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

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 an opportunity for a QC Support Laboratory Technician to join our Eurofins team based in our PSS site in Limerick.

What can Eurofins PSS Limerick offer you? 

• Developmental opportunities and career progression
• The opportunity to work with our client - a leading 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 life saving products

The purpose of this job is to provide laboratory support services related to sample shipment, controlled temperature / stability unit maintenance, stability sample coordination and reconciliation under the customer quality system, using customer company procedures, and while adhering to Eurofins general policies and standards.

Job Responsibilities

• Support stability Coordinator and ensure that equipment operates in a compliant state; qualified, calibrated and properly maintained.
• Support QC Stability co-ordinator in the selection and ordering of CTU’s, stability chambers and related equipment.
• Maintain CTU inventory and monitor chamber performance
• Coordinates sample shipments to outside contractors under the guidance of Sample Management, Stability and External Lab Coordinator.
• Collaborates with Sample Management and Stability/External Coordinators and other departments to receive material
• Responsible for accurately logging samples into the relevant systems in a timely manner as required.
• Supports QC Stability Coordinator to prepare samples for inclusion in stability studies (aliquoting, labelling, distribution to appropriate stability chambers and also to remove samples from chambers according to protocol pull schedules and submits to appropriate testing group.
• Prepares labels for stability studies under the guidance of the Stability/External Coordinator
• Responsible for ensuring all relevant documentation is completed accurately and logged where necessary.
• Coordinate sample disposal in conjunction with Sample Management and Stability Coordinator
• Responsible for cleaning laboratory and equipment as required e.g. autoclaves, BSC’s etc.
• Dealing with customer queries and to contact designated personnel with any relevant information or issues with service in general.
• Assisting in laboratory investigations as appropriate.
• Assisting laboratory analytical personnel and perform ad-hoc lab duties as required.

• Degree in relevant scientific discipline.
• Minimum of 6 months laboratory/GMP experience.
• Good planning and organisational skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Good team player
• Strong IT skills
• Good communication skills both internally and externally
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical and/or laboratory operations (GMP, Documentation, Autoclaves, Sample Management)

Note: Shift work is required for this role. Working hours 7am to 7pm

The working week is as follows and these rotate week on week

·        Week 1  Mon / Tues &  / Fri/ Sat/Sun

·        Week 2 Wed / Thur

·        Week 3  Mon / Tues &  / Fri/ Sat/Sun

·        Week 4 Wed / Thur

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 61,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 61 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 2023, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR €6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.