***Opportunity for a Chemistry Analyst in our client site in Carrigtohill, Co Cork***

The purpose of this job is to support the preparation and set-up of a brand new stand-alone laboratory. Once complete the laboratory and team will be dedicated to centralised testing of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), raw materials and excipients used in the manufacture of finished products.

The laboratory will be reporting into the Global Analytical Science and Technology team.

What can Eurofins offer you as an employee of ours?

• Developmental opportunities and career progression
• The opportunity to work with our client - a world -leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology company
• Location is easily accessible
• Private Medical Insurance 
• Income protection and life assurance
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Free parking onsite
• Full use of the canteen facilities on the client site
• Additional annual leave days with continued service
• The opportunity to work on therapeutic drugs helping to save lives across the world

Consider joining Eurofins, where people are the most important element in our business. Eurofins is a leading contract research organisation providing testing and research services in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sciences to clients worldwide.

This position is to join our innovative Professional Scientific Services (PSS) programme as an employee of Eurofins.  The programme places full-time analysts, technicians, scientists and technical support personnel managed by Eurofins directly at the client facility to provide long term staffing needs while maintaining the same services, expertise and cGMP compliance available at the Eurofins facility. This award-winning programme offers excellent career opportunities for people who have a proven track recording in combining excellent technical ability with first class interpersonal and communication skills

• Participates in authoring procedures for the use of analytical equipment and to describe laboratory ways of working. Participates in suitable training where required to adopt new practices.
• Review standard operating procedures (SOP's), laboratory methods, control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH) assessments, laboratory investigational reports, validation protocols, Risk assessments, reports & protocols.
• Routine Quality Control (QC) testing in accordance with registered methods and current Good Manufacturing Practice.
• Investigative testing in support of root cause investigations for issues that arise within the Supply Chain
• Analytical method development, validation and transfer to support product lifecycle improvement activities across the Supply Chain
• Following validated or experimental analytical procedures and is capable of performing complex laboratory analysis of APIs, raw materials and excipient.
• Analyses data and records data/results in adherence with the client’s SOP's.
• Takes a role in batch/job approval process. As part of this, is responsible for verifying the quality and accuracy of analytical results and determines if material meets pre-defined acceptance criteria as per relevant SOP's, customer acceptance criteria, methodology, protocol and product specifications.
• Maintaining an up to date training record whilst identifying requirements for further training as required to support areas of responsibility.
• Ensures analytical knowledge and access to systems is up to date for all relevant equipment and techniques and will seek refresher training as required.
• Is an experienced user of laboratory equipment and contributes to resolving issues and promoting best practices.
• Accountable for adopting the ALCOA+ (attributable, legible, contemporaneous, original & accurate) principles.
• Responsible for checking and ensuring own work is right first time. Champions best practices to reduce analytical errors across laboratory. 
• Ensures documentation associated with own areas of responsibility, such as equipment records, are current and audit ready at all times.
• Responsible for ensuring equipment used is calibrated, validated and fit for use.
• Responsible for documenting and communicating laboratory issues such as safety, compliance and analytical issues giving rise to invalid data.
• Involvement in change control activities. Ensures all relevant documentation is prepared and training is provided where required.
• Provides training and coaching in areas of expertise, sharing knowledge and agreed best practices. Participates in creating training packs and supporting procedures to enable best practices to be quickly embedded.
• Provides practical and theoretical training on the use of equipment within the laboratory.
• Provides expertise in laboratory practices and good manufacturing practices (GMP). Uses this knowledge and experience to contribute to and lead laboratory investigations or project/equipment design.
• Responsible for identifying out of specification results. Participates in root causing experiments and retest plans, ensuring investigations are completed in a timely manner and that sound scientific rationale has been employed. 
• Works on long term objectives to deliver specific improvements or embed changes within the laboratory. Takes ownership of project from concept to delivery, providing progress updates throughout lifetime of project.
• Responsible for the scientific conduct of project and communication of regulatory issues with senior level team members.
• Execution of batch/job testing activities ensuring that batches/jobs are efficiently progressed to completion in a timely manner. Quickly identifies delays and issues taking appropriate prompt corrective action.
• Responsible for ensuring that laboratory work areas maintain high standards of housekeeping and meet requirements such as 5S. 
• To work on own initiative and be capable of developing solutions to problems as part of a team.
• Meet with the group leader daily and provide updates
• Ensure that the customer gets the best possible service by continually reviewing best practice in relation to both commercial and quality issues and ensuring 100% ethical work standards and GMP compliance.
• Ability to communicate clearly and to form strong working relationships with colleagues.
• Willing to operate in a flexible manner and be able to switch priorities at short notice.
• Good team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills.
• To learn and be aware of the customer’s requirements and strive to meet or exceed those requirements keeping in mind the customer process end points.
• To provide cover for other members of staff as required
• To ensure that all documentation is carried out on time, is accurate and legible and conforms to the relevant quality standards.
• To adhere to all customer standards in the areas of safety, housekeeping and quality,   notifying management of any discrepancies.
• To have a clear understanding of the customer relationship and service goals.
• To ensure that all decisions are handled with customer service in mind.
• To ensure uniformity, reproducibility and reliability in all work practices.
• Once foundational knowledge is in place start to identify any opportunities for improvement of quality and service and work with the team to implement continuous improvement.

• BSc in Chemistry or a related discipline is required.

Experience / Skills

• A minimum of 1-4 years’ relevant experience in a regulated laboratory.
• Has experience of the analysis of APIs, raw materials and excipients and the associated analytical techniques that may include chromatographic (HPLC, GC, IC), spectroscopic (IR, LC-MS, ICP-OES, Atomic Absorption), physical properties (particle size analysis) and/or pharmacopoeial testing.
• Is highly proficient in the use of common laboratory instruments and software packages for some of the above analytical techniques.
• Experienced in problem solving and has expertise in troubleshooting both analytical equipment and methodology. 
• Competent in the use of corporate IT systems.
• Is computer literate and competent in the use of Microsoft packages. 
• Possesses a thorough understanding of laboratory procedures.
• Deep understanding of data integrity and the importance of adopting this guidance when reporting results / everyday work.
• Embraces own errors as an opportunity for improvement and shares learnings.
• Capable of planning own workload and others workload whilst completing tasks to pre-agreed deadlines.
• Is proficient in problem solving and may have expertise in troubleshooting analytical equipment.
• Is competent in application of statistical and mathematical tools and formulae.
• Is aware of relevant national / international pharmaceutical regulatory requirements.
• Is familiar with equipment / method validation and method transfer procedures.
• Has excellent team working skills. Supports or leads when required. Assumes responsibility in the absence of senior team members.
• Efficient planning and organisational skills, including effective use of planning tools and metrics.
• Willing to operate in a flexible manner and able to reuse both internal and external experiences and incorporate them into relevant improvements. Ability to switch priorities at short notice is desired.
• Good team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills.
• Passionate about quality and customer service.
• Good communication skills both internally and externally and avoids making mistakes that will hinder the understanding of his/her written and verbal exchanges.

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

*This is Monday to Friday day role. 

*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 58,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 54 countries and operating more than 900 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 2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

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