Ensuring that customers requirements are fully met or exceeded and in so doing will be flexible to work in any area of the business as is required.
• Gaining a clear understanding of the customer relationship and service goals.
• Ensuring that all decisions are handled with customer service in mind.
• Ensuring uniformity reproducibility and reliability in all work practices.
• Keeping the laboratory area clean and tidy in both seen and unseen areas.
• Identifying any opportunities for improvement of quality and service and work with the team to implement continuous improvement.

Qualifications :

• A degree or diploma in microbiology / chemistry or a related subject.
• At least 1 years experience in a pharmaceutical industry GMP laboratory
• Good team player organised accurate have strong documentation skills
• Flexible adaptable to changing priorities
• Passionate about quality and customer service.
• Good communication skills both internally and externally.

Additional Information :

• This is an opportunity to join Eurofins on a full time permanent basis. 

• Working a rotating shift pattern as below:

  • Week 1: Monday Tuesday Friday Saturday & Sunday.

  • Week 2: Wednesday & Thursday.

• Benefits of pension contribution medical insurance health insurance and bonus are included in package. 

• Eurofins Management and Team on client site for support.

• Opportunity to get to know fantastic people and be part of a great team. 

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 works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food environmental pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics discovery pharmacology forensics CDMO advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 30 years Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes France to over 63000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 60 countries and operating more than 950 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety identity composition authenticity origin traceability and purity of biological substances and products as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

In 2024 Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.95 billion and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time