Lab Technician - Sample Management (EM/UM)

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 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 62,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 61 countries and operating more than 900 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.

Professional Scientific Services (PSS) is our award winning service model where we provide and manage scientific services directly within our clients’ facilities, mainly within the pharmaceutical sector. It is a global service offering and we have been managing services through this model since 2002.

Job Description

In this position, you will be part of the environmental monitoring (EM) and utility monitoring (UM) team. Your main responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• GMP-compliant, independent and on-time performance of routine sample collection and management
• Creating and handling projects (sampling plans, incubation batches) in LIMS LabWare system
• Distributing of time sensitive in process samples from the manufacturing area to the QC laboratory
• Ensuring high quality documentation completed on time, accurately and legibly
• Ensuring the readiness of calibrated equipment, supporting calibration activity and handling work orders in CMMS system in case of breakdown
• Opening of investigation reports in TrackWise and supporting the quality assurance department
• Evaluating results against defined acceptance criteria
• Seeking feedback from /consult with Group Leader
• May train new or junior members of the team

Qualifications

For this interesting position, we are looking for someone with:

• Apprenticeship as a Laboratory Technician Biology/Chemistry or BSc
• Ideally two years of professional experience in a GMP environment
• Sample collection within controlled environments
• Consumables management
• Working across teams, excellent communicator and collaborator
• Fluent in English, German is a plus

Additional Information

This is a full time permanent position with Eurofins PSS, providing services at the client site. After several onboarding trainings, to make sure you have the experience you need, you will be working independently in our team. 

• Development and management through Eurofins: We offer different trainings focused on both technical and soft skills
• 5-day work week with sporadic weekend work fully compensated by time off and financial benefits
• Excellent conditions and benefits
• Interesting international as well as national career opportunities
• Different trainings focused on technical experiences as well as soft skills
• Interesting client projects

If this position could be of interest to you or if you have any questions regarding this position please feel free to reach out to Rianne Fridman-Heezen, Personnel and Administration Specialist PSS Switzerland.

Please note that as per Eurofins policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters were engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Eurofins will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.