Lead Analytical Scientist na Eurofins

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.

This is a permanent full time position, working a 35 hour week flexibly Monday - Friday 07:00 - 19:00.

The primary purpose of this role is to lead and manage an off-site Professional Scientific Services (PSS) team of analytical staff to ensure that team is operating at the highest quality and productivity standards, have high morale and retention, and the agreed client requirements are entirely satisfied and that client expectations are met or exceeded through effective leadership and quality operational management.  This person will be the key point of contact for the client on a day-to-day basis.

Job Responsibilities

• Effectively coordinate and manage the PSS team so that productivity, quality, documentation, work schedules, safety and housekeeping is run at maximum efficiency.
• Ensuring that the client gets the best possible service by continually reviewing best practice in relation to both commercial and quality issues and ensuring 100% ethical work standards and GMP compliance.
• Development, coaching, motivation, and morale of team members through effective teambuilding and use of reward and recognitions systems celebrating team success.
• Communicating regularly with the client and Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories to ensure information is shared effectively and actions are taken immediately.
• Review and approve all relevant documentation in a timely manner and ensuring that it is communicated, documented, filed accurately, and compliant with the required standards.
• Forward planning of activities in order to maximise the use of client resources during training periods.
• Ensure that work is scheduled and cross training takes place so that the service levels agreed with the client are achieved.  Responsible for amending schedules as required.
• Perform analysis if required by shortage of personnel or other circumstances
• Ensure that all analysts are trained and have completed training records for all tests and other training completed.
• Complete performance appraisals with staff as part of the overall performance management programme within the organisation.
• Handle any client related queries where necessary and liaising with their team and with personnel from other teams to problem solve these queries if needed.
• Take overall responsibility for the cleanliness and tidiness of the PSS team work environment, and the safety of the PSS team on the client site.
• Ensure equipment is properly maintained and in the event of a breakdown that it is repaired in accordance with client procedures (with reference to timeliness, quality and cost.)
• Ensure that all laboratory supplies are in place as required by the client.
• Address group local audit findings.
• Participate as required in any investigations associated with the team deliverables.
• Perform routine and non-routine analysis using traditional and modern analytical techniques, as required by the client representative.
• Initiate and follow-up OOS results and action limits as per client procedures.
• Participate in the preparation of reports.
• Collect and measure productivity through agreed metrics as defined in the Service Level Agreement.

• A degree in Chemistry or a related discipline is required.
• A sound, fundamental knowledge of Chemistry is essential.
• At least 4 years’ relevant experience of pharmaceutical analysis in a development laboratory.
• Experience with traditional analytical techniques as well as modern instrumental equipment (HPLC and UV spectroscopy).
• Thorough understanding of chromatographic techniques.
• Excellent leadership skills and previous supervisory experience.
• Previous responsibility for approving valid analytical measurements.
• Good understanding of requirements for working in a GMP environment.
• Ability to work using fully electronic media, including MS Office.  

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:

• Reward & Recognition.
• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement.
• Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates   
• Free Parking
• 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
• Worldwide career opportunities
• We also have in place rewards recognising the great work our 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 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! 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/