Eurofins UK Forensic Services Hiring for Firearms Examiner at Leeds Full Time

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 50,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 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 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

The Role

Due to the highly sensitive nature of the work, applicants should note that security clearance is required for this role. To gain security clearance you must have five years continuous residency in the UK. Security clearance is undertaken by a third party to police personnel vetting standards (NPPV/3 and SC), as such any criminal convictions may prevent you from gaining security clearance. Further information on the security clearance process and requirement can be found at https://www.warwickshire.police.uk/police-forces/warwickshire-police/areas/warwickshire-police/about-us/about-us/police-national-vetting-service/. In addition, all successful applicants will be required to undertake drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment.

To be responsible for the completion of the examination work associated with the strategy and instructions of Firearms casework submissions and Standard Operating Procedures. This will include simple biology casework such as Cellular recovery and targeted exams as assigned by Team Lead.

To be responsible for the day to day laboratory maintenance including exhibit management.

The role is designed for the examiner to receive progressive training in order to have opportunity to become a Reporter over a period of time.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Examinations of variety of exhibits to standard operating procedure requirements and required turn around times
• Laboratory and exhibit management
• Complete training, self study and maintain set KPIs and competences
• Reporting in accordance with set turn around times

Knowledge, Experience and Technical Skills

Essential

• Degree level education
• Interest in firearms
• At least one year work experience in any field
• Demonstrate good organisational skills
• Have high levels of resilience and flexibility and the ability to work to deadlines
• Demonstrate ownership of issues and their resolution
• Communicate and work proactively with others (both colleagues and customers), focussing on a collective goal
• Embrace continuous improvement projects with active involvement

Preferred

• Driving licence
• Previous work experience in a commercial forensic setting

The organisation treats personal data collected during the recruitment process in accordance with its data protection policy. Information about how your data is used and the basis for processing your data is provided in the organisations applicant privacy notice.

Additional Information

Additional Information

Salary: Competitive

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Vacancy Ref number: EURO 586

Location: Leeds

Closing date: 31 August 2022

Due to the highly sensitive nature of the work, applicants should note that security clearance will be required for this role. To gain security clearance you must have at least five years’ continuous residency in the UK preceding an application. Criminal convictions may prevent you from gaining security clearance. In addition, successful applicants will be required to undertake drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment.