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 laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

We’re proud to be an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.

If you want to continue to help make our world a safer and healthier place, then apply for the role below and become a part of the extraordinary Eurofins network.

Please note, this is a Fixed Term Contract until September 2026.

Working hours are Saturday and Sunday, 10am - 6pm.

For the first two months, you will be required to work Monday and Tuesday, 10am - 6pm for training purposes.

As a Sample Registration Technician you will register all food microbiology samples for analysis in a timely and accurate manner, and transfer to the laboratory as appropriate.

Job Responsibilities

• Accept deliveries of samples/equipment onto site.
• Accurately and rapidly register samples/equipment for analysis and dispatch samples to the relevant business location 
• Liaise with couriers and customers and Eurofins drivers to enable timely collection and dispatch of work to external and internal facilities.
• Follow standard operating procedures and safe working practice to ensure the safety of self and colleagues.
• Ensure that all equipment is kept within recommended limits for calibration and maintenance in order to adhere to quality targets.
• Have a clean as you work mentality
• Ensuring that any relevant sample logs are kept up to date.
• Responsible for correct temperature storage of samples on receipt and prior to processing.
• Responsible for the logging of samples onto the in house IT System.
• Answer incoming calls and make out-going calls to follow up on customers.
• Communicate with other departments to ensure each samples are prepped correctly.

• Previous experience within a Lab is not required. Full training will be provided.
• Educated to GCSE Level.
• Experience in working in part of a team.
• Good organisation and time management.
• Good communication skills.
• Able to self-motivate.

Benefits

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
• Health Cash Plan
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes
• Free parking
• Worldwide career opportunities
• We also have in place rewards recognising the great work out employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths. 

Your data 
As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.
 
Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
 
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. 

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.