Senior Scientist (Chromatography) - Eurofins Analytics - Ashland, VA

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 laboratories work 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 dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Job Description

Position Summary: the Senior Scientist maintains instrumentation, tunes and calibrates instrument daily; analyzes quality control and client samples; reviews and assembles data in an efficient manner with a high degree of quality. Also evaluates current organizational and analytical systems, diagnoses complex problems and offers solutions with a high degree of independence. The Senior Scientist suggests and implements improvements to maximize quality and productivity, acts as technical resource for internal problems and projects. Assists in brainstorming client problems and projects, trains new employees in all aspects of instrumentation and researches new and emerging technologies.

 Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Applies GMP/GLP in all areas of responsibility, as appropriate
• Demonstrates and promotes the company vision
• Regular attendance and punctuality
• Perform routine and advanced maintenance on the instrumentation
• Tune and calibrate instrumentation
• Analyze samples and associated QC
• Review, work up, and assemble all supporting data
• Read, understand, and carry out SOPs required by EPA or company methods, governing agencies, clients, and our internal QC department
• Perform additional responsibilities (i.e., audit, verification, etc.) with minimal supervision
• Evaluate current analytical system performance and recommend corrective action to enhance efficiency and productivity
• Train other departmental analysts in procedures related to operations listed in the above
• Search technical literature for scientific information relative to improving analytical or operational performance
• Understand and use LIMS
• Make working calibration standards
• Use word processor on PC
• Monitor and change gas cylinders
• Review and amend departmental methods when required, either as part of yearly review or when an analytical change to the method is made
• Conducts all activities in a safe and efficient manner
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Basic Minimum Qualifications (BMQ):

Education/Experience:

• At least 5 years’ experience related to performing extractions and/or instrumental chromatographic analyses utilizing wet chemical and chromatographical techniques in a wide variety of matrices encountered in environmental testing.
• Bachelors degree in Chemistry, Biology, Physics or related degree concentration preferred.

Ability and/or Skills (BMQ):

• Exceptional technical skills including logical thinking and deductive reasoning
• Good work habits (cleanliness, efficiency, carefulness, effective organizational skills)
• High accuracy in recording and transcribing data
• Personal maturity and sense of responsibility
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Ability and willingness to learn new methods and techniques
• Willingness to follow instructions and comply with company policies
• Consciousness of, and positive attitude toward, quality control and safety procedures
• Good understanding of chemical principles
• Accurate management of number, both by hand and using a calculator
• Ability to set up and perform nonroutine standardized tests with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated versatility, flexibility and efficiency
• Effective use of time while managing multiple priorities
• Above satisfactory reasoning ability
• Self-motivated to improve technical skills and operations
• Superior leadership, organizational and communication skills
• Lead a project to a satisfactory conclusion on time
• Consult with clients on work performed
• Problem solving skills, function under high stress levels, multi-task
• See cause and effect relationships
• Retain large amounts of information

Additional Information

Requirements:

• Authorization to work in the