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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.

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.

PSS is our award winning service model where we provide and manage scientific services directly within our clients’ facilities, mainly within the pharmaceutical sector. It is a global service offering and we have been managing services through this model since 2002.

For our customer, an internationally leading pharmaceutical company in Basel, we are currently looking to hire an Analytical Scientist (Protein Analytics). Your main responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Performing routine analytical testing of samples according to established methodologies in collaboration with cross-functional teams

• Performing individual experiments to support complex tasks such as method development, method qualification and product characterization studies

• Performing maintenance, testing and qualification of equipment

• Customer interaction

For this interesting opportunity we are looking for somebody with

• Apprenticeship (preferable with a BSc) as a Laboratory Technician Biology/Chemistry (5+ years) or BSc/ MSc (3+ years) in Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Biology, Chemistry

• Capable of independently carrying out projects

• Experience in analysis of spectroscopy (e.g. UV-VIS); chromatography (SEC, AC, RPC, IEC); capillary electrophoresis (CZE, CE-SDS); ELISA; handling of robotic systems (e.g. TECAN, Hamilton, Trinean); compendial testing (e.g. color,

  clarity/opalescence, osmolality)

• Service provider experience with a customer-centric mindset is a plus

• Good knowledge of English, written and spoken

• Good knowledge of German is a plus

We are offering you an interesting position within a truly global company. After several onboarding trainings, to make sure you have the experience you need, you will be working independently in our team. 

• Unlimited, full time contract with Eurofins PSS

• Interesting international as well as national career opportunities

• Different trainings focused on technical experiences as well as soft skills

• Interesting client projects

If this position could be of interest to you or if you have any questions regarding this position please feel free to reach out to Monika Evangelista, Administration Support Specialist PSS Switzerland.

Please note that as per Eurofins policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters were engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Eurofins will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.