Sampling Manager (Projects) in Huntingdon

This role requires strong leadership, technical expertise, and a continuous improvement mindset. You will be responsible for balancing service delivery, cost, and quality, while supporting strategic initiatives and maintaining compliance with ISO standards. Your contributions will help ensure the health and safety of our communities and the environment through effective sampling operations.

• Lead and manage a team of Samplers, ensuring competency, training, and development are maintained.
• Collaborate across the business to deliver sampling requirements aligned with customer demand and regulatory standards.
• Manage local budgets and performance to support strategic business priorities and efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with the Quality Management System (QMS) and regulatory standards such as ISO 17025 and ISO 9001.
• Support operational management including scheduling, incident response, and data accuracy in LIMs systems.
• Participate in external audits and provide assurance data to regulators and accreditation bodies.

• A competitive pension scheme where we double-match your contributions up to 6%
• Private healthcare for your peace of mind
• An annual bonus scheme
• The opportunity to volunteer in your local community
• 26 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), increasing with service, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter for religious holidays
• Life cover (8x your salary) and personal accident cover (up to 5x your salary)
• Flexible benefits to support your well-being and lifestyle
• Paid time off for illness, both physical and mental
• Free parking at all office locations, sites, and leisure parks
• Excellent family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of full pay for maternity/adoption leave and 4 weeks of paternity/partner pay, with the opportunity for shared parental leave

• Proven leadership and team management experience with a focus on coaching and mentoring.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Understanding of regulatory compliance and quality standards (ISO 17025, ISO 9001).
• Continuous improvement mindset and ability to drive operational efficiency.
• Financial acumen and experience managing budgets.
• Commitment to health, safety, and wellbeing, with a proactive approach to risk management.

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential.

We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment.

To apply, you’ll need your up-to-date CV, we also recommend uploading a cover letter – tell us what has made you apply and what skills you can bring to the position. We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date.

If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to the relevant employment checks for your role, which could include references, driving licence check, DBS Check as well as your right to work in the UK.

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