Microbiology Laboratory Manager

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.

The Purpose of this role will be to be responsible for the safe, efficient and high quality operation for the Food Testing Laboratory in Heathrow reporting to the BUMA. 

Working hours for this role will be Monday to Friday from 09:00 till 17:00. 

• Develop a culture of continuous improvement in the lab leading to improvement in performance. 
• Ensure that all work is carried out in accordance with clients’ requirements within agreed time scales. 
• Ensure that staff are suitably trained and all training documents are suitably maintained including ongoing competency. 
• Ensure all equipment is maintained, calibrated and serviced to the correct standard ensuring it is all safe to operate. 
• Ensure the laboratory facility and environment is maintained to an acceptable level, liaising with local facilities and other stakeholders as appropriate.  
• Ensure complaints and NCWs are completed to a high standard and in a timely manner as defined in KPI. 
• Complete internal audits in-line with the audit schedule for the site. 
• Work closely with the local quality team to ensure full compliance of all parts of ISO 17025 alongside customer requirements. 
• Participate in external audits (UKAS/Customer etc.). 
• Control of costs to budget/agreed targets in particular consumables and labour. 
• Support for projects and production of capital investment requirements on annual basis. 
• Drive TAT-R, TAT-95 and TAT-50 to targeted levels whilst maintaining a tight control on cost and resource levels. 
• Use KPIs to monitor and improve the laboratory’s productivity and performance. 
• Manage waste through the laboratory ensuring this is minimized. 
• Ensure all Eurofins safety requirements are met and that the laboratory is working to a very high standard. Work with the group safety team to implement best practice across the group. 
• Ensure the laboratory is operating to a safe standard with risk assessments, SSOW are in place and to a high standard. 
• Ensure that all work carried out complies with documented procedures for all aspects of laboratory work, that all relevant information concerning samples is recorded, that samples are handled correctly, that worksheets are kept in an orderly manner.
• Deputize and support the BUMA in their duties as required for the Heathrow Food Laboratories.

• Degree or equivalent in Microbiology/Biological Science. 
• In depth technical knowledge of food testing lab activities (sample registration,  preparation, plating, pouring, incubation etc. through to confirmation). 
• Knowledge of UKAS and ISO methods. 
• Knowledge of reporting processes for Microbiology and Chemistry analysis/methods. 
• Previous supervisory/managerial experience in a busy laboratory. 
• Competence in IT, including LIMS, spreadsheets and databases. 
• Experience of working with a broad range of internal and external customers. 
• Experience of key account customer relations. 
• CI/Project Delivery experience. 
• Experience of handling and managing NCW/Complaints and client queries. 
• Strong performance management and leadership skillset. 
• Customer and service focused. 

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. 

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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.