Laboratory Technician
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Working for Eurofins Genomics as a Laboratory Technician, you will be responsible for performing analytical laboratory work, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of data, and maintaining high standards of laboratory practice following ISO15189 and ISO17025 requirements.
Please note this is a full time role, working 37.5 hours a week Monday to Friday between the hours of 07:00 till 17:30. Training shift pattern for the first 2 weeks will be Monday - Friday, 07:30-15:30.
- Perform analytical laboratory tasks, including sample reception, quality control, normalization of samples, PCR preparations, Micro Array and analysis procedures.
- Accurately handle and record analytical source data, ensuring proper insertion into Eurofins systems (Worksheets, LIMS, and QMS).
- Prepare DNA and Master mix reagents, ensuring precision and consistency.
- Prepare worksheets for daily laboratory work, ensuring accuracy and completeness
- Conduct weekly inventory checks and manage laboratory supplies.
- Manage sample reception, shipment, storage, and disposal ensuring respect and dignity for the samples handed.
- Perform quality control on sample and prepare samples for analysis.
- Report and log any laboratory issues in the system and inform the Team Leader/Management promptly.
- Contribute to the preparation and implementation of safety procedures within the laboratory.
- Control, maintain, and clean laboratory, equipment and areas. Perform regular maintenance and troubleshooting of instruments.
- Degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant scientific discipline (e.g., Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Biomedical Science).
- Understanding of laboratory practices, laboratory safety procedures and regulatory compliance.
- Experience working in a laboratory environment (academic or industrial).
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 Entitlement
- Company Pension Plan
- Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
- Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
- Health Cash Plan
- 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
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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.
Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/