Warehouse Assistant

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 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 61,000 staff across a network of independent companies in 61 countries, operating ca. 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. In 2022, Eurofins recorded revenues of €6,712 million.

Chemtest is part of Eurofins; we are an award winning company providing routine analytical services and bespoke specialisttestingthroughout the UK, Ireland and Europe. Our staff are employed across a number of strategically placed locations, all utilising the latest technologies. Our laboratories are UKAS accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and, where applicable the Environment Agency MCERTS Performance Standard for soils.

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  Duties will include but not limited to: -

• Put away Water Samples into storage: This involves moving water samples from Phase III to the refrigerated storage unit where they must be put into storage and the storage location scanned, updating the storage data base.
• Put away Soil Samples into storage: This involves moving soil samples from the wooden shed at Phase II into the upstairs warehouse where they must be put into storage and the storage location scanned, updating the storage data base.
• Disposal of Water Samples: This involves removing water samples from the refrigerated storage unit, moving them to the appropriate skip and putting them them the skip for disposal.
• Disposal of Soil samples: This involves removing soil samples from the upstairs warehouse storage unit, moving them to the appropriate skip and putting them into the skip for disposal.
• Pick and Pack consumable materials for fulfilment of customer orders.
• Put away (park the forklifts) at the end of each workday shift.
• Assist with any other warehouse operation activities as required.
• Operate a forklift to move samples between various locations. (A valid forklift license is needed)

• Organisational skills
• Chemical awareness
• Numerical & verbal reasoning
• Attention to Detail
• Fork Lift Truck qualified (desirable)
• Working in a previous Production Environment
• Teamwork

• Excellent Verbal & Written Communication Skills
• MS Office – Advanced
• Problem solving
• Ability to Work under Pressure
• Experience of working in a target focused environment
• Manual Handling