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 is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. Eurofins is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. The Group also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 55,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 50 countries. 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.

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.

We have an exciting growth opportunity for anyone looking to step into a leadership role at the forefront of building and managing a team. In this role, you will manage chemists to ensure the project scope, client expectations, and requirements are met. 

Essential Job Functions:

• Establish and manage the timing of projects.
• Manage client projects including assessment and translation of client need into project scope, definition and execution, Statistical Process Control (SPC), calibration and testing, planning of tests and evaluation of results and reporting opinions and interpretations, method modifications and development and validation of new methods.
• Manage the development, validation, and modifications made to methods for project work.
• Supervise, execute, and communicate projects independently and/or through a group of technical employees.
• Communicate with clients regarding work at required intervals.
• Conduct comprehensive library research and write reports as needed.
• Review reports to ensure they meet the customers’ needs.
• Participate as a member of the Management Team designing and controlling company processes and achieving corporate goals.
• Achieve customer satisfaction by assuring the quality of technical reports.
• Communicating verbal results for rush projects by the due date.
• Ensuring projects are completed with enough time for routing the final project report while meeting customer due dates.
• Interpret and troubleshoot analytical data in all areas within the Group's areas of responsibility.
• Troubleshoot instruments as needed.
• Ensure personnel perform tasks in compliance with company quality policy and procedures, and other applicable regulations and standards.
• Educate others in your primary specialization and seek areas of new expertise.
• Assess effectiveness of chemists, equipment, and projects to maximize growth and profitability.
• Follows established safety protocols and procedures at all times
• Follows the requirements of the Technology Control Plan at all times to ensure export control compliance
• Ensures compliance with quality system documents and processes
• Maintains specified records of test data and ensures Good Documentation Practices
• Protects confidential information and proprietary processes
• Other duties as may be assigned.

Ideal candidate will have:

• B.S., M.S. or Ph.D. in chemistry or related field or equivalent industrial experience. 
• In-depth knowledge and interpretative skills in one or more areas of specialization. 
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.     

What would set you apart

• Prior supervisory experience.

We encourage you to apply even if your experience is not a 100% match with the position. We are looking for someone with relevant skills and experience, not a checklist that exactly matches the job description. We want to help you grow and in return, you will help us grow into a stronger, more inclusive organization.  

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time. 
• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office or laboratory to access file cabinets, machinery, equipment etc.
• Ability to continuously operate a personal computer or lab equipment for extended periods of time (4 or more hours).
• Physical dexterity sufficient to use hands, arms, and shoulders repetitively to operate a keyboard and other lab equipment, use a telephone, access file cabinets and other items stored at various levels, including overhead   
• Ability to speak and hear well enough to communicate clearly and understandably with sufficient volume to ensure an accurate exchange of information in normal conversational distance, over the telephone, and in a group setting.
• Learn new tasks, remember processes, maintain focus, complete tasks independently, make timely decisions in the context of a workflow, ability to communicate with visitors, ability to complete tasks in situations that have a speed or productivity quota.

The essential physical and mental requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   

We will consider reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability or special need, we would like to know how we can better accommodate you.  

Eurofins EAG Laboratories is committed to promoting an equal employment opportunity workplace environment and is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the Company that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy, genetic information (GINA), disability, military and/or veteran status, and/or any other status protected by applicable Federal, state, or local law.  The Company’s policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer all employment-related matters based on an individual's qualifications, abilities and efforts without regard to protected status.  

 Eurofins is a Gender, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.  

 If you enjoy being immersed in technology, tackling problems head-on, finding solutions through teamwork, and taking pride in accomplishments, join us today! Check out our other opportunities: EAG Careers