Application Support Developer Wolverhampton, England
Job 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 agroscience Contract Research Organisation 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 Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.
In over 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 940 laboratories in 59 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 2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.72 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.
Working hours are Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.
This is a hybrid working position with 2 days required at the Wolverhampton office and 3 days working from home.
As Application Support Developer for Eurofins Food and Water Testing UK you will be working with our software support application teams. You will be providing 2nd and 3rd line support our business customers for Software Application related issues. As well as working on projects to move away from current legacy solutions and to implement Business Intelligence tools.
Working on internal software systems running our laboratories across the UK and Ireland, you will be part of a support team and also integral part of the implementation team, working to implement new systems and improve processes. You will be working with the support team, as well as Business Analysts as part of a large and dynamic IT Solutions team.
- Handling support requests for internal business users
- Problem solving and bug fixing
- Database Querying, code writing and configuration
- Actively learning new or unfamiliar technologies
- BI Reports and development of a BI Toolset
- Project work, on developments and improvements to systems
- Working on our LIMS systems and internal tools
- Working with the business to understand requirements and problems
- Good problem solving ability
- A passion for technology
- Good communication skills
- Good IT Skills (Office, Excel, any previous programming interest would be helpful)
- Microsoft SQL Query and Scripting Experience
- Visual Basic Development Experience
Additional Information
Benefits
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:
- Holiday Purchase Scheme
- Life Assurance (4 times annual salary)
- Company Pension Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.
- Free car parking
- Worldwide career opportunities
- Everyone 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 to 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.
Application Tips
It’s really helpful for our Recruitment Team if you include a full up to date CV, your current location and a contact number so we can talk to you about our exciting opportunities. Please also detail your current Right to Work status in the UK.
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.
