Junior Laboratory Analyst

TN United Kingdom; Belfast; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job description

We are seeking a Junior Analyst to work within our Food Testing microbiology department in Belfast.

This is a full-time role working 36.25 hours per week - Sunday to Thursday 09:30 till 17:30. The training shift for the first 6 weeks will be Monday to Friday 09:30 - 17:30.

Flexibility in working hours is required and overtime may be required to be worked at short notice during peak business demands during the week and at the weekend.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of media (agars etc.) to be used in microbiological analysis.
• Sample preparation in line with company protocols.
• Microbiological analysis of water/food/feed/swabs samples in line with company protocols.
• Training and operation of relevant equipment.
• General housekeeping of laboratory and prevention of cross-contamination.
• Accurate record-keeping associated with UKAS quality system.
• Effective communication with all employees.
• Report any anomalous results or situations to Line Manager.
• Adhere to Health and Safety procedures within the laboratory.
• Collection of laboratory samples from customer sites (food only, when required).
• Any other related activities as required by post.
• Additional responsibilities as and when required.

Qualifications

• Computer literate with experience of MS Office applications (in particular Excel).
• Comfortable working in a busy environment.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work quickly and accurately.
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Strong communication skills.
• It is desirable to have a degree in a related scientific field.
• It is desirable to have experience of culture of microorganisms and knowledge of laboratory accreditation systems (ideally ISO 17025).

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
• Additional Annual Leave Purchase scheme
• Annual Leave Sellback Scheme
• Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
• 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 applicants based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives, we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

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