Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, which provides a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries. The Group believes it is the world leader in food, environment, 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 for supporting clinical studies. In addition, Eurofins is one of the leading global emerging players in specialty clinical diagnostic testing.

In over 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 62,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.72 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

PSS Insourcing Solutions (PSS)

PSS Insourcing Solutions (PSS) is an award-winning solution for pharmaceutical companies. At the request of pharmaceutical customers, PSS provides dedicated, qualified and trained Eurofins personnel who work at a customer’s location using customer facilities, equipment, computer systems, SOPs and methods. Our employees work on a predefined project or activities at the customer’s location. PSS employs around 1.700 employees worldwide. In the Netherlands you get about 100 enthusiastic colleagues, spread over five customer locations. We offer you a career with a world leader in the field op lab expertise. At PSS, collegiality, collaboration, customer focus and delivering high-quality work are paramount.

For our team in Oss we are looking for an enthusiastic candidate for an Analytical Physical position as (Associate) Specialist Extraneous Matter Analysis.

You will be responsible for:

• Widely applicable: participating in the lab, but also being able to delve into the subject matter.
• Writing of reports
• Follow up on project timelines and deliverables
• Participation in cross-functional project teams
• Supports, when applicable, in chemical management, 5S tasks, and keeping the lab in good condition

Are you eager to learn, willing and able to deliver on expectations, and able to deal with changing priorities? You are the one, we are looking for!

This is a fulltime position.

• BSc degree in analytical chemistry, biochemistry or related science;
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in analytical development and/or validation (MBO with a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience);
• Experience with at least FTIR and/or SEM-EDX
• Experience with other solid state characterization techniques such as XRPD, Raman, TA, DSC, DVS is a pre;
• Good documentation skills
• Ability to work independently and within a cross-functional team
• Ability to learn new techniques and multitask
• Good sense of quality
• Good technical, communication (oral and written), interpersonal, and teamwork skills
• Self-motivated with a positive attitude and proven performance record
• Abe to work with priorities, be flexible, real team player
• Good sense of language, being fluent in both in English and Dutch

PSS and Eurofins: A world of possibilities

Working at PSS means working with highly motivated people with a can-do mentality. Our people work in an international environment, within an enthusiastic team and for an organization where there is sufficient room to develop further. Working together is extremely important to us and having fun in what you do is part of that! Our monthly team lunches, team activities and the hand out of awards to our colleagues are an example of this. We also offer:

• A responsible and challenging position within the team;
• Plenty of room for your own ideas and input;
• Specialist training and a range of opportunities for personal and professional development;
• Flexible working hours;
• Good salary and benefits.

Working at PSS offers you the flexibility and personal touch of working in a medium sized and dynamic company, whilst also allowing you to benefit from having Eurofins as a parent company. Our ambitious growth plans provide ample opportunities for the motivated employees:

• Plenty of opportunities for growth;
• Varied work where you are in regular contact with other companies and scientists within the Eurofins group;
• A broad customer portfolio ensuring a lot of diversity in your work.

Would you like to know more?

For questions regarding the position, please follow the link below ‘I’m interested’ in order to contact the hiring manager.

Acquisition for this vacancy is not appreciated.