Packaging Technician

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 58,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 54 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 2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Please note working hours are Monday-Friday, flexible between 07:00 - 19:00

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.

Our innovative Professional Scientific Services (PSS) programme engages full-time scientists, analysts, technicians and technical support personnel managed by Eurofins directly at the client facility, to provide long term service needs while maintaining the same services, expertise and cGMP compliance available at the Eurofins Lancaster Labs facility. 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.

We are currently recruiting an enthusiastic Packaging Technician for a 12 month fixed purpose contract. This is a new and exciting opportunity based at our client’s facility, a world class Pharmaceutical company based in Moreton. We have opportunities for Packaging Technicians with at least 2 years’ experience ideally with a pharmaceutical background and constructing clinical trial kits.

The ideal candidate will have a proven history of being able to work both accurately and independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team. We are ideally looking for candidates with strong technical, problem solving skills and to be able to think logically and have the ability to effectively collaborate with and communicate to both internal and external partners. For the right candidate this is a great opportunity to work in excellent surroundings, with highly skilled, like-minded individuals striving to achieve a common goal.

• Experience of operating and closing down primary, secondary and clinical kits production operations.
• Experience of maintaining equipment cleanliness, material receipt and control, label and product accountability confirmation, automation set-up and correct functioning, conduct in-process tests and post-operation equipment strip down and clean.
• Construct clinical trial kits in accordance with strict protocols to maintain blinding integrity.
• Understanding in equipment validation and system user acceptance testing as required.
• Experience of using electronic batch documentation, equipment log books and other documentation relevant to the production process for all stages of production for both product and labels.
• A working knowledge of relevant electronic system operations, including SAP, temperature monitoring and product stability information systems would also be beneficial.
• Experience with GMP related quality standards of relevant packaging, label authoring, printing and inspecting within a logistics environment.
• Understanding of the internal and external regulatory environment pertinent to clinical trials and pharmaceutical development and support internal audits and regulatory inspections is required.
• Experience of blinding principles and conducting in-process controls to maintain blinding integrity is required.
• Ability to communicate clearly and to form strong working relationships with both internal colleagues and external partners.
• Ability to work on own initiative and be capable of developing solutions to problems as part of a team.
• To ensure uniformity, reproducibility, and reliability in all work practices.
• Willing to operate in a flexible manner and be able to switch priorities at short notice.
• Good team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills.
• Passionate about quality and customer service.
• Enjoys the challenges of working in a fast paced and changing environment.
• Has the ability to prioritise, manage own time and handle a diverse workload.

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:
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Life Assurance (4 times annual salary)
• Company Pension Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.
• Free car parking
• Worldwide career opportunities
• Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle.

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 to 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.

Application Tips

It’s really helpful for our Recruitment Team if you include a full up to date CV, your current location and a contact number so we can talk to you about our exciting opportunities. Please also detail your current Right to Work status in the UK.

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.