Eurofins

Organics Prep Technician

Dandenong South, VIC, AU

In-personFull time roleNo Previous Experience, Early Career

2 months ago

About the Job

  • Full time position based in Dandenong South, VIC.
  • Sunday - Thursday, 8pm - 4am. 
  • An extra 1.5% superannuation paid on top of National standard rate.

Reporting to the Team Leader, an Organics Prep Technician will be primarily responsible for sample preparation and involved in some analysis and other lab duties.

Key accountabilities will include but not limited to:

  • Receive and sort water samples, assign tests in accordance with the ELVIS database and prepare batch sheets on Microsoft Excel. Sort soil samples (delivered with tests already assigned).
  • Extract analytes from water/soil samples as directed by the Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Combine water extractions, concentrate the solution and vial in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures. Vial soil extractions (without concentration) in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Ensure traceabilty of samples prepeared or vialed.
  • Perform quality control tests.
  • Priorities samples accordingly as per turn around times (urgent samples).
  • Treat quarantine samples in accordance with quarantine procedures as directed by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) approved representative.
  • Discard waste in accordance with safety and environmental considerations.
  • Replenish consumable items (eg pipettes, vials, solvents).
  • Perform calibrations of POVAs such as syringes, steppers and solvent dispensers and other lab equipment.
  • Keep the laboratory clean and in order.

About the Company

Eurofins Logo

Eurofins

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

5000 +

<div class="org-about-module__description"> <div id="ember58" class="ember-view organization-about-module__content-consistant-cards-description"><span class="lt-line-clamp__raw-line">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 the environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat 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 is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product 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. Since 1987, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 62,000 staff across a network of independent companies in 62 countries, operating over 900 laboratories. Performing over 450 million tests every year, 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. Ever since its IPO on the French stock exchange in 1997, Eurofins has been one of the fastest growing listed European companies.</span></div> </div> <div class="org-about-module__content-improvement"> <div class="org-about-module__content-box">&nbsp;</div> </div>