Cleaning Operative at Eurofins in Dungarvan, County Waterford, IE

Company Description

Consider joining Eurofins where people are the most important element in our business. Eurofins Biopharma Product Testing is a leading contract lab that provides testing services in the pharmaceutical, and biopharmaceutical sciences to clients worldwide.

What can Eurofins offer you as an employee?

• At Eurofins we offer careers not just jobs.
• Developmental opportunities and career progression
• Private Medical Insurance when with the company for 2 years for all roles
• Income protection and life assurance
• Free parking onsite
• Additional annual leave days with continued service
• Work-life balance
• Sports and Social events

Job Description

Eurofins are currently seeking a Cleaning Operative on our site in Dungarvan. The main responsibilities of this role are to ensure the premises, building and laboratory glassware is kept clean and in a tidy manner at all times, keeping in mind efficiency, quality and accuracy standards as required by the company.

Please note, this is a full time role and the working hours are 39 hours per week. You will be required to work 8:30am-4:45pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and 8:30am-5:00pm on Wednesdays. Weekend work may be required once a month. Please note the working hours for this role are expected to move to 5am to 1:15pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and 5:00am to 1:30pm on Wednesday in the future.

Responsibilities include:

• Cleaning and maintaining the building at an acceptable housekeeping level in accordance with company procedures.
• Disposing of waste in the skip in the most efficient and space efficient manner i.e. collapsing boxes prior to placing them in the skip.
• Disposing of chemical waste in the appropriate manner.
• Stripping and re-sealing the floors when required.
• Sanitisation of pharm micro labs and completing log books.
• Responsible for washing all glassware as per the appropriate company procedures.
• Responsible for general cleaning around the building i.e. general dirt problems, outside etc. (Providing housekeeping cover during the day in the absence of evening staff.)
• Working as part of a team,this person will be responsible for providing cover for other members of staff as required.
• Responsible for ensuring all canteen areas are kept clean & tidy at all times

Qualifications

• Experience in industrial cleaning GMP environment is preferable but not essential.
• Good team player.
• Good communication skills both internally and externally.

Additional Information

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 63,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 60 countries and operating more than 950 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.