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.
We are currently recruiting for an enthusiastic and innovative Scientist. This is a new and exciting opportunity based at our client’s facility, a world class company that develops and produces consumer products based in Liverpool. We have an opportunity for a scientist supporting product development in the Personal care and Home care products service area weighted towards deodorant products.
Job DescriptionWorking hours are Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm.
The purpose of this role is to support the development of new product formulations providing support to the automated equipment and in line off line analytical equipment. Additionally, the scientist also has the potential to support further automated platforms and health care product development evaluation.
Main Duties
Organisation, Scheduling and Planning of Routine requests from multiple client facilities to be progressed in the client facility, utilising various automated platforms.Review Design of Experiments and progress automated runs.Support automated formulation platforms with a good level of proficiency.Manage Logistics, COSHH, Safety for routine requests from different client areas ensuring sample integrity, project timelines and demands are met.Run and Report any routine requests on automated equipment (including Statistics).Conduct associated in-line / off-line product quality assessment of Haircare products assessing damage, deposition, sensory and hair array (combing / texture). For hair fibre assessing physical assessments including torsion, tension, bending, swelling and contact angle and for Sub Fibre, assessment utilising DSC, DVS, DMA and TGA as well as analytical support utilising Raman Spectroscopy and SEM.Conduct associated in-line / off-line product quality assessment of Oral Products evaluating surface hardness colour and appearance.Additional measurement support including preparation and operation of measurement tools.Conduct Antimicrobial work including preparation and routine workflow operations, media and plate preparation, microbial inoculation and automated analysis.Conducting Semi-automated Screens: Preparation and routine operation of semi-automated workflows for micro-titre plate based screens.Maintain clear, concise and effective communication with the Key client Contacts and designees throughout the period of service.Ensure all pre-calibration of equipment is conducted.Escalate issues in a timely manner to ensure prompt resolution so as to maintain project schedule adherence.Report and document any issues or non-conformances to the relevant client contact.Assist in the preparation and review and revision of area documentation e.g. SOP's, Reports, Protocols.To ensure that all documentation is carried out on time, is accurate and legible and conforms to the relevant quality standards.Attend regular client/Eurofins team meetings.Deal with customer queries and contact designated personnel, with appropriate support from Group Leader, with any relevant information or issues relating to results or the service in general.To keep the laboratory areas clean and tidy in both ‘seen’ and ‘unseen’ areas.To have a clear understanding of the customer relationship and service goals.To ensure uniformity, reproducibility and reliability in all work practices.Facilitate investigations and support associated investigations.Establish and monitor trend analysis program and evaluate to contribute to scientific understanding.Liaise with all clients both internal and external.QualificationsGood proficient knowledge of performance evaluation of formulations within Personal Care and Home Care is essential.Proven relevant experience of formulation evaluation in a development laboratory ideally within Personal Care and Home Care.Ability to work with automated platforms and strong troubleshooting skills.A rigorous approach to detail minimising errors and driving right first time.Strong statistical analysis capabilities and utilises findings to make conclusions.Proven experience with a broad range of traditional analytical techniques as well as modern instrumental equipment including but limited to HPLC, GC/MS and SFC as well as DSC, DVS, DMA and TGA, SEM and Raman spectroscopy as well as physical property evaluation.Able to interpret raw data and draw conclusions.Ability to quickly learn new processes.Ability to work on own initiative.Able to communicate results, documents or concepts to co-workers, clients on local or global locations.Ability to work using fully electronic media, including MS Office.Ability to communicate clearly and to form strong working relationships with colleagues.Operate procedures with high level of concern for safety.Good team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills.Passionate about quality and customer service.Good communication skills both internally and externally. Additional Information
At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.
As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:
Reward and RecognitionHealth Cash PlanLife Assurance (4 times annual salary).Company Pension PlanEmployee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.Free car parkingWorldwide career opportunitiesEveryone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle.What Happens Next
Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths.
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Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
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!
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