Associate Scientist Chemistry - Finished Product Testing

Eurofins; Dungarvan; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Eurofins is seeking a quality control tester to perform GMP‑compliant testing of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical products at our site in Ireland. You will execute routine and non‑routine analyses, maintain accurate records, and participate in continuous improvement initiatives.

The role requires 1 year of GMP finished product testing experience, strong attention to detail, and good knowledge of HPLC, with excellent documentation and communication skills.

Qualifications

• 1 years GMP finished product testing experience.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Good knowledge of HPLC.
• Organized, accurate, and strong documentation skills.
• Good understanding of GMP.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.
• Proactive, flexible, and customer-focused.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Attention to detail

Documentation skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Independence

Customer-focused

Education

GMP knowledge

Tools

HPLC

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• 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 years GMP finished product testing experience
• Strong attention to detail
• Good knowledge of HPLC
• Organized, accurate, and strong documentation skills
• Good understanding of GMP
• Ability to work independently and in a teamProfessionalism, quality consciousness, and willingness to learn
• Proactive, flexible, and customer-focused
• Excellent communication skills

About the Employer

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.