Laboratory Analyst Apprentice

Job description

About the Opportunity

This is a new 3 year Apprenticeship developed by industry for industry. Delivered through a three-day on the job (workplace) and two-day off the job (college) split, this Apprenticeship programme leads to a Bachelor of Science degree.

Successful applicants will be working in our Quality Control Laboratories as a Laboratory Technician in years 1 and 2 and as a Laboratory Analyst in year 3. These laboratories test and release materials and finished products for markets world-wide and manage the ongoing stability programme.

With an emphasis on team work and right first time the successful applicants will have the opportunity to learn about how a busy lab operates across a number of product platforms.

You will be mentored by an experienced member of the team throughout your apprenticeship and will have the opportunity to put all of the learning from your degree (see modular content below) into practice in your day to day responsibilities on site.

Key responsibilities:

Year 1 modules

• Critical Skills Development

• Good Manufacturing Practice

• Introduction to Micro-biology

& Biotechnology

• Laboratory Safety

• Maths

• Fundamentals of Chemistry

• Computer Systems

• Laboratory Quality Systems

• Calibration Sciences

• Work Place Based Learning

Year 2 modules

• Stability and Sample Analysis

• Microbiology and Environmental

Monitoring

• Instrumentation

(Theory & Practical)

• Regulatory Affairs & Compliance

• Lean Labs

• Chemistry 2

• Analytical Lab Skills

• Work Place Based Learning

Year 3 modules

• Validation

• Technical Writing

• Statistics and Analysis

• Quality Assurance Systems

• Analytical Chemistry

• GMP and Data Integration

• Case Studies and Problem

• Based Learning

• Analytical Lab Skills

• Work Place Based Learning

About You

Essential requirements:

Minimum entry requirements are pass (Grade 06 or better) in five Leaving Certificate subjects, two of which must be maths and a science subject, 250 CAO points or a relevant FETAC Level 5 or Level 6 qualification.

Those aged over 23 are eligible to apply as mature students while relevant previous experience will also be considered.

Full unrestricted working rights for Ireland.

You must be available to start in September 2019 and be available for interview during week commencing 22nd of July 2019 . No exceptions.

About Sanofi

Empower Life Everyday

At Sanofi we work across human health from vaccines to rare diseases, and consumer healthcare. This creates opportunities to work across different areas to build a diverse and exciting career. Sanofi has the capabilities and resources to support your aspirations to fulfill your ambitions and be the best you can be.

Our purpose at Sanofi is to work passionately every day to understand and solve healthcare needs of people across the world. Our ambition is by 2025, to be a top 3 innovative, global and diversified human healthcare company. One that embraces transformative technologies and is focused on its area of excellence, which means we're not there to try to solve everybody's problems. We want to focus on those areas where we know we are making a difference.

The values we are live by are teamwork, courage, respect and integrity

At Sanofi diversity and inclusion is foundational to how we operate and is embedded in our Core Values. We respect the diversity of our people, their backgrounds and experiences. We recognize to truly tap into the richness diversity brings we must lead with inclusion and have a workplace where those differences can thrive and be leveraged to empower the lives of our employees, patients and customers.

About Sanofi Waterford

The multiple national award-winning Sanofi Waterford biopharmaceutical and medical device campus is located in Waterford on Ireland's southeast coast. Established in 2001 and now with more than 750 employees, the site has seen more than €600m invested in state-of-the-art infrastructure and technology. Diversification continues to bring new products and drug delivery platforms to Waterford and the expanded site portfolio continues to create new opportunities.

At Sanofi diversity and inclusion is foundational to how we operate and embedded in our Core Values. We recognize to truly tap into the richness diversity brings we must lead with inclusion and have a workplace where those differences can thrive and be leveraged to empower the lives of our colleagues, patients and customers. We respect and celebrate the diversity of our people, their backgrounds and experiences and provide equal opportunity for all.