Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom
37 days ago
Laboratory Steward

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.

Job Description

This is a permanent fulltime position, working a 37.5 hour week. The shift pattern is: Tuesday - Friday 14:00 - 22:00 & Saturday 12:30 - 20:00.

To maintain a clean hygienic working environment within the Wolverhampton Laboratory, continuous stock control for all working stations for the laboratory to achieve lean goals.

Assist the laboratory in stocking up individual work stations which will assist in achieving the optimum production from the laboratoryWork aseptically and wear appropriate PPE when in the labsDry pre-poured media ready for use in the laboratorySupplement broths and medias ready for use within the laboratoryOrganisation of stock rooms and help maintain stock rotationHave knowledge of disinfectants and make up daily for in lab useRemoval of waste from the laboratory throughout the day and maintenance of the hygiene of the internal bins and waste system.To be familiar with relevant health and safety legislation and to ensure that all relevant, hazard signs are used when appropriate.To carry out any other reasonable tasks as designated by your line manager.Participate in 5S and continuous improvement activitiesPerform daily, weekly and monthly 5S auditsAssist in standardizing the workstations and workflow in the laboratory and take responsibility for upkeep of these.

QualificationsExperience in working in part of a teamGood organisation and time managementGood verbal communication skillsAbility to self-motivate

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.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

Enhanced Annual Leave EntitlementAdditional Annual Leave Purchase schemeAnnual Leave Sellback SchemeAdditional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates   Company Pension PlanLife Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity SchemesEmployee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidentialHealth and Wellbeing ProgrammesFree parkingWorldwide career opportunitiesWe 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/ 

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