Technical Leader

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.

The purpose of this role is to be an Associate Technical Leader for routine analyses under the direction of Eurofins Food Chemistry management.  Learning to take on overall responsibility for the technical conduct of routine assays, study work, and validation procedures, as well as the analytical direction, review, documentation and reporting of results. 

Please note this is a fixed term contract role from 23/02/2026-23/02/2027. This is a full time position working 39 hours per week - 10:00-18:30 Monday to Thursday & 10:00-17:30 Friday.

Training hours for the first 3 months will be 09:00-17:30 (Mon-Thurs) & 9:00-16:30 (Fri) for first 3 months.

• Deputise for Technical Manager as required.
• Ensure laboratory is operated in a safe manner in accordance with Eurofins H&S system requirements.
• Implementing quality system requirements in all areas of work including ensuring amendments to the Quality Manual or other QA documentation are promptly implemented as instructed.
• Acts as data approver for data generated by applicable functional group
• Consults with staff to determine project requirements and to suggest/guide plans to accomplish these needs.
• Communicates pertinent questions or information to client service staff, sample management or study directors.
• Monitor/evaluate and review the scientific performance of routine assays.  Provides client services or study directors with progress reports as needed.
• Responsible for completing Out of Specification (OOS) reports. 
• Communicate project or method issues with the area supervisor and suggests solutions and actions.
• Initiates eNotes and responds to eQA audits as needed.
• Works with laboratory staff to implement client specific procedures, investigations, or validations.
• Keeps methods, method summaries, and method references current and accurate. 
• Assure on-time delivery of high-quality data.
• Assure that final results reported are approved and in compliance with appropriate SOPs.
• Participates in client visits, as needed. 
• Provides input on team performance to area supervisor.
• Conducts all activities in a safe and efficient manner. 
• Performs other duties as assigned. 
• Uphold client confidence in accuracy and response times of testing.

• Degree level qualification in Chemistry, or equivalent qualification.
• Record of ongoing professional development
• Previous experience working within an accredited contract testing laboratory or related industry laboratory environment are preferred but full training will be provided. 
• Skilled in data interpretation and report writing.
• Good keyboards skills and experience of LIMS Systems, MS Office packages in particular Excel.
• Good standard of written and spoken English and numeracy skills.
• Hard working self-motivated and professional team player. 
• Ability to work well under pressure. 
• Excellent attention to detail. 
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, organise and co-ordinate your own workload. 
• Ability to think critically and solve problems quickly and efficiently.
• Ability to learn new tasks. 
• Good written and verbal communication skills. 

Benefits

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
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
• Health Cash Plan
• 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 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 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.

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/