QC Scientist - Microbiology Pharma (80 - 100%)

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Eurofins seeks a QC Scientist for microbiology in a GMP-regulated QC lab in Solothurn, Switzerland, focusing on implementing and validating analytical methods and equipment, coordinating with QA and suppliers, ensuring GMP compliance, and mentoring staff. The ideal candidate has a life sciences degree, 3+ years in a regulated environment, microbiology and clean water QC experience, familiarity with LIMS, TOC, conductivity, cleaning validation and a mindset for process optimization and digitalization, with fluency in German and good English, French a plus. To apply, tailor your CV to highlight URS/DQ/IQ/OQ, method validation and transfer experience, project management capabilities, and impact on timelines; include a compelling cover letter and references. Eurofins values diversity and sustainability.

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is a leading international life sciences company providing a unique range of analytical testing services across multiple industries to make life and our environment safer, healthier, and more sustainable. From the food you eat to the water you drink and the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories support many of the world’s largest companies in ensuring product safety, ingredient authenticity, and accurate labeling.

As part of its commitment to society and the planet, Eurofins delivers testing services that protect public health while upholding strong corporate responsibility standards. This includes a dedicated focus on environmental sustainability as well as fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion across its global network.

Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing offers complete CMC Testing Services for the Bio/Pharmaceutical industry, including all starting materials, process intermediates, drug substances, drug product, packaging, and manufacturing support through our broad technical expertise in Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology, Virology, Chemistry and Microbiology.

Our local presence ensures personal service backed by a unique global breadth of harmonised capabilities that support all functional areas of bio/pharmaceutical drug development and manufacturing, including method development, microbiology, process validation and quality control.

Job Description

We are looking for a QC Scientist for driving projects that introduce and validate innovative microbiological analytical methods within our GMP-regulated QC laboratory who will contribute to the significant growth of our business in Switzerland by:

• Lead projects focused on the implementation of new analytical methods and new equipment into the microbiological laboratory (e.g. identification methods, utility testing).
• Plan and coordinate with internal (e.g. QA, customer service) and external stakeholders (e.g. supplier)
• Ensure compliance with GMP, regulatory guidelines, and internal quality standards.
• Manage project timelines, resources, and deliverables
• Provide technical expertise on analytical methods
• Prepare and review documents related to equipment qualification (URS, QP, DQ, IOQ) and method validation  and tranfer (protocol, reports)
• Train and mentorlaboratory staff

Supervision of customer projects with focus on utility qualification testing, as well as related subcontracted analytical services within the Eurofins Group

• Planning and organization of customer projects and related deliverables (e.g. review of technical documents, plans and validation reports)
• Mapping and configuration of projects in the LIMS system
• Ensuring that the commissioned analytical work is carried out properly and on time, as well as co-responsibility for GMP-compliant execution 
• Approval of analysis results and reports
• Supervision and scientific support of ongoing customer projects and participation in the acquisition of new projects
• Processing laboratory deviations and root cause analyses (OOS)
• General process optimization and further development of the site

Qualifications

• Completed studies in the field of life sciences (pharmacy, biochemistry, biology, ideally microbiology)
• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience in a regulated environment (ISO 17025, GLP, ideally GMP)
• Experience in pharmaceutical quality control in the field of microbiology and clean water analysis
• Technical expertise on utility testing like TOC, conductivity, cleaning validation, gas testing) is a plus
• Strong customer and service orientation
• Solid understanding of IT and Office applications, ideally experience with LIMS systems
• Affinity for digitalization and computer system validation
• Ideally experience in project management
• Business driven mindset
• Team player, responsible, reliable and flexible
• Excellent German and good English skills
• French is an advantage

Additional Information

If we have aroused your interest, we would be delighted if you could send us a personal cover letter, your CV and references.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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/

Please note that as per Eurofins policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters were engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Eurofins will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.