AddressCompany 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 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 61,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 61 countries and operating more than 900 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 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.
Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Australia / New Zealand provides contract GMP testing to human and animal pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and complimentary medicine manufactures, as well as an extensive range of SPF and other cosmetics testing, both in-vitro and in-vivo in accordance with a range of local and international standards. The range of testing includes microbiological and chemistry on raw materials, in process and finished products, complemented by product formulation services. We operate out of sites in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland, which are all GMP licensed by local regulators and are accredited to ISO 17025. In addition to the provision of world class analytical testing, the laboratories also provide consultative services to their clients made available by a team of highly qualified scientists.
We are currently seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI's) from highly motivated individuals to join our busy teams across Melbourne on a full-time basis.
We are seeking EOI's for a variety of roles which include:
- Support Operations Technician (Clinical Protein Suite)
- Buffer & Media Preparation Technician
The Support Operations Technician (Clinical Protein Suite) role is a fundamental support operation within our client's state of the art R & D facility in Melbourne CBD.
Tasks for this role may include but are not limited to:
- Decartoning of consumables and affixing of identifying labels as appropriate
- Collecting and preparing equipment for cleaning and/or sterilisation
- Washing, drying, and sterilising equipment
- Movement of consumables into the facility to internal storage locations
Buffer & Media Preparation Technician will be supporting ongoing production activities within the Pilot Scale facilities through the provision of process solutions (up to 500 L) but will also provide routine bulk solutions to the development laboratories.
Tasks for this role may include but are not limited to:
- Weighing and dispensing of raw materials
- Equipment preparation and dissolution of dispensed powders
- pH/conductivity/volume adjustment of resultant solution to specification
- sampling and offline testing of prepared solutions
- final filtration of the solution into storage bag(s)
- integrity testing of used filters
Qualifications
Support Operations Technician (Clinical Protein Suite)
- GMP Manufacturing - Equipment Preparation skills, Science Diploma preferred but suitable industry experience with a head for scientific thinking acceptable.
- Solid understanding and previous experience working in a GMP environment is essential (Pharmaceutical Industry).
- Experience in Sterilization / Autoclaving GMP equipment highly regarded.
Buffer & Media Preparation Technician
- GMP Manufacturing - Dispensing & Mixing skills, Science Diploma preferred but suitable industry experience with a head for scientific thinking acceptable.
- Solid understanding and previous experience working in a GMP environment is essential (Pharmaceutical Industry).
- Experience in basic testing, pH/conductivity and volume adjustment highly regarded.
About you:
- Willing to operate in a flexible manner and be able to switch priorities at short notice.
- Strong organisational skills and a keen eye for detail.
- Demonstrated problem solving abilities in delivering process and analytical understanding.
- A real team player with a 'can-do' attitude.
Additional Information
Please note: Current Eurofins employees should first speak with their Business Unit Manager before submitting an application for these positions.
We will be reviewing applications as they are received, so if you believe you are ready for these exciting, challenging and rewarding positions please apply as soon as possible by submitting your resume and a cover letter that outlines your interest and suitability for the position. Please also specify which role you would like to express interest in.
