Material Scientist

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.

Our innovative Professional Scientific Services (PSS) programme engages full-time scientists, technicians and technical support personnel managed by Eurofins PSS Insourcing directly at the client facility, to provide long term service needs while maintaining the same services, expertise and cGMP compliance. This multi award-winning programme offers excellent career opportunities for people who have a proven track record in combining excellent technical ability, with first class interpersonal and communication skills.

Job Description

This role is a permanent full-time position, working a 35 hour week, flexibly between Monday – Friday 07:00 – 19:00.

The purpose of this job is to perform characterisation and analysis of pharmaceutical raw materials and drug substances, with respect to their material properties (and how this may affect processing) and produce accurate results within an acceptable timeframe.

• Perform routine and non-routine analysis using traditional and modern analytical techniques, as required to support investigational studies undertaking a range of physical and analytical testing.
• Manage receipt, storage and disposal of development samples.
• Enter materials into Development Store and dispense from store as required.
• Support introduction of new equipment into functional area.
• Contribute to assigned project team by providing feedback on experimental protocols, data summaries and initial interpretation of data according to assigned timelines.
• Identify any opportunities for improvement of quality and service and work with the wider team to implement continuous improvement.
• Ability to quickly learn new processes and become a local expert in areas where there is a gap in knowledge.
• Ability to form strong working relationships with colleagues.
• Good team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills.
• Passionate about quality and customer service.
• Good communication skills both internally and externally.

Qualifications

• A Degree in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Science, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering or Chemistry is required.
• A fundamental knowledge of material science testing in respect of pharmaceutical actives and excipients is essential.
• Experience operating and troubleshooting analytical equipment related to Material Science, and Drug Product manufacture would be advantageous.
• Experience of Particle size analysis, morphology, (P)XRD and BET for surface area testing would be highly advantageous.
• Proficient in using electronic media, including MS Office and experience in use of electronic laboratory notebooks would be of advantage.
• Strong practical and analytical skills in a laboratory setting is required.
• Ability to problem-solve and troubleshoot is essential.
• Collaborative, networking and interpersonal skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills is essential.
• Able to document work clearly and concisely, as well as understand and describe data/findings importance to others.
• Ability to work safely and comply with key quality systems to ensure data integrity.
• Good organisational and planning skills, and an ability to deliver to agreed time and quality.

Additional Information

Site Specific Benefits

• On site parking with access to EV charging points.
• Easy access to the transport network, (Bus and train stops within 2 minutes of site, with access to Liverpool city centre within 20 minutes)
• Free Gym facilities

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 Recognition Scheme.
• Life Assurance (4 times annual salary)
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay Scheme
• Company Pension Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.
• Free car parking
• Worldwide career opportunities.

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 its requirements.

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.

We support your development!Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

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.