Company Description
Consider joining Eurofins PSS® where people are the most important element in our business. Eurofins PSS® is the global leader of scientific insourcing services. PSS® is not only a leader in the industry, but also one of the first insourcing service providers, now celebrating over 15 years of service in Ireland and over 22 years of service globally.
For more information about Eurofins PSS® please visit our website and watch a message from our Global Head, Beth Di Paolo.
We currently have exciting opportunities to join our innovative and multi award-winning Professional Scientific Services (PSS) teams. The excellent service provided via our PSS model is delivered while maintaining the same commitment to excellence, expertise and cGMP compliance available at our Eurofins facilities.
We have fantastic opportunities for a Sample Management Analyst to join our Eurofins team based in our PSS site in Dunboyne, Co Meath.
What can Eurofins PSS Dunboyne offer you as an employee of ours?
- We offer exceptional opportunities for career growth, within a friendly and supportive team. As well as a competitive salary, pension and associated benefits you will enjoy an unrivalled working environment, including an active social calendar and subsidised canteen, all while working in a state of the art client facility- a leading biotechnology company
- Full Benefits Package including:-
- Pension
- Private Medical Insurance
- Income protection and life assurance
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Birthday Holiday entitlement
- Exciting Eurofins Incentives: Employee Activity Committee (EAC), Equality Driving Excellence (EDE), significant Reward and Recognition programme.
- Opportunity to benefit from Eurofins Operational Development training platform, plus potential support for part-time training (relevant to the position)
- Full use of the canteen facilities on the client site
- Free parking onsite
- Additional annual leave days with continued service
- The opportunity to work on life saving products
Job Description
The purpose of this job is to serve as a member of the Engineering group within the client environment to support their technical tasks, to work to the highest standards in terms of quality and professionalism.
- Perform quality sampling and sample management activities for pharmaceutical water systems.
- Liaise with Engineering, Operations and Laboratory personnel on sampling scheduling and execution.
- Manage sample storage and delivery in accordance with procedures.
- Report issues with water systems, environment, sample-points or consumables which have the potential to impact sample quality.
- Support sample alert and action limit investigations.
- Manage own training curricula.
- Raise reports as required, including safety.
- The job-holder works as part of a multi-functional Utilities team and will be expected to be flexible and agile in support of the group’s overall mission.
- Complete tasks with emphasis on safety, with reporting of, and following up on, safety items.
- This person will be responsible for providing assistance for other members of staff as required.
- This person will ensure that all required documentation is completed on time, accurately and legibly.
- Responsible for adhering to all company standards in the areas of safety, housekeeping and quality, notifying management of any discrepancies.
- As with all members of staff this person is responsible for ensuring that customers’ requirements are fully met and in so doing will be flexible to work in any area of the business as is required.
Qualifications
- Minimum of degree level in Microbiology or equivalent - Minimum of 1 year relevant industry based experience preferable (dependant on qualifications)
- Ability to work independently and meeting established timelines.
- Knowledge of cGMPs
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Customer focus; takes personal responsibility for speed; quality and accuracy of delivery.
- Self-motivated and ability to work under pressure.
- Successful track record in achieving goals as part of a team within a growing, dynamic environment.
- Demonstrated adaptability and flexibility to support a growing organisation.
- Good understanding of requirements for working in a GMP environment.
- Ability to quickly learn new processes.
- Ability to communicate clearly and to form strong working relationships with colleagues.
- Ability to work in a lab environment with some supervision and be capable of developing solutions to problems as part of a team.
- Willing to operate in a flexible manner and able to reuse both internal and external experiences and incorporate them into relevant improvements. Ability to switch priorities at short notice is desired.
- Good team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills.
- Passionate about quality and customer service.
Additional Information
This is a day shift position 7 day cycle, weekend work is required.
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 over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 63,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 60 countries and operating more than 950 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.
In 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 6.95 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.