Company Description
onsider joining Eurofins PSS® where people are the most important element in our business. Eurofins PSS® is the global leader of scientific insourcing services. PSS® is not only a leader in the industry, but also one of the first insourcing service providers, now celebrating over 15 years of service in Ireland and over 22 years of service globally.
For more information about Eurofins PSS® please visit our website and watch a message from our Global Head, Beth Di Paolo.
We currently have exciting opportunities to join our innovative and multi award-winning Professional Scientific Services (PSS) teams. The excellent service provided via our PSS model is delivered while maintaining the same commitment to excellence, expertise and cGMP compliance available at our Eurofins facilities.
We have fantastic opportunity for a Process Science Laboratory Technician to join our Eurofins team based in our PSS site in Limerick.
What can Eurofins PSS Limerick offer you as an employee of ours?
- We offer exceptional opportunities for career growth, within a friendly and supportive team. As well as a competitive salary, pension and associated benefits you will enjoy an unrivalled working environment, including an active social calendar and subsidised canteen, all while working in a state of the art client facility- a leading biotechnology company
- Fantastic developmental opportunities and career progression pathways such as leadership, training, compliance and Subject Media Expert.
- Full Benefits Package including:-
- Pension
- Private Medical Insurance
- Income protection and life assurance
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Birthday Holiday entitlement
- Exciting Eurofins Incentives: Employee Activity Committee (EAC), Equality Driving Excellence (EDE), significant Reward and Recognition programme.
- Opportunity to benefit from Eurofins Operational Development training platform, plus potential support for part-time training (relevant to the position)
- Full use of the canteen facilities and barista on the client site
- Free parking onsite and onsite electric charging
- Additional annual leave days with continued service
- The opportunity to work on life saving products
Job Description
The purpose of this job is to provide laboratory support to the client’s Process Science team under the customer quality system, using customer company procedures, and while adhering to Eurofins PSS general policies and standards.
Job Responsibilities:
- Supporting cell culture and downstream purification projects including set-up of equipment and material preparation
- Bioreactor preparation, media/feed/buffer make-ups, probe/equipment calibration and organization.
- Build bioreactors and bioreactors assemble and complete bioreactor sampling
- Responsible for sample submission in line with site guideline sand procedures
- Maintaining laboratory equipment by performing checks (i.e. calibrations, reagent replenishment) and organizing performance maintenance or services as required in conjunction with laboratory staff and project schedules.
- Maintaining laboratory stocks regularly to ensure supply is maintained.
- Clean laboratory equipment, not limited to, biosafety cabinets, incubators, fume hoods, water baths, freezers, fridges on a periodic basis.
- Responsible for providing general assistance in laboratories.
- Completion of training records, and ensuring that all records presented for review and approval are at the appropriate standard
- Produce and maintain accurate records in accordance with site guidelines and ensuring all required documentation and logbooks are completed on time, accurately and legibly.
- Responsible for adhering to all company standards in the areas of safety, housekeeping and quality, notifying management of any discrepancies.
- Ensuring that clients requirements are fully met and be flexible to work in any area of the business as is required by the client
Qualifications
- Diploma in a relevant scientific discipline.
- Minimum of 6 -12 months relevant experience in a laboratory (preferably in GMP facility).
*This is an opportunity to join Eurofins on a full time permanent basis, shift role. Shift rotational working 08:00 – 20:00 & 14:00 – 02:00.
Additional Information
*This is an opportunity to join Eurofins on a full time permanent basis, shift role. Shift rotational working 08:00 – 20:00 & 14:00 – 02:00.
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 47,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 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 €6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.
