***Opportunity for a part time Lab Support API Analyst in our client site in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork***

The purpose of this job is to serve as a laboratory support analyst within the client environment to support their technical and analytical tasks, to work to the highest standards in terms of quality and professionalism.

This position will be supporting every weekend (9 hours Saturday). Over the summer and holiday periods there may be an increase in working hours to support the team during the week.

What can Eurofins offer you as an employee of ours?

• Developmental opportunities and career progression
• The opportunity to work with our client - a world -leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology company
• Location is easily accessible
• Free parking onsite
• Full use of the canteen facilities on the client site
• Additional annual leave days with continued service
• The opportunity to work on therapeutic drugs helping to save lives across the world

Consider joining Eurofins, where people are the most important element in our business. Eurofins is a leading contract research organisation providing testing and research services in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sciences to clients worldwide.

This position is to join our innovative Professional Scientific Services (PSS) programme as an employee of Eurofins. The programme places full-time analysts, technicians, scientists and technical support personnel managed by Eurofins directly at the client facility to provide long term staffing needs while maintaining the same services, expertise and cGMP compliance available at the Eurofins facility. This award-winning programme offers excellent career opportunities for people who have a proven track recording in combining excellent technical ability with first class interpersonal and communication skills

• Support Laboratory bioreactor runs – data monitoring, sampling, sample analysis and bioreactor feeding
• Support of key activities in the laboratory such as processing of autoclave and washer loads.
• Support media preparation activities.
• Restocking of laboratory consumables and support of 5S in the lab.
• Perform data review
• Keep up to date with existing and new SOPs and official documentation.
• Contribute to proper use, calibration and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
• Perform investigations, where required, for Out-of-Specification Results etc.
• Perform sample management activities. Coordinate receipt and distribution of samples.
• Perform other duties as designated by Laboratory Management.
• Develop subject matter expertise on processes you perform.
• Support revision of SOPs or other official documentation and reports, when required.
• Execute independently assigned projects.

• Industrial experience in aseptic techniques is essential, with cell culture a distinct advantage
• Additional experience or exposure to, biotech industrial environment is a distinct advantage
• Practical analytical laboratory experience in a GMP or GLP environment is preferred.
• High attention to detail and high level of discipline in techniques is required
• Analytical skills to troubleshoot laboratory issues are an asset.
• Ability to work well within team structures and provide leadership is required.
• Good communication is a key skill requirement.

Willingness to work weekends is required. This role involves regular weekend hours as standard.

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 61,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 59 countries and operating more than 940 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 2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.