Description

• Full Time permanent (37.5 hours per week) - Monday - Friday.
• The role is based in Girraween, NSW.
• Entry-level position with great opportunity for career advancement.

The Sample Management Officer is responsible for the receipt and registration of customer samples, liaising with customers and laboratory staff, and ensuring all customer, operational and quality requirements are met.

Reporting to the Food Manager, the role will focus on:

• Receiving deliveries and checking if samples and products meet the customer and testing requirements.
• Logging samples in the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) recording accurately any information, storage and analytical requirements supplied by the customer.
• Completing all quality control and Sample retention, quarantine records in accordance with quality requirements and work instructions related to sample receipt.
• Sample collection from Client site when required for urgent and routine collection.
• Sorting, packing, labelling and distributing samples and other items as required, internally and externally. Ensuring that samples are delivered to the respective laboratory areas in a timely manner to meet analytical holding times and to support the achievement of improved customer turnaround times.
• Liaising with external clients regarding sample submissions and other related queries including supplies as appropriate and in support of the Analytical Service Managers.
• Liaising with the laboratory personnel regarding sample submissions and customer requirements and inquiries.
• Organising courier pick-ups for samples or sample containers sent externally, and following up courier delivery, as required.
• Performing general housekeeping duties, ensuring a safe and hazard free work environment.

Qualifications

To be successful for this position, you will need to demonstrate the following qualities and characteristics:

• Tertiary/TAFE qualification in Food Microbiology or Science would be advantageous but not essential.
• Previous experience in administration will be highly regarded
• Excellent communication skills - written and verbal.
• Excellent computer skills including MS Office suite.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• High level attention to detail.
• Ability to effectively manage time and priorities.

On the job training will be provided, along with the use of our systems and programs.

Previous exposure to a laboratory environment would hold you in good stead, however our successful candidate will have a can-do attitude and is willing to roll up their sleeves to get things done.

Additional Info

This opportunity is only open to candidates who are eligible to work in Australia/New Zealand, and already have work rights or an appropriate working visa.

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 61,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 61 countries and operating more than 900 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 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.