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 58,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 54 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 2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Please note this is a Full Time, Permanent position, working 09:00 - 17:00 Monday - Friday. This role will be initially based across 3 sites, Feltham, Ipswich & Ammanford (South Wales). This role will include a Car Allowance. 

This role would suit an existing Health & Safety Manager who is looking to expand into a Multi - Site environment.

To direct, facilitate and support the compliance multiple UK sites in scope in complying with Health & Safety, Environmental and Facilities legal requirements, guidance and best practice. To promote a HSE excellence culture, leading the drive to reduce incidents and uphold the framework for the sites to report, monitor and control their HSE KPIs.

Main Duties

• Understand the strategic direction and manage work priorities (in conjunction with HSE Team and site management) for the continuous HSE improvement of the sites.
• Support the Head of HSE with the implementation of new Health & Safety and Environmental Management Systems at the sites.
• Support the National Facilities Manager with limited aspects of Facilities Management.
• Provide sound advice to site management and assist with the implementation of new or existing HSE-related legislation, rules and Company standards to include fire and incident prevention, Health and Safety awareness training and site inspections
• To complete HSE inspections on a regular basis and ensure records maintained.
• To support site leadership with incident investigation and ensure all required documentation is completed.  To support the HSE Communication Strategy for all sites and levels of staff, to include written information, tool box talks and management briefs.
• Collate, analyse and report HSE Key Performance Indicators for all sites in scope
• Responsibility for Company preparations for HSE audits
• Advise management in Laboratories, Logistics, Offices and on site of health, safety and environmental matters and manage this process to ensure all advice is incorporated into day-to-day processes and operations.
• Facilitate all forms of risk assessment e.g. general, manual handling, COSHH, fire prevention and act as a final authority where a specialist response is required in relation to risk assessments performed by others on site.
• Maintain the sites’ Authorisation/Permit To Work systems to ensure compliance with Company standards.
• Must be flexible regarding working hours to ensure that the needs of the business are met.
• Must be willing to travel which may involve staying away from home overnight.

Generic Requirements

Finance

• To have a basic understanding of costing and pricing strategies and assist in the preparation of commercial proposals for clients.
• To partake in procurement activities in areas within scope.

People

• To partake in any developmental training as required in compliance with the company standard.
• Responsible for promoting a professional image of the Company and for complying with the company's Equal Opportunities and Harassment Policies at all times, including work related events which take place outside normal working hours.
• Read and comply with company rules, procedures, agreements and any notices displayed by the Company.

Quality

• To operate in line with Eurofins Quality Management Systems with specific reference to retailer standards, reporting, contract review, complaints and non-conformances.

Health and Safety

• All staff have a duty to work in accordance with the Health & Safety at Work Act (1974), COSHH Regulations (1988) and other relevant policies and procedures.
• Comply with all relevant Health, Safety and Security Regulations.

Essential

• NEBOSH National General Certificate will be required to fulfil this role.
• Knowledge of COSHH/REACH requirements.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a Health & Safety Management role.
• Experience managing high-risk, fast-paced environments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc)
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Must be able to converse on all levels and manage change processes.
• Must be self-motivated and demonstrate a real passion for Health & Safety 

Desirable

• IOSH Membership.
• NEBOSH Fire or Construction Certificates.
• Experience with Emergency Management (Incident Commander, etc)
• Multi-site responsibility.
• Experience of Environmental or Facilities Management.
• Experience within laboratory environments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Business Tools (PowerApps, PowerBI, Sharepoint etc)

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:

• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Life Assurance (4 times annual salary)
• Company Pension Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.
• Free car parking
• Worldwide career opportunities
• Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle.

 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 to 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. 
 
Application Tips

It’s really helpful for our Recruitment Team if you include a full up to date CV, your current location and a contact number so we can talk to you about our exciting opportunities. Please also detail your current Right to Work status in the UK.
 
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.