Reporting Scientist

Stoneburghproperties; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Reporting Scientist to join their dynamic team at Heathrow. This role offers an exciting opportunity to engage in forensic testing, interpreting results for drugs of abuse in various samples. You'll be at the forefront of developing innovative methods and ensuring compliance with quality standards. With a strong focus on integrity and customer satisfaction, this company provides a supportive environment for professional growth. If you are passionate about making a difference in forensic science and have the expertise to excel, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Life Assurance (3 times annual salary)

Scottish Widows Company Pension Plan

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Employee technology scheme

Discount vouchers and flexi reward points

Learning and study support

Employee Assistance Programme

Health Cash Plan membership

Enhanced company sick, maternity and paternity pay

Free on-site car parking

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemistry or related field with 5 years experience preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and good communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and report analytical data, providing expert witness statements.
• Develop and improve laboratory methods to meet customer demands.

Skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Ability to multitask

Confidentiality

Proactive attitude

Education

Degree in Chemistry or Science related subject

Tools

GC-MS

LC-MS/MS

Job description

About Us
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 50,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 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 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description
Salary: Competitive
Location: Heathrow, near Feltham UK
Contract: Full Time
Hours: 37.5hrs per week
Closing date: 24/02/2025

The Role
We are currently recruiting for a Reporting Scientist to join our fantastic team at our site based in Heathrow. If you are passionate about a rewarding career in Forensic testing and want to use your expertise to its full potential, then this is a great opportunity to join a well-established and successful market leading company with over 30 years experience in providing Forensic Services to the Police forces of England and Wales, as well as other commercial organisations and public sector bodies. This is a truly exciting time to begin or continue your career with our first-class business, as a Reporting Scientist you will be responsible for the interpretation and reporting of results of drugs of abuse in urine and oral fluid and providing expert witness statements when required. This role involves a variety of tasks including assisting in the developments of new methods to continually improve our capability and delight our customers.

Key Responsibilities And Accountabilities
The successful candidate will also be expected to carry out the following:

1. Interpretation of analytical data, reporting of results and providing expert witness statements when required.
2. Delivery of work projects, such as developing new methods as well as improving existing ones effectively to agreed deadlines in response to customer demand and organisational change.
3. Obtain and maintain appropriate levels of accreditation for the laboratory.
4. Provide guidance and advice for all issues relating to quality within the laboratory.
5. Ensure that internal and external quality controls are carried out, and that appropriate corrective and preventive measures are taken to ensure standards are maintained.
6. Organise and help develop direct and indirect reports to improve the delivery of day-to-day work and projects.
7. Ensure equipment is effectively and economically maintained so that the laboratory function is not compromised by unscheduled downtime. (GC-MS, LC-MS-MS, GC-MS-MS).
8. Participating in the technical work such as extraction of drugs of abuse.
9. Generate and implement ideas in line with CI.
10. Demonstrate an awareness of, and compliance with, health and safety regulations, and act as a COSHH advisor.
11. Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
12. As part of the team ensure that operational targets are met and exceeded where possible.
13. Achieving key performance indicator targets.
14. Any queries are dealt with in a professional and timely manner ensuring TAT is met and customer satisfaction.
15. Provide expert witness interpretations.

Qualifications
The ideal Candidate:
We are looking for someone with a degree in Chemistry or Science related subject along with at least 5 years of relevant experience (preferable but not essential), is highly motivated, enthusiastic and possesses the competence and team spirit to support others and contribute to a positive culture. Here at EFS integrity and customer focus is at the heart of everything we do and the below is what will see you excel in this role:

1. Good attention to detail, well organized, innovative and motivated.
2. Good interpersonal and team playing skills.
3. Demonstration of good communications skills, both verbal and written.
4. Ability to cope under pressure, multitask and work to deadlines.
5. Strong team player.
6. Demonstrate a high level of confidentiality when dealing with sensitive material.
7. Proactive worker with an enthusiastic attitude to work.
8. If you have knowledge of instrumental analytical techniques including GC-MS and LC-MS/MS and even extraction methods, then we would love to hear from you.

Company Benefits
In return for your hard work and loyal service, we will offer you genuine career and salary progression through our Career Pathways programme, a competitive salary, and a selection of employee benefits via our flexible benefits menu which includes cycle to work, give as you earn, volunteering days, buy and sell holiday. In addition, we also offer the following:

• Life Assurance (3 times annual salary)
• Scottish Widows Company Pension Plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing to a maximum of 30 days)
• Employee length of service awards and yearly recognition schemes, celebrating work anniversaries here at EFS.
• Employee technology scheme
• Discount vouchers and flexi reward points on our employee wellness hub
• Everyone who joins EFS will have access to Perkbox allowing you to save money all year round on a wide range of perks such as supermarket savings, days out or your daily coffee
• Learning and study support
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Health Cash Plan membership
• Enhanced company sick, maternity and paternity pay scheme
• Refer a friend scheme
• Subscription to mental health support and wellbeing.
• Free on-site car parking

All successful applicants will be required to undertake drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment.

To apply, please visit Eurofins Careers