Food & Feed Testing

Eurofins Scientific SE; Linlithgow; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading life sciences company located in Linlithgow is hiring for a full-time Laboratory Assistant role. The position involves preparing samples, assisting laboratory staff, and maintaining cleanliness and safety in the lab. Ideal candidates should have teamwork skills and basic proficiency with Word and Excel. The role offers various employee benefits, including enhanced leave and a pension plan, contributing to a supportive work environment focused on health and safety.

Benefits

Enhanced Annual Leave

Company Pension Plan

Life Assurance Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Health Cash Plan

Free parking

Health and Wellbeing Programmes

Qualifications

• Familiarity with laboratory environment and maintenance of cleanliness.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to use office software at a basic level.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food samples for microbiological testing.
• Assist in microbiological media preparation and quality control.
• Provide general assistance to laboratory staff.
• Perform cleaning and maintenance tasks as needed.
• Dispose of laboratory waste according to established procedures.
• Report unsafe practices in the laboratory.

Skills

Ability to work alone

Teamwork skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Basic Word and Excel skills

Job description

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.

Job Description

Please note this is a full time role working 40 hours per week over a four week rotational shift pattern:

Week 2: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 11:00 till 19:30 and Saturday 08:30-17:00.

The purpose of this role is to carry out basic microbiological practices which contribute to the production of reliable and accurate test results. Providing support over a wide area of tasks and requirements to microbiologists and lead microbiologists.

• To prepare food samples for incubation as per your trained areas.
• To assist in the preparation of microbiological culture media and record the necessary quality control and performance checks.
• To provide general assistance to Laboratory Staff at all levels.
• To carry out housekeeping duties in line with Cleaning Schedules and other documents as required (including cleaning of equipment, floors, bins and benches when required).
• To carry out all washroom duties as required being mindful of the glassware requirements.
• To dispose of all laboratory waste in accordance with procedures.
• To report any unsafe or poor working practices in the laboratory.
• These task sheets can never be all encompassing and hence flexibility to task is required.

Qualifications

• Ability to work alone or as part of a team.
• Knowledge of the routine workings of a Laboratory Environment and the importance of a clean lab.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Computer literate, ability to use Word and Excel to basic level.

Additional Information

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 our 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 its requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get to 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 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.

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/