* Contract
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.
We’re proud to be an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.
If you want to continue to help make our world a safer and healthier place, then apply for the role below and become a part of the extraordinary Eurofins network.
Job Description
The purpose of this role is to perform day to day management of a team of technicians and coordinators, completing the preparation of samples prior to laboratory analysis. Drive the continuous development/improvement of staff and processes to uphold and increase sample throughput.
Please note this is a fixed term contract ending in approximately June 2026. Working 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday 07:00 till 15:00.
* Complete the preparation of samples in accordance with standard operating procedures and in accordance with standards of quality and the requirements of ISO17025.
* Train technicians in all preparation methods to a level of competence and productivity.
* Line management of the Preparation Technicians, Team Coordinator and Trainer including providing support, absence monitoring, KPI reporting/one to one reviews, maintenance of training records and objective setting.
* Daily work scheduling ensuring there is suitable cover for the department at all times.
* Support the Department Manager in the continuous improvement of preparation methods, driving improved ways of working to increase productivity and efficiency whilst meeting customer needs.
* Support the Department Manager in achieving daily targets and KPI’s.
* Participating in the recruitment of technicians and monitoring/documenting progress over probationary periods.
* Investigate delayed samples and provide updates on progress to internal teams and external clients. Implementing processes to reduce occurrence.
* Work to investigate and resolve customer queries and complaints in a timely manner in line with company policy.
* Ensure staff are kept up to date with any changes within the business.
* Maintain stock levels of consumable items for methods being undertaken.
* Ensuring equipment/fixtures are maintained and suitable for use at all times.
* Deputise for Department Manager as required during periods of absence and annual leave.
* Responsible for ensuring that UK Health and Safety legislation is maintained and helping to ensure the working environment is kept in a clean and tidy manner.
* Ensure personal protective clothing and equipment is worn in accordance with the Health & Safety policy and stock levels maintained.
* Provide a high level of internal and external customer care via all communication methods.
Qualifications
* A Levels or equivalent, degree in science related subject would be advantageous.
* Strong knowledge of UKAS requirements, particularly ISO 17025 and 9001.
* Working laboratory experience and experience with LIMS based systems
* Experience with NCW/RCCA/complaint handling
* Competence in IT, particularly Microsoft Office suite.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate both internally and with external clients.
* Ability to communicate cross departmentally.
* Excellent organisational skills with great attention to detail.
* Critical thinking and ability to problem solve.
* Self motivated and ability to motivate others.
* Experience with 5S and continuous improvement.
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 its requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get to 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/
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