Microbial Development Scientist

Eurofins UK PSS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Eurofins UK PSS is seeking a Microbial Development Scientist to join their Liverpool facility. This permanent, full-time position supports the development of innovative consumer products, requiring strong logistical and technical skills along with experience in microbiological techniques. The ideal candidate will excel in a collaborative environment and demonstrate a passion for quality in product formulation.

Benefits

Health Cash Plan

Life Assurance (4 times annual salary)

Company Pension Plan

Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 support

Free car parking

Worldwide career opportunities

Access to Perkbox for discounts

Qualifications

• Degree or above in a relevant scientific discipline required.
• Experience of microbiological techniques is essential.
• Exposure to LC/MS and GC/MS would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support product development in personal care products.
• Conduct microbial work including media and plate preparation.
• Document data conforming to quality standards.

Skills

Microbiological techniques

Organising and Scheduling

Problem solving

Excellent verbal and written skills

Passionate about quality and customer service

Education

Degree in Biology, Chemistry or Microbiology

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Eurofins UK PSS

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

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Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

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Job Description

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

This is a permanent full time position, working a 37.5 hour week,Monday to Friday.

We are currently recruiting for an enthusiastic and innovative Scientist. This is a new and exciting opportunity based at our client’s facility, a world class company that develops and produces consumer products based in Liverpool. We have an opportunity for a scientist supporting product development in Personal care products.

The purpose of this role is to support the development of new product formulations providing support to the automated equipment and in line offline analytical equipment. Additionally, the scientist also has the potential to support further automated platforms and personal care product development evaluation.

In addition, the candidate will also have strong logistic and technical skills as well as report writing, problem solving skills. It is expected the ideal candidate will work in a flexible manner exhibiting high energy, self-motivation and resourcefulness. Additionally, will be able to think logically and have the ability to effectively collaborate with and communicate scientific ideas readily.

• Organisation, Scheduling and Planning of Routine requests from multiple client facilities to be progressed in the client facility, utilizing various automated platforms.
• Review Design of Experiments and progress automated runs.
• Support automated formulation platforms with a good level of proficiency.
• Manage Logistics, COSHH, Safety for routine requests from different client areas ensuring sample integrity, project timelines and demands are met.
• Run and Report any routine requests on automated equipment (including Statistics).
• Conduct associated in-line / off-line product quality assessment of personal care products.
• Preparation of samples including extraction of samples for analytical assessment and characterisation utilising various chromatographical analytical techniques.
• Conduct microbial work including preparation and routine workflow operations, media and plate preparation, microbial inoculation and automated analysis.
• Ensure all pre-calibration of equipment is conducted.
• Report and document any issues or non-conformances to the relevant client contact.
• Assist in the preparation and review and revision of area documentation e.g. SOP's, Reports, Protocols.
• To document data as dictated by current client policies and procedures.
• To ensure that all documentation is carried out on time, is accurate and legible and conforms to the relevant quality standards.

Qualifications

• Degree or above in a relevant scientific discipline (Biology, Chemistry or Microbiology).
• Some industrial background would be ideal.
• Experience of microbiological techniques is essential. Including media and plate preparation and microbial inoculation.
• Exposure to LC/MS and GC/MS would be a distinct advantage.
• Structured approach to investigating problems to resolution.
• Ability to organise, Schedule and Plan work with great efficiency and compliance.
• Excellent verbal and written skills, both internally and externally. Ability to build strong interpersonal relationships with colleagues driving collaboration.
• Ability to maintain operational effectiveness of automated equipment and monitor / report intervention detail and frequency thereby off setting down time.
• Passionate about quality and customer service is essential.

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:

• Reward and Recognition.
• Health Cash Plan
• Life Assurance (4 times annual salary).
• Company Pension Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.
• Free car parking
• Worldwide career opportunities
• Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle.

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 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.

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 in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/