The General Chemistry Specialist prepares and analyzes environmental samples following ASTM, Standard Methods, and EPA protocols in adherence with Eurofins Quality Assurance programs and SOPs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitoring and managing sample backlog workload to meet client program requirements
• Batching, analyzing, and reporting samples by various methodologies including UV-VIS, titration, filtration, gravimetric analysis, etc.
• Data upload and peer review data using the laboratory information management system (LIMS)
• Data interpretation and evaluation to ensure qualitative, quantitative, program requirements are met
• Preparation of standards and reagents for sample analysis
• Maintenance of instrument calibrations in accordance with laboratory QAQC (Quality Assurance and Quality Control) requirements.
• Evaluation and implementation of new instrumentation and equipment to improve department efficiency and production rates
• Correspondence and coordination with the management team and quality assurance team to ensure implementation initiatives are executed to meet target deadlines
• Evaluation of methods and procedures for efficiency and accuracy improvement opportunities
• Troubleshooting of instrumentation, equipment, procedures and methods as needed
• Perform basic instrument maintenance and repair
• Perform general housekeeping within the laboratory to maintain an organized and safe working environment
• Conduct daily duties in an efficient and safe manner, remaining compliant with environmental health and safety and quality assurance programs
• Perform other laboratory duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. or B.A. in Chemistry or related field; 5 years of laboratory analytical experience may substitute for a degree.
• 5+ years experience working in a production laboratory setting, preferred.
• Professional working proficiency in English is a requirement, including the ability to read, write and speak in English.
• Authorization to work in the United States indefinitely without restriction or sponsorship

Ability and Skills

• Strong knowledge of and understanding of methods typically utilized in a production oriented environmental laboratory
• Effective time management and multitasking skills
• Ability to work independently following written and verbal instructions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

The position is full-time, Monday - Friday, 11 a.m. -  8 p.m., with flexibility of overtime and to change shift to meet business needs.  Candidates currently living within a commutable distance of Tustin, CA are encouraged to apply.

Compensation range: $26 - $32 per hour (DOE)

Eurofins Environment Testing (USA) provides a compensation range for informational purposes, the actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience and skill set, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location.

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/ 

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 :40 the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products. In 2023, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.515 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

As a Eurofins employee, you will become part of a company that has received national recognition as a great place to work.  We offer excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, life and disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, and dental and vision options.