Associate Chemist (Associate Scientist) -Environment Testing- 2nd Shift

Eurofins; Lancaster (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative life sciences company dedicated to making the world safer and healthier. As a key member of the team, you will maintain and calibrate state-of-the-art GC/MS instrumentation while analyzing critical samples to ensure quality and compliance. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to essential testing services that impact food safety, environmental health, and pharmaceutical accuracy. With a commitment to diversity and sustainability, this forward-thinking organization fosters a collaborative environment where your skills will be valued and your career can thrive.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical coverage

Life and disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Dental and vision options

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or Biology required.
• GC/MS experience preferred for analyzing samples.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and calibrate GC/MS instrumentation.
• Analyze and review quality control and client samples.
• Conduct all activities safely and efficiently.

Skills

GC/MS experience

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Documentation skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry

Bachelor's Degree in Biology

Tools

GC/MS instrumentation

Windows-based software

Job description

Company 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.

Job Description

Position Summary:

Maintaining GC/MS instrumentation; tuning and calibrating instruments daily; analyzing quality control and client samples; reviewing and assembling this data (in an efficient manner, with a high degree of quality) to meet client requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Applies GMP/GLP in all areas of responsibility, as appropriate
• Demonstrates and promotes the company vision
• Regular attendance and punctuality
• Maintains GC/MS instrumentation
• Tunes and calibrates GC/MS
• Analyzes samples by GC/MS
• Reviews and assembles all supporting GC/MS data
• Reads, understands, and carries out SOPs
• Understands and uses appropriate computer programs and databases and other software in a Windows-based environment
• Demonstrates and maintains awareness of technical innovations and progress in environmental field (including periodic literature examination for relative scientific information)
• Makes calibration standards or other quality control samples
• Conducts all activities in a safe and efficient manner
• Performs other duties as assigned

This position is open on 2nd shift: Sunday-Thursday, 3pm-11:30pm. Training will be M-F 1st shift.

Qualifications

Basic Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Biology,or related field
• Authorization to work in the United States without restriction or Sponsorship

Ideal Candidates will have:

• GC/MS experience preferred
• Above average technical and reasoning skills (including logical thinking and deductive reasoning)
• Good work habits and documentation skills (i.e., cleanliness, accuracy, cautiousness, and neatness);
• Positive attitude toward quality control, safety procedures, and ethical practices
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment, as well as recognize and meet all deadlines or due dates
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Problem-solving ability; troubleshooting techniques

Additional Information

Professional working proficiency in English is a requirement, including the ability to read, write and speak in English.

As a Eurofins employee, you will become part of a company that has received national recognition as a great place to work. We offer excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, life and disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, and dental and vision options.

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

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/

Company 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.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and Eurofins Scientific 2/2 March 2023 agroscience contract research services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialized and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralized 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 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Eurofins USA Environment Testing is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.