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 50,000 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 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

We currently have exciting opportunities to join our innovative and multi award-winning Professional Scientific Services (PSS) teams. We are recruiting for scientists, analysts and laboratory technicians to collaborate with our client to provide for long term service support within a QC environment. 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. This award winning programme offers excellent career opportunities for people who have a proven track record in combining superior technical ability with first class interpersonal and communication skills.
Eurofins PSS has permanent, full time positions for experienced  Microbiology and Chemistry Analysts to join our PSS team at Limerick. The positions are within a team of professionals who have been serving this client continually for many years. If you have a degree in Microbiology, Chemistry or Biochemistry, or a related discipline, and a minimum of 2 to 4 year’s relevant experience working within a Microbiology, Chemistry or Biochemistry Laboratory GMP environment we would be delighted to hear from you.

The cornerstones of our team operations are quality, productivity, superlative service and team morale.

The ideal candidates will be great 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. The successful candidate will be empowered to delight the client through excellent service, initiative, quality, integrity, productivity, kindness, innovation, teamwork, and top notch scientific contributions

Technical experience required is as follows:

• Operations within a GMP environment, and experience in the use of LIMS
• Testing of Biological Indicators, Bioburden, Endotoxin, pH, Conductivity Nitrates and Total Organic Carbon
• Skilled in microbiological plate reading and streaking, sampling and testing environmental monitoring 
• Skilled in reporting and investigating anomalous or quality-related events

Successful applicants will have the opportunity to work as part of a successful, dynamic and progressive company that puts individual development at the forefront, and promotes from within in order to achieve a high performing team that delivers a superlative service to its clients.

We offer many training paths, including LEAN and leadership development, and actively encourage innovation and participation in continuous improvement and project work.

Excellent terms and conditions offered!