Associate Scientist Biopharm

LabRulez; Ireland; Remote; EUR 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Income protection

Life assurance

Free parking onsite

Additional annual leave

Work on life-saving products

Job summary

Eurofins Biopharma Product Testing in Ireland seeks an Associate Scientist to perform quality control testing on pharmaceutical products. You will ensure compliance with predefined quality and safety standards and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

The role requires GMP experience, attention to detail, and ability to work both independently and in a team within a fast-paced biopharma environment. Competitive benefits and career development are offered.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years GMP experience.
• Strong attention to detail.
• HPLC experience and exposure to biologics testing.
• Organized, accurate, and strong documentation skills.
• Good understanding of GMP.
• Able to work independently and in a team.
• Professional and customer-focused.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine and non-routine analysis with accuracy and efficiency.
• Complete test records on time, ensuring SOP and regulatory compliance.
• Identify opportunities for quality and service improvements.
• Adhere to GMP guidelines and document/trac e activities.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis and prepare exception reports.
• Gain proficiency in assigned tests and maintain training records.
• Provide training to colleagues when competent.
• Cover for colleagues as required and participate in weekend rota/on-call schedules.

Skills

Attention to detail

Independence and teamwork

Proactive and customer-focused

Documentation accuracy

Tools

HPLC

Job description

Scientific and Research Fellow, Quality Control (QC), Molecular biology

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 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2025, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 7.296 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Associate Scientist Biopharm

Company Description

Consider joining Eurofins where people are the most important element in our business. Eurofins Biopharma Product Testing is a leading contract lab that provides testing and research services in the environmental, pharmaceutical, and biopharmaceutical sciences to clients worldwide.

We currently have a vacancy for an Associate Scientist to join our Biopharmaceutical Team in Dungarvan.

What can Eurofins offer you?

• At Eurofins we offer careers not just jobs.
• Developmental opportunities and career progression
• Private Medical Insurance when with the company for 2 years for all roles
• Income protection and life assurance
• Free parking onsite
• Additional annual leave days with continued service
• The opportunity to work on life saving products
• Work-life balance
• Sports and Social events

Job Description

The main aim of the role is to carry out quality control testing of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical products to ensure compliance with predefined quality and safety standards.

• Perform routine and non-routine analysis with accuracy and efficiency.
• Complete test records on time, ensuring compliance with SOPs and regulatory standards.
• Identify opportunities for quality and service improvement; contribute to continuous improvement projects.
• Adhere to GMP guidelines and internal quality standards; ensure all activities are documented and traceable.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis and prepare Exception reports.
• Gain proficiency in assigned tests/areas of testing; maintain training records.
• Provide training to colleagues in techniques/tests where competency is proven.
• Provide cover for colleagues as required.
• Participate in weekend rota, overtime, and On-Call/Call-out schedules.
• Ensure customer requirements

Qualifications

• 1 to 3 years of GMP experience
• Strong attention to detail
• HPLC experience and exposure to biologics testing
• Organized, accurate, and strong documentation skills
• Good understanding of GMP
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Professionalism, quality consciousness, and willingness to learn
• Proactive, flexible, and customer-focused

Additional Information

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 63,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 60 countries and operating more than 950 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 2025, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 7.296 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.