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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.

This position is to join our innovative (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 record in combining excellent technical ability with first class interpersonal and communication skills.

This is a fixed term position for 1 year, working a 35 hour week, flexible between 07:00 - 19:00

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

Eurofins is currently recruiting for a 12 month fixed term contract, Process Development Scientist based at our PSS site in Moreton, Liverpool, UK. The scope of this role is to work within a multi-functional team to ensure successful technology transfer, pilot plant scale-up, and manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API).

Process engineers apply subject matter expertise in production plant equipment and operations to proactively identify potential scale-up risks, inform process development activities, mitigate identified concerns, and ensure successful process scale-up. Specific work activities include but are not limited to risk assessment, supplier assessment and fit recommendation, process assessment, recommendation of actions/modifications to address process risks, capture of performance data, and troubleshooting of scale-up issues. By collaborating closely with lab development scientists, internal kilo lab facilities, and external contract manufacturing organizations, process engineers play a key role in ensuring our innovative medicines are safely and effectively delivered to fund clinical trials and transform patients’ lives. Within this role, there is potential for up to 10-15% percent domestic and/or international travel annually

• B.Sc. and/or M.Sc. degree in Chemistry or chemical engineering or closely related field or equivalent qualification. Significant relevant experience may be considered in lieu of educational qualifications.
• Ideally a minimum of 7-9 years of industrial manufacturing experience in petrochemical, specialty chemical, or API process scale-up
• Manufacturing or pilot plant experience with pharmaceutical small molecules or intermediates is preferred.
• Strong fundamental technical skills (engineering, chemistry, process development, safety) and strong knowledge of plant scale unit operations (equipment capabilities, scale-up, process fit, safe operation)
• Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to work effectively across multiple assignments simultaneously, and ability to work both independently and as a part of a multifunctional team.
• Prior experience in a GMP environment is a plus
• Essential to success is the ability to build strong working relationships with internal and external partners
• Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy whilst meeting deadlines in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Strong interpersonal skills to form strong working relationships with colleagues driving collaboration.
• Ability to quickly learn new processes.
• Ability to work on own initiative and be capable of developing solutions to problems as part of a team.
• Exposure to continuous improvement.
• Willing to operate in a flexible manner and be able to switch priorities at short notice and manage multiple projects.
• Good team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills.
• Passionate about quality and customer service.

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:

• Reward & Recognition
• 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.

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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.