Associate Chemist (Associate Scientist) - Environment Testing - 1st Shift, M-F

Eurofins

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The role involves maintaining, tuning, and calibrating GC/MS instrumentation to analyze quality control and client samples. The chemist is responsible for reviewing and assembling data to meet client requirements while adhering to GMP/GLP standards.

Qualifications

You have a Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Biology, or a related field, along with authorization to work in the United States. You possess professional working proficiency in English, enabling you to read, write, and speak it effectively.

Must Have Skills for ATS

GC/MS

SOPs

Windows-based environment

GMP

GLP

Job Description

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 the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Job Description

Maintaining GC/MS instrumentation; tuning and calibrating instruments daily; analyzing quality control and client samples; reviewing and assembling this data (in an efficient manner, with a high degree of quality) to meet client requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Applies GMP/GLP in all areas of responsibility, as appropriate
  • Demonstrates and promotes the company vision
  • Regular attendance and punctuality
  • Maintains GC/MS instrumentation
  • Tunes and calibrates GC/MS
  • Analyzes samples by GC/MS
  • Reviews and assembles all supporting GC/MS data
  • Reads, understands, and carries out SOPs
  • Understands and uses appropriate computer programs and databases and other software in a Windows-based environment
  • Demonstrates and maintains awareness of technical innovations and progress in environmental field (including periodic literature examination for relative scientific information)
  • Makes calibration standards or other quality control samples
  • Conducts all activities in a safe and efficient manner
  • Performs other duties as assigned

Position is M-F, 1st shift, 7am-3:30pm.  Training will be the same hours. 

Qualifications

Basic Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Biology, or related field
  • Authorization to work in the United States without restriction or Sponsorship 
  • Professional working proficiency in English is a requirement, including the ability to read, write and speak in English.

Ideal Candidates will have:

  • GC/MS experience preferred 
  • Previous relevant lab experience 
  • Strong computer skills
  • Strong communication skills 

Additional Information

Pay range: $18-19/hour 

Please note - 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.

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.

*The benefits package offered will vary based on the employee’s full-time or part-time regular status.

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! At Eurofins, we believe sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. Guided by our vision to be the Global Leader in “Testing for Life,” our mission to contribute to a healthier and safer world, and our core values, we are building a strong foundation for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. Eurofins’ commitment to sustainability begins within our own companies through a shared responsibility to people and the planet. With climate change posing an imminent threat, Eurofins and its many companies recognize their duty to proactively reduce or offset the environmental impact of essential operations while also helping our clients do the same—serving as a true ESG Enabler.

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

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 Eurofins Scientific  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 Organizations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialized 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 decentralized 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 2025, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 7.296 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Eurofins USA Environment Testing is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

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