Instrument Chemist

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 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.

In 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

**Eurofins Environment Testing Australia New Zealand **is an Environmental testing network of fully accredited laboratories. With a staff of over 200 our laboratories are located in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Auckland and Christchurch, with Client Service Offices located in Adelaide, Darwin, Newcastle and Wollongong. We also operate field sampling services out of Melbourne and Sydney. We specialise in all areas of Environmental analysis, including Contaminated Soil, Sludge, Sediments, Leachate, Soil Vapour, Trade Waste Effluents, Sewage Effluents, Stack Emissions, Work Place Air, Ambient Air, Dust, Drinking Water, Surface Water run off, River & Stream Monitoring, Seawater, and Groundwater.

**Job Description**:
An Instrument Chemist is responsible for the operation of particular analytical instruments, and for the production of acceptable results with verified QC protocols. Specific core duties include:

- Operation and maintenance of GC or ICP instrumentation (GC-FID, GC-MS, GC-MS/MS, ICP-MS) preferably all.
- Routine preparation and analysis of environmental samples
- Maintaining priority worklists and communicating appropriately
- Maintaining standards
- Maintaining quality controls
- Maintaining effective laboratory operations in regard to Quality and Safety
- Maintaining IANZ accreditation requirements
- Other duties as directed

**Qualifications**:

- IANZ KTP (Key Technical Personnel) mandatory
- BSc degree (chemistry) or equivalent mandatory
- Experience with GC or ICP instrument operation & trouble shooting mandatory
- Experience with Agilent instrumentation and software desirable
- Experience working in Environmental chemistry lab desirable
- Experience working in an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory
- Familiar with NZ National Environmental Standards and US EPA methods
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Enthusiastic, self-starter
- Full working rights in New Zealand

Additional Information
- Career development opportunity
- Part of a small and experienced team, directly contributing to success
- New facilities and equipment
- Regional technical support
- Global company