Senior Project Chemist

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 61,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 59 countries and operating more than 940 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 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.

Eurofins Agroscience Australia/New Zealand is a leading provider of analytical services, regulatory consulting and technical support to the crop protection industry, seed businesses and veterinary medicine companies. Our technical activities involve conducting field and laboratory studies to determine the safety and efficacy of new agrochemicals, veterinary medicines/pharmaceuticals and crop varieties. We offer outstanding technical knowledge and project management skills, and are experts in managing field and laboratory studies, including GLP residue studies, analytical method development and physico-chemical property testing.

We are seeking a highly technical, customer focus experienced senior residue chemist in Girraween, Western Sydney. As a senior chemist, you will assist the Laboratory Manager to conform to internal standards, policies and procedures and external legislative requirements.

Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Acting as subject matter expert (PI) for GLP residue studies. Managing project form from project planning, execution to reporting.
• Hands on method development and validation of extraction techniques and instrumentation optimisation.
• Sound knowledge in operating, developing methodology for test equipment including HPLC-UV/RF, GC-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS.
• Reviewing data acceptability according to international recognised criteria and troubleshooting
• Liaising with customers on project milestones and reporting on test results
• Writing of test method protocol , work instructions and other Laboratory Quality Manual Documents.
• Training chemists, technicians and laboratory assistants in new procedures and techniques. Verifying training for Staff Training Records.

• Minimum BSc in Chemistry plus 5 years’ experience in an analytical chemistry laboratory
• Knowledge of standard office applications, especially MS Word and MS Excel would be preferred
• Excellent interpersonal skills, a ‘can do’ attitude, excellent team player and willing to work collaboratively as part of a productive and safety-focused team.
• Quick learner, able to pick things up fast, and versatile in approach.
• Team player who can work well with others.

Only successful candidates will be contacted.

This opportunity is only open to candidates who are eligible to work in Australia and already have work rights or an appropriate working visa.