Shift Environmental Monitoring Scientist

TN United Kingdom; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for dedicated Environmental Monitoring Scientists to join their team in Macclesfield. This exciting role involves supporting environmental monitoring testing to ensure the suitability of manufacturing facilities. Candidates will thrive in a dynamic environment, showcasing their organizational and troubleshooting skills while adhering to GMP standards. With a commitment to employee recognition and career development, this company offers a vibrant workplace where your contributions truly matter. Join a team that values quality and client service while making a positive impact in the pharmaceutical industry.

Benefits

Health Cash Plan

Life Assurance (4 times annual salary)

Company Pension Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Free car parking

Worldwide career opportunities

Perkbox access

Qualifications

• Degree or above in a relevant scientific discipline.
• Relevant experience in a pharmaceutical industry GMP laboratory.
• Strong documentation skills and a passion for quality.

Responsibilities

• Collect Environmental Monitoring samples using protocols.
• Ensure compliance with GMP policies in a production environment.
• Perform routine QC testing and maintain sample chain of custody.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Troubleshooting Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in Biology

Degree in Chemistry

Degree in Microbiology

Tools

LIMS System

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Client:

Eurofins UK PSS

Location:

Macclesfield, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job Description

Eurofins is currently recruiting for full time Environmental Monitoring Scientists based at our client site in Macclesfield, UK.

The successful candidates will provide expertise within the QC Microbiology testing section.

The candidates will have great organizational skills and proven ability to rapidly respond to technical challenges, great troubleshooting skills and operate in a flexible manner, exhibiting high energy, self-motivation and collaborative communication skills.

This role operates on a continuous 2 week rotating pattern of 11hour day shifts: -

Week One: Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday.

Week Two: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Options for shifts 06:00 to 17:00 or 07:00 to 18:00 with breaks therein.

The primary purpose of this role is to support Environmental monitoring testing to assure suitability of client’s manufacturing facilities.

Job Responsibilities

• Aseptically collect Environmental Monitoring (EM) and cleaning validation samples at client’s facility using sampling protocols and associated documents.
• Ensure compliance with GMP policies and SOPs in a production environment
• Aseptically gown and work in sterile manufacturing areas
• Perform routine and non-routine QC testing such as Bioburden, Endotoxin, Concentration, and Conductivity
• Maintain and Ensure sample chain of custody using a LIMS system and perform all aspects of Sample management including aliquotting, storage, receipt, and testing.
• Review manufacturing schedule for dynamic environmental monitoring to ensure all samples are collected appropriately, and address problems where necessary
• Review and reconcile all environmental monitoring samples at the end of the production run to ensure all samples were appropriately taken, processed, and were within required limits
• Perform Laboratory and Equipment maintenance
• Participate in lean lab operation and continuous improvement programs to reduce operating costs
• Calculate, evaluate, review, and properly communicate data verbally and in written format
• To GMP review analytical data.
• To initiate and follow-up OOS results and action limits as per client procedures.

Qualifications

• Degree or above in a relevant scientific discipline (Biology, Chemistry or Microbiology)
• Relevant experience in a pharmaceutical industry GMP laboratory.
• Good team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills
• Passionate about quality and client service.
• Good communication skills both internally and externally.

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.

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/