Company 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.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Eurofins PSS Insourcing Solutions® is a global, award-winning insourcing solution. We place our skilled team directly at the client site, managing operations seamlessly and eliminating complexities. We ensure a strategic, long-term service commitment that delivers value directly at the client’ site, utilising their facilities, equipment, and methodologies, while maintaining the same service, expertise, and cGMP compliance available at the Eurofins facility. If you're an employee seeking an exceptional career journey, Eurofins PSS Insourcing Solutions® is your gateway to a future where innovation, collaboration, and success converge. Join us in a world where excellence knows no boundaries!

Job Description

This is a permanent, full time position. Working a flexible 37 hour week, Monday - Friday.

The purpose of this job is to provide quantitative analytical support for DMPK studies of novel chemical entities.

Work independently to develop LC-MS bioanalytical methods and carry out determination of small molecules in a range of pre-clinical biological matrices.Generate key pharmacokinetic parameters as required with appropriate quality checking and provide draft reports for DMPK project leads.Complete experimental records in an ELN ensuring compliance with the Client’s data integrity standards.Troubleshoot issues with both assays and equipment and liaise with external engineers as required.Interact with Client scientists and CRO partners as appropriate to ensure management of workloads.Help lead the development of automated processes for sample tracking and analysis, and data processing/reporting to realise productivity gains.Support more junior colleagues, by providing hands-on practical mentorship.Participate in other DMPK tasks as required.

QualificationsEducated to degree level in Biochemistry or equivalent.Experience performing working non-GLP bioanalysis within a DMPK Drug Discovery environment would be desirable.Team members are required to work to tight timelines, with a flexible approach and the ability to change priorities at short notice.Experience in LC-MS/MS bioanalysis of small molecules in various biological matrices would be ideal.Exposure in the use of automated liquid handling systems including some basic method development capabilities.Ability to work using fully electronic media using Microsoft office applications and electronic notebook systems.Additionally, experience of using PK study software such as Watson LIMS, Phoenix/ WinNonLin to generate basic PK parameters would be ideal.Good team player, flexible, organized and accurate.Good organisational skills to ensure on-time delivery of quality data.Ability to quickly learn new processes. Works proactively to offer suggestions for new ways to improve existing processes.Ability to work on own initiative and be capable of developing solutions to problems as part of a team.Good communication skills both internally and externally. Must be able to communicate documents or concepts to co-workers or clients independently.Ability to form strong working relationships with colleagues.Passionate about quality and customer service.

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:

Reward and RecognitionHealth Cash PlanLife Assurance (4 times annual salary).Company Pension PlanEmployee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.Free car parkingWorldwide career opportunitiesEveryone 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 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. 
 
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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/