Senior Analyst

Eurofins; Livingston; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Cash Plan

Life Assurance from day one

Company Pension Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Perkbox access

Volunteer days support

Free on-site car parking

Job summary

Eurofins Scientific is seeking a Chemistry Department support role to assist in testing and method verification within a GMP/GLP setting. The role emphasizes accuracy, independence, and teamwork in a busy laboratory environment.

You will manage materials, glassware, waste, and log books, while contributing to CAPA and LabGuard activities. Degree in life sciences preferred, with strong communication and organisation skills expected.

Qualifications

• Degree in life sciences preferred.
• Experience in GMP/GLP environments is desirable.
• Good understanding of GMP is required.
• Ability to work independently or in a team.
• Demonstrates professionalism and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Perform chemistry testing in a GMP/GLP setting.
• Verify methods and maintain lab records.
• Housekeeping and material management in the Chemistry lab.
• Manage glassware, waste, and log books.
• Provide inter‑company support and LabGuard activities.
• Write exceptions and CAPA where needed.
• Support equipment calibration, qualification and maintenance.
• Propose and implement continuous improvements.

Skills

GMP knowledge

GMP/GLP experience

Communication skills

Teamwork

Quality consciousness

Willingness to learn

Education

Life sciences degree

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.

Job Description

Unfortunately this role does not offer sponsorship.

Hours: 39 hours per week, 09:00 - 17:15 (4 days), 09:00 - 17:30 (1 day)

The purpose of this job is to support the operation and development of the Chemistry department.

• Chemistry testing.
• Method verification.
• Laboratory house-keeping.
• Management of chemistry materials.
• Management of laboratory glassware.
• Management of laboratory waste.
• Maintain laboratory log books.
• Perform required inter-company support activities.
• Perform LabGuard activities.
• Write exceptions.
• CAPA.
• Support equipment calibration, qualification, and maintenance.
• Propose and implement continuous improvements.

Qualifications

Degree in life sciences is preferred.

Experience/skills

• Experience in Pharmacopeia testing is desirable but not essential.
• Experience in a GMP- or GLP-regulated environment and/or within a Chemistry role.
• Good understanding of GMP.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Demonstrates competency in work.
• Good communication skills.
• Good organisation skills.
• Ability to follow management directives.
• Demonstrates professionalism.
• Willingness to learn.
• Quality consciousness.
• Positive, methodical, and tenacious

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:

• Being part of a Reward and Recognition Scheme, recognising great work across our teams.
• Holiday entitlement increases with service.
• The option to opt into our Health Cash Plan, designed to help look after your everyday health and wellbeing. This allows you to claim back the cost of routine healthcare expenses such as dental check-ups, eye tests, glasses or contact lenses and other everyday medical treatments.
• Life Assurance from day one, providing cover of four times your annual salary.
• Automatic enrolment into our Company Pension Plan after three months (with the flexibility to opt out if you choose)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, offering 24/7 confidential support for both personal and work-related matters.
• Being able to register your interest in volunteering days, which are designed to support employees who wish to do voluntary work during working hours as part of a wider strategy to contribute positively to the local community.
• Free on-site car parking.
• The opportunity to explore worldwide 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.

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