Laboratory Technician Feltham, South West England, 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 discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and 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 Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised 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 decentralised 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.
37.5 Per week.
Week 1: Tuesday to Saturday, 6am-2pm
Week 2: Tuesday - Saturday, 10am-6pm
The purpose of a Laboratory Technician is to assist in the day-to-day registration of samples ready for preparation and analysis of Water Samples.
Main Duties
- Ensure registration occurs with high level of accuracy – including registration details and testing
- Ensure registration occurs enabling the laboratory to function efficiently.
- Maintain Sample Registration Guide and customer contact details with up to date information.
- Communication with customer on missing samples/ paperwork, unclear testing instructions, and samples testing outside stability.
- Ensure samples received are handled in accordance with documented procedures, including attention to temperature control, storage and maintenance of sample integrity.
- Maintenance of accurate and systematic records as detailed in the quality procedures.
- Work with Team Leader, Laboratory Manager to achieve daily targets, ensuring client turnaround time is met.
- Work with the team on continuous improvement initiatives.
- Report any anomalies or concerns direct to your line leader.
- Ensure client contact is conducted in a professional manner and any client queries are dealt with or notified to your line leader.
- Uphold and maintain client and company confidentiality
- Receive customer communications, performing actions, delegating or escalating to Seniors as appropriated.
- Undertake any other duties commensurate with the post as required
- Previous experience within a Laboratory is not essential
- Educated to GCSE level
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Good laboratory skills and practices
- Enthusiasm, energy and a driven outlook
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.
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.
