Job Description
This is a great opportunity to join the Microbiology Media laboratory in Wolverhampton. The purpose of this role is to oversee the Media team responsible for the timely and accurate production of media required within the microbiology laboratory, and to ensure all appropriate quality checks are performed.
Please note this is a permanent full time role working Monday to Friday from 11:00 to 19:00, shift will include working one weekend in every three.
* Ensure that sufficient media is produced and provided to the laboratory for the required workload and to this purpose, liaise closely with both main and pathogen laboratory technicians and team leaders.
* Supervise staff in your team to ensure efficient operation of production shift.
* Effective and timely attendance management of staff in line with company policy, including return to work interviews etc.
* Performance management of team to ensure production targets are met.
* Recruitment of new staff, managing probation and ensuring engaging an informative induction is in place that gives new starter key skills and techniques to perform their role to a high standard.
* Manage investigation / discipline / grievance meetings as and where necessary.
* Hold team appraisals in line with company policy.
* Managing and updating training matrices, ensuring staff members only perform tasks after fully trained and relevant documentation completed.
* Run team briefing meetings on a regular basis to keep team updated and briefed on key matters relating to the site, customer and the team.
* Managing the Media laboratory ensuring standard operating procedures and health & safety procedures are followed, whilst work is conducted in a clean and tidy manner.
* To be familiar with COSHH guidelines and working practices within the media laboratory.
* Advise the Laboratory Manager without delay of any problems affecting operations in the production area of the laboratory.
* Ensuring that all quality checks are performed and relevant paperwork related to the production and QC of media is kept up to date.
* A flexible approach to work will be required to help assist other departments as and when required.
Qualifications
* A-Levels or equivalent in Microbiology. A degree in Microbiology will be of advantage.
* Strong knowledge of media production and all aspects of equipment maintenance and calibration.
* Knowledge of UKAS and ISO methods.
* Working experience in a laboratory.
* Competence in IT, including eLIMS.
* Knowledge of customers and sample matrices, including specific media requirements.
* Experience in NCW/Complaints/Environmental Monitoring.
* Strong people management skills.
* Strong management skills of for performance/absence management.
* A passion for providing a safe working environment.
* Ability to communicate across departments.
* Exceptional organisation skills to maintain a good rotation of media.
Additional Information
At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.
As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:
* Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
* Additional Annual Leave Purchase scheme
* Annual Leave Sellback Scheme
* Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates
* Company Pension Plan
* Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
* Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)
* Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
* Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
* Health and Wellbeing Programmes
* Free parking
* Worldwide career opportunities
* We also have in place rewards recognising the great work out employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.
What Happens Next
Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths.
Your data
As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.
Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
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! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!
Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/