Laboratory Technician

Job Description

Working with the Media laboratory, the purpose of this role will be to be part of the team responsible for the timely and accurate production of media required within the Food and Water microbiology laboratories.

Please note this is a full time permanent role working 37.5 hours per week - Tuesday to Saturday 14:00pm to 22:00pm. 

• Ensure that sufficient media is produced and provided to the laboratory for the required workload and to this purpose, liaise closely with main laboratory and path laboratory technicians and team leaders. 
• To produce all media in a safe and appropriate manner, and in line with standard operating procedures. 
• Ensuring that any relevant paperwork related to the production of media is kept up to date.
• Responsible for maintaining some stock inventory.
• Advise Laboratory Manager without delay of any problems affecting operations in the production area of the laboratory. 
• To ensure the correct use of PPE at all times. 
• To be familiar with COSHH guidelines and working practices within the media laboratory. 
• To follow standard operating procedures and safe working practice to ensure the safety of self and colleagues.
• To ensure that all equipment is kept within recommended limits for calibration and maintenance in order to adhere to quality targets.
• Ensure that production work is conducted in a clean and tidy manner with due attention to the careful maintenance of all laboratory fittings and equipment.
• A flexible approach to work will be required to assist other departments as and when required.
• Assist with continuous improvement within the microbiology department.

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level, or equivalent. 
• Good origination and time management. 
• Good communication skills.
• Able to self-motivate.
• Will be of advantage to have experience in any type of fast pace production work.

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:

• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
• Additional Annual Leave Purchase scheme
• Annual Leave Sellback Scheme
• Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates   
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes
• Free parking
• Worldwide career opportunities
• We also have in place rewards recognising the great work out employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.

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. 
 
Your data 
As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.
 
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 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!

Find out more in our career page:https://careers.eurofins.com/