Senior Analyst - Hi-Res, Eurofins Environment Testing Northern California, West Sacramento, CA

Eurofins Scientific is a network of independent companies 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 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.

With over 50 laboratories and more than 40 service centers nationwide, Eurofins Environment Testing provides full-service environmental analysis across all 50 states. Our network supports public and private clients—including DoD, DOE, and municipalities—through robust logistics and continuous investment in people, technology, and infrastructure.

We offer comprehensive testing for air, water, soil, sediment, tissue, and waste, covering a wide range of analytes including PFAS, metals, VOCs/SVOCs, dioxins/furans, radiochemicals, and more.

Eurofins Environment Testing is seeking a Senior Analyst to join our team! The Senior Analyst will have previous experience with HR/MS instrumentation in a production, laboratory setting. The Senior Analyst prepares and analyzes environmental samples using standard analytical techniques according to scientific and EPA methodology in compliance with Eurofins' Quality Assurance programs and SOP’s.

The Senior Analyst is responsible for maintaining instrumentation; tuning and calibrating instrument daily; analyzing quality control and client samples; reviewing and assembling data in an efficient manner with a high degree of quality; evaluating current organizational and analytical systems; diagnosing complex problems and offering solutions with a high degree of independence; suggesting and implementing improvements to maximize quality and productivity; acting as technical resource for internal problems and projects; assisting in “brainstorming” client problems and projects; training new employees in all aspects of instrumentation; researching new and emerging technologies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Applies GMP/GLP in all areas of responsibility, as appropriate
• Demonstrates and promotes the company vision
• Regular attendance and punctuality
• Perform routine and advanced maintenance on the instrumentation
• Tune and calibrate instrumentation
• Analyze samples and associated QC
• Review, work up, and assemble all supporting data
• Read, understand, and carry out SOPs required by EPA or company methods, governing agencies, clients, and our internal QC department
• Perform additional responsibilities (i.e., audit, verification, etc.) with minimal supervision
• Evaluate current analytical system performance and recommend corrective action to enhance efficiency and productivity
• Train other departmental analysts in procedures related to operations listed in the above
• Search technical literature for scientific information relative to improving analytical or operational performance
• Understand and use LIMS
• Make working calibration standards
• Use word processor on PC
• Monitor and change gas cylinders
• Review and amend departmental methods when required, either as part of yearly review or when an analytical change to the method is made
• Conducts all activities in a safe and efficient manner
• Performs other duties as assigned

Basic Minimum Qualifications

• 5 year HR/MS experience in a production laboratory
• At least 5 years experience related to performing extractions and/or instrumental chromatographic analyses utilizing wet chemical and chromatographic techniques) in a wide variety of matrices encountered in environmental testing.
• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology, physics or related degree concentration
• Authorization to work in the United States indefinitely without restriction or sponsorship
• Professional working proficiency in English is a requirement, including the ability to read, write and speak in English

Skills and Abilities

• Exceptional technical skills, including logical thinking and deductive reasoning; good work habits (e.g., cleanliness, efficiency, carefulness, effective organizational skills);
• High accuracy in recording and transcribing data;
• Personal maturity and sense of responsibility;
• Good written and oral communication skills;
• Ability to learn new methods and techniques;
• Willingness to follow instructions and comply with company policies;
• Consciousness of, and a positive attitude toward, quality control and safety procedures;
• Good understanding of chemical principles;
• Accurate management of numbers, both by hand and using a calculator;
• Set up and perform nonroutine standardized tests with minimal supervision;
• Demonstrated versatility, flexibility, and efficiency;
• Effective use of time while managing multiple priorities;
• Above satisfactory reasoning ability;
• Self-motivated to improve technical skills and operations;
• Superior leadership, organizational, and communication skills;
• Lead a project to a satisfactory conclusion on time;
• Consult with clients on work performed for them;
• Problem solving skills;
• Function under high stress levels; multitask;
• See cause-and-effect relationships;
• Retain large amounts of information
  
  

Compensation Range: $80,000 - $120,000 per year depending on level of experience and qualifications.

Position is full-time, and exempt from overtime pay. Candidates must be available to work the following shift:

• Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm and any additional hours needed

Eurofins Environment Testing (USA) provides a compensation range for informational purposes, the actual base compensation may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience and skill set, base compensation of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location.

We offer excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, life and disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid holidays and vacation, personal days, and dental and vision options.

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/

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.

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 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 Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised 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 decentralised 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 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.151 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

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