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Associate Chemist (Associate Scientist) - Environment Testing, 1st Shift

Eurofins Environment Testing (USA) · Lancaster, PA · 1 mo ago
Analyst$18–$19/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: use

for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections where there is real specific content. Must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: company description? The company description is at top; we need to decide if we include it. The instruction: "Reformat a job posting into clean, well-structured semantic HTML." Likely we include company description as maybe a paragraph before sections? Not specified as a heading. Could be part of About the role? The "About the role" heading is for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, etc. The company description may be considered "About the company" not requested. The instruction says use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It does not forbid other headings, but we should follow that. Probably we should include a brief intro paragraph (company description) as

before sections. Then sections. We need to extract content: Position Summary: The Associate Chemist prepares and analyzes environmental samples using standard analytical techniques according to approved scientific methodology in compliance with Eurofins Environment Testing Quality Assurance programs and standard operating procedures (SOPs). This position can be a physical job that may require standing for long periods, working with organic solvents, laboratory glassware and specialized equipment. Essential Duties And Responsibilities: list many items. Follow and learn appropriate protocols in one or more of the following disciplines. This role will focus on GC/MS and Semi-volatile organic compounds. Then list disciplines. Position is 1st shift, Monday-Friday OR Sun-Thursday, 7am -330pm. Training will be M-F, 7am-330pm for 3-4 months, estimated Qualifications Basic Minimum Qualifications: BS or BA in Chemistry or related field, Associate Degree, or 2 years of related laboratory experience in lieu of degree. Professional working proficiency in English is a requirement, including the ability to read, write and speak in English.Authorization to work in the United States without restriction or sponsorship Ideal Candidates Will Have: list many. Additional Information Pay rate: $18-19/hour + 10% shift differential Please note - Eurofins Environment Testing (USA) provides a compensation range for informational purposes, the actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience and skill set, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location. As a Eurofins employee, you will become part of a company that has received national recognition as a great place to work. We offer excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, life and disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, and dental and vision options. The benefits package offered will vary based on the employee’s full-time or part-time regular status. 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! At Eurofins, we believe sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. Guided by our vision to be the Global Leader in “Testing for Life,” our mission to contribute to a healthier and safer world, and our core values, we are building a strong foundation for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. Eurofins’ commitment to sustainability begins within our own companies through a shared responsibility to people and the planet. With climate change posing an imminent threat, Eurofins and its many companies recognize their duty to proactively reduce or offset the environmental impact of essential operations while also helping our clients do the same—serving as a true ESG Enabler. Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/ 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 Eurofins Scientific 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 Organizations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialized 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 decentralized 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 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. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Eurofins USA Environment Testing is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we should strip out the EEO statements, diversity statements, sustainability, etc. Also remove the "Find out more in our career page:" link? That's maybe boilerplate. Also remove the long company history paragraph? That might be considered boilerplate but could be considered substantive? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." The company description at start might be considered part of job posting but not boilerplate. However the later paragraphs about Eurofins network, sustainability, EEO, etc are likely boilerplate. We should keep only substantive job-specific info: Position Summary, Essential Duties, disciplines, shift/training, qualifications, ideal candidates, pay, benefits. Possibly also a brief company description at top? It's not required but could be included as a paragraph before sections. The instruction didn't forbid it. It said "Reformat a job posting into clean, well-structured semantic HTML." Likely we should keep the company description as an introductory paragraph. Thus output:

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. 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.

Then sections:

About the role

maybe we can put Position Summary there. But "About the role" heading expects summary. We'll put the Position Summary paragraph. Then

Responsibilities

with
  • list of duties. We need to extract duties list from "Essential Duties And Responsibilities". It includes many items separated by line breaks. We'll create list items. Also there is "Follow and learn appropriate protocols in one or more of the following disciplines. This role will focus on GC/MS and Semi-volatile organic compounds." Then list disciplines: Organic preparation, Metals preparation and analysis, PFAS sample preparation, HRMS sample preparation, Gas Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, Radio Chemistry, Wet Chemistry, High Resolution preparation and analysis, Low Resolution preparation and analysis. Could be part of Responsibilities or maybe Requirements? It's about disciplines; could be under Responsibilities or maybe Requirements. We'll include under Responsibilities as additional bullet. Then

    Requirements

    maybe for Basic Minimum Qualifications.

    Qualifications

    maybe for Ideal Candidates? Actually they have Qualifications Basic Minimum Qualifications and Ideal Candidates Will Have. Could combine into Requirements and Qualifications. But we need to follow headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We have to decide what goes where. - About the role: Position Summary. - Responsibilities: Essential Duties And Responsibilities + disciplines list. - Requirements: Basic Minimum Qualifications (BS/BA, Associate degree, 2 years experience, English proficiency, work authorization). - Qualifications: Ideal Candidates Will Have (list of desired attributes). - Skills: maybe we could extract skills from Ideal Candidates list? But they already include skills. Could put them under Skills. But we already have Qualifications for ideal candidates. Might be duplication. Better: Requirements = basic minimum qualifications. Qualifications = ideal candidates (preferred). Skills maybe not needed separately; but we could still include Skills section if we have specific skill items like "Strong verbal and written communication skills", etc. However those are already in ideal candidates. To avoid thin sections, we could combine Qualifications and Skills? But instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have only About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. That's 7 sections. Omit Skills if not needed. But we need to include Benefits and Pay and Schedule sections if present. Benefits: "We offer excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, life and disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, and dental and vision options." Also mention that benefits vary based on full-time/part-time status. Pay: "Pay rate: $18-19/hour + 10% shift differential" plus note about variation. Schedule: "Position is 1st shift, Monday-Friday OR Sun-Thursday, 7am -330pm. Training will be M-F, 7am-330pm for 3-4 months, estimated" Thus we will include those. Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like EEO, diversity, sustainability, company history, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. We'll produce HTML fragment. Let's craft. Start with company description paragraph. Then sections. Make sure to use
    • for lists. We need to preserve all substantive information; not invent or summarize away detail. So we must keep all details from the lists. Let's extract duties list exactly as given: "Performs routine lab tasks that provide experience and familiarization with methods, practices, and programs. These include:Preparation of samples using standard techniquesPerforming chemical analysis using standard techniquesEvaluation and quantification of dataRecording and reporting data and any unusual test occurrences to the supervisorPerforming routine instrument maintenanceCompetency in complex instrumentation instrument specific software (training is provided)Responsible for keeping personal training documentation (training records, IDOC/DOC) current and accurateResponsible for timely completion of assigned/scheduled QC samples (MDL, LOD/LOQ, PT)As required, documents NCMs for projects with quality issuesUnderstands and utilizes backlog reports to manage personal workloadWorks under close supervision using routine and standard methodsRegular attendance and punctualityResponsible for general housekeeping in work areaProficient with IDOCs, for assigned methods carried out in the departmentResponsible for performing job functions in compliance with Eurofins Environment health and safety and quality assurance standardsDemonstrates and promotes the company visionInventories and stocks laboratory suppliesWashes and inventories glasswarePurges analyzed samplesAssists in

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