Join our global quality team where you will be responsible for providing active ingredients that meet the highest pharmaceutical regulatory and compliance standards. This opportunity is for a Senior QC Microbiologist to join the QC Technical Services Team in a full-time permanent position. Your Responsibilities You will: Document and report microbiological sampling and testing according to GMP standards. Sample purified water and recovered water from manufacturing plant and performing bioburden testing and performing any identification studies. Collect and process environmental monitoring samples from microbiology lab and manufacturing plant and assess any risks. Act as Biosafety Officer on site and escalate any risks and provide the remedial actions to resolve any microbiological issues. Ensure effective troubleshooting of equipment or technique failures and troubleshooting of problems associated with various microbiological techniques. Sample, analyse and release API, drug products, test incoming raw materials and drug packaging, provide import testing for drug product batches, CDMO batch testing, In process samples, cleaning validation, verification analysis and batch release for raw materials. Develop, write, review, and drive the completion of validation/analytical transfer activities, owning your analytical projects within the team. Perform effective reactive and proactive investigations, driving continuous improvements. Drive compliance working with QA and promote quality standards. Ensure that departmental objectives are implemented in line with the overall Quality/Corporate goals. Comply with all safety and GMP requirements within the Laboratory. Ensure that all interactions and engagements are carried out with the highest ethical and professional standards and that all work is accomplished with quality and in accordance with the client’s values. Complete additional tasks considered necessary to meet business and customer requirements as indicated by the team leader. Our Company EUROAPI is focused on reinventing active ingredient solutions to sustainably meet customers’ and patients’ needs around the world. We are a leading player in active pharmaceutical ingredients with approximately 200 products in our portfolio, offering a large span of technologies, while developing innovative molecules through our Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) activities. Taking action for health by enabling access to essential therapies inspires our 3,450 people every day. With strong research and development capabilities and six manufacturing sites all located in Europe (Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf and Vertolaye in France, Brindisi in Italy, Frankfurt in Germany, Budapest in Hungary and Haverhill in the UK), EUROAPI ensures API manufacturing of the highest quality to supply customers in more than 80 countries. EUROAPI is listed on Euronext Paris. The EUROAPI Haverhill (UK) site has been established for forty years, located fifteen miles east of Cambridge and sixty miles north of London, within the golden triangle. It employs over 250 people and has built a strong reputation in Flow Chemistry, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Spray Drying and as a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO). Haverhill is proud to house the world’s largest, continuous production, pharmaceutical spray dryer and performs secondary packaging and release activities for oncology and rare disease medicines supporting global markets. The site also offers a contract testing and release facility within its laboratories. Our Requirements Science degree, ideally Microbiology GMP knowledge and experience in a microbiology laboratory Pharmaceutical industry experience preferable A collaborative, team player with excellent communication skills What we offer Attractive Salary Competitive benefits Training & Development 36 hours per week, Monday-Thursday 9-5.30pm, Friday 9-4pm Apply Today Find out more about this exciting opportunity, apply today or contact Marie Meekings. Do you know someone for this role? We are accountable for the success of Euroapi and that means finding the best people that share our values. Refer a candidate today or talk to your HR Business Partner to find out more.