Laboratory Technician - Molecular Cell Biology

Eurofins; Waterford; Hybrid; EUR 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance after 2 yrs

Income protection and life assurance

Free parking onsite

Additional annual leave days with long

Life-saving products

Work-life balance

Sports and Social events

Development opportunities

Job summary

Eurofins Biopharma Product Testing in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, seeks a Laboratory Technician for the Molecular Cell Biology team. You will perform testing in a GMP-like environment, ensuring quality and accuracy while supporting lab operations and safety compliance.

The role offers full-time hours with a salary of EUR 30,000–EUR 33,000 per year and opportunities for development, private medical insurance after 2 years, and other benefits. Shift flexibility may apply.

Qualifications

• Minimum Level 6 scientific qualification is required.
• GMP laboratory experience is an advantage.
• BSL-2 requirements or cleanroom/aseptic techniques and cell-based assays are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Perform testing activities for which training has been completed.
• Maintain proficiency in procedures per training plan.
• Ensure lab efficiency and client needs are met; reorder stock and keep workspace orderly.
• Perform qualified techniques/tests as directed by the senior laboratory staff.
• Train other lab technicians or assistants on approved techniques/tests.
• Provide cover for other staff as needed and allowed by training.
• Keep training records up to date and initiate new training when possible.
• Comply with safety, housekeeping and quality standards; notify management of discrepancies.
• Identify opportunities for quality and service improvements and work with the team on improvements.

Skills

Laboratory techniques

Quality control

Education

Level 6 scientific qualification

Job description

Laboratory Technician - Molecular Cell Biology

• Full-time
• Compensation: EUR 30,000 - EUR 33,000 - yearly

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.

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

We currently have an opportunity for a Laboratory Technician to join our Molecular Cell Biology team in Dungarvan Co. Waterford.

The purpose of this job is tocarry out testing as trained and perform required laboratory tasks (lab support) to ensure the area functions efficiently and company quality and accuracy standards are upheld.

Job Responsibilities

• Perform competently all testing activities for which training has been completed
• To be responsible for proficiency in certain procedures / training modules as specified in their training plan.
• To act on their own initiative to ensure efficiencies in laboratory and that client needs being met – including reorder of stock, housekeeping activities to ensure labs in optimal working conditions. Escalation of any note equipment issue etc.
• To perform techniques / tests that they are qualified to do in terms of completed training records and as directed by the laboratory senior.
• Training other lab technician’s/ laboratory assistants if and when required on techniques / tests for which they have approved training records.
• To provide cover for other members of staff as required and as training allows.
• To keep their training records up to date and to initiate training as per their training plan where possible when free from work.
• To adhere to all company standards in the area of safety, housekeeping and quality, notifying management of any discrepancies.
• To identify any opportunities for improvement of quality and service and work with the team to implement continuous improvement.
• To participate in the company On-Call / Call out rota as required.Shift change may be required depending on the needs of the laboratory, this can include a change in working days and/or daily shift hours.
• Raise and implement process improvements as appropriate
• Minimum level 6qualification in scientific discipline
• GMP laboratory experience an advantage
• Experienced with BSL2 requirements or cleanroom, aseptic techniques and cell based assays is desirable

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, 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.