Microbiologist - Food Testing

**Company 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.
- ** Full Time**

The Food Microbiologist is responsible for performing analytical methods, operating equipment/analytical instruments, and managing sample registration, testing and confirmation.

The Food Microbiologist may have a supervisory role over an area within the laboratory, a particular suite of testing or provide general guidance to the Laboratory Technicians in the laboratory. The position will support method development, laboratory optimisation and have a major contribution to the objectives of the laboratory including PCR Setup and reporting.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have:

- Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to structure thoughts deliberately, logically and directly.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task.
- Good laboratory skills and practices.

**Qualifications**
- Tertiary qualifications in Science or equivalent qualification; or equivalent experience.
- At least 1-2 year’s Food laboratory experience; experience in a commercial laboratory will be an advantage.
- Experience in using different equipment/instrumental and sample preparation techniques.
- Technical knowledge in the relevant scientific discipline.

**Additional Information