Group Waters Technical Coordinator

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.

Working hours are Monday - Friday, 9am- 5pm. This is a hybrid working role with travel required across our Eurofins UK sites. We welcome applicants from across the UK. The purpose of the role is to support the Group Quality & Technical Manager in the administration of technical issues. This includes validation of new methods, support on client queries, technical support on laboratory issues across the group and technical support for the Sales Team where required.

Duties include:

• Supporting the Group Quality & Technical Manager to deliver projects across the group.
• Supporting the Group Quality & Technical Manager to deliver new methods across the group.
• Working alongside the Group Quality & Technical Manager to harmonise the existing group methods where appropriate and to ensure the scope of testing reflects the business needs.
• Carrying out verification/validation of both new and existing methods at any or all of the sites.
• Conducting problem-solving investigations as needed on any of the sites.
• Supporting the Group Quality & Technical Manager in investigating client technical queries.
• Ensuring compliance with the 17025 standard at all times by adhering to the in-house quality procedures provided.
• Streamlining operational processes and making good use of IT to achieve high efficiency.
• Responsible for adhering to all company standards in the area of safety, housekeeping, and quality, notifying management of any discrepancies.
• Being an Internal Auditor for all sites.

Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level in microbiology or related discipline and relevant experience of quality systems.
• Working knowledge of Water Microbiology laboratories accredited to ISO17025.
• Experience of working in a UK accredited microbiology laboratory.
• Considerable practical expertise in a Technical laboratory role.
• Excellent analytical skills.

Additional Information:

• 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.
• 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 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 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 believes 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!