Company Description
***We have an opportunity for a Bio Assay Analyst to join our PSS Site in Ringaskiddy****
The purpose of this job is to serve as a member of the Cognition team within the client environment to support their technical and analytical tasks, to work to the highest standards in terms of quality and professionalism.
What can Eurofins offer you as an employee of ours?

• Developmental opportunities and career progression
• The opportunity to work with our client - a world -leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology company
• Location is easily accessible
• Private Medical Insurance
• Income protection and life assurance
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Free parking onsite
• Full use of the canteen facilities on the client site
• Additional annual leave days with continued service
• The opportunity to work on therapeutic drugs helping to save lives across the world

Consider joining Eurofins, where people are the most important element in our business. Eurofins is a leading contract research organisation providing testing and research services in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sciences to clients worldwide.
This position is to join our innovative Professional Scientific Services (PSS) programme as an employee of Eurofins. The programme places full-time analysts, technicians, scientists and technical support personnel managed by Eurofins directly at the client facility to provide long term staffing needs while maintaining the same services, expertise and c GMP compliance available at the Eurofins facility. This award-winning programme offers excellent career opportunities for people who have a proven track recording in combining excellent technical ability with first class interpersonal and communication skills

Job Description
The purpose of this job is to serve as an Analyst within the client environment to carry out test procedures and produce accurate results, to work to the highest standards in terms of quality and professionalism.
Job Responsibilities

• Perform analytical and/or biochemical tests according to international pharmacopeial, regulatory and corporate standards in a timely and organized manner.
• Generate data and interpret results within required due dates for release and stability.
• Perform data review as requested.
• Keep up to date with existing and new SOP’s and official documentation.
• Contribute to proper use, calibration and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
• Perform investigations, where required, for deviations, Out-of-Specification Results.
• Handle biologic samples appropriately.
• Solution or media preparation for area supported.
• Develop subject matter expertise on assigned analytical techniques.
• Independently write/revise SOP’s or other official documentation and reports, when required.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor Degree or Masters Qualification in Chemistry, Biology or a related field with knowledge of analytics and/or stability.
• At least 1 years experience in a laboratory environment is preferred.
• A good basic knowledge of some of the following techniques –
  • For Biochemistry positions: SEC-HPLC, RP-HPLC, Capillary SDS, Capillary IEF, p H, UV (A280), Particulate Analysis – Sub Visible, MDI assays etc. is an advantage.
  • For Bioassay - ELISA, PCR, Cell Culture, Tecan, Vi Cell, Bioassays such as FRET, ADCC and CDC assays etc. is an advantage.
• Experience with LIMS systems is desirable
• High attention to detail
• Analytical skills to troubleshoot laboratory issues are an asset
• GMP experience in a laboratory environment
• Good team player
• Good communication skills both internally and externally

Additional Information

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  This is an opportunity to join Eurofins on a full time permanent basis.
• Shift Pattern is: 12 hour shift, 07:00 - 19:00, Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday Sunday, Week 2: Wednesday Thursday
• Benefits of pension contribution, medical insurance, health insurance and bonus are included in package.
• Eurofins Management and Team on client site for support.
• Opportunity to get to know fantastic people and be part of a great team.

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 50,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 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.