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.
Eurofins Food and Water Testing New Zealand provides range of class leading food, water, plant, soil and fertilizer testing, as well as horticultural services and technical solutions, primarily to the New Zealand market. With a staff of over 354 we operate laboratories in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Taupo, Hastings, Invercargill and Queenstown. We specialise in all Food types, Plants, Soils, Fertilizers, Potable Water, Sludge, Sediments, Leachate, Trade Waste Effluents, Sewage Effluents, Surface Water, River & Stream Monitoring, Seawater, and Groundwater.
We are seeking a Laboratory Technician to join our Christchurch Microbiology department, on a full-time permanent contract on either a Tuesday – Saturday or Sunday – Thursday roster.
The core functions of the role we have available are to assist in the daily operation of our core testing departments. These functions include working in the test processing areas to receive and carry out accurate analysis of food, dairy, meat and environmental samples as required by our customers and accreditation bodies.
Key duties may include:-
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All candidate CVs must be accompanied with a cover letter explaining why you are applying for this job, which will be reviewed. However, please note that we are not always able to respond to every expression of interest submitted.
This opportunity is only open to candidates who are eligible to work in New Zealand, and already have work rights or an appropriate working visa.