****We have a fantastic opportunity for a Lead Analyst within our Environmental Monitoring Laboratory to join our client site based in Kinsale, Co Cork****  

Consider joining Eurofins where people are the most important element in our business.  Eurofins is a leading contract lab that provides testing and research services in the environmental, pharmaceutical, and biopharmaceutical sciences to clients worldwide.

This position is to join our innovative Professional Scientific Services (PSS) programme as an employee of Eurofins.  The programme places full-time analysts, technicians, scientists and technical support personnel managed by Eurofins directly at the client facility to provide long term staffing needs while maintaining the same services, expertise and cGMP compliance available at the Eurofins facility. This award-winning programme offers excellent career opportunities for people who have a proven track recording in combining excellent technical ability with first class interpersonal and communication skills

The primary purpose of this role is to lead an off-site Professional Scientific Services (PSS) team of analytical staff to ensure that the 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 a key point of contact for the client on a day-to-day basis.

• Effectively coordinating and leading team so that productivity, quality, documentation, work schedules, safety and housekeeping are 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.
• Reviewing and approving all relevant documentation in a timely manner and ensuring that it communicated, documented, filed accurately, and compliant with the required standards.
• Reviewing and improving commercial work practices. Responsible for identifying areas where efficiencies may be improved and liaising with the client appropriately about any proposed improvements.
• Contributing to forward planning of activities in order to maximise the use of client resources during training periods.
• Performing all analyses required to the correct standard and turnaround times.
• Ensuring that all analysts are trained and have completed training records for all tests and other training completed.
• Performing performance appraisals with staff as part of the overall performance management programme within the organisation.
• Continuous feedback to all members of their team on all items in relation to client or organisational requirements / changes.
• Handling any client related queries where necessary and liaising with their team and with personnel from other teams to problem solve these queries if needed.
• To address group local audit findings.
• To participate as required in any investigations associated with the team deliverables.
• To perform routine and non-routine analysis using traditional and modern analytical techniques, as required by the client representative.
• To initiate and follow-up OOS results and action limits as per client procedures.
• To attend meetings with the client as required assessing productivity and ensuring the group’s capacity is fully utilised.  This will include presenting performance metrics to demonstrate efficiency and quality service levels. 

• A degree in Microbiology or a related discipline is required
• At least 1 years’ experience in a supervisory/leadership capacity is an advantage
• Must be proficient in bioburden and endotoxin testing
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a fast paced GMP Environment
• Passionate about quality and customer service.
• Excellent communication skills (internally and externally) and understanding of appropriate client interactions.
• Willing to operate in a flexible manner and be able to switch priorities at short notice.
• Good team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills

*This is an opportunity to join Eurofins on a full time permanent basis, shift role.

*Benefits of pension contribution, medical insurance, health insurance and bonus are included in package. 

*Eurofins Management and Team on client site for support.

*Opportunity to get to know fantastic people and be part of a great team. 

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 works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 55,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 900 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

In 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.