Job Description

Working hours are Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm.

This is a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract.

The main purpose of the role is to assist in the application of the Eurofins Linlithgow ISO17025 based Quality System on a day-to-day basis, with the aim of assuring the quality of all data produced.

You will be responsible for the daily implementation of the ISO17025 Quality System and ensure ongoing compliance. This is to be achieved via actions taken by yourself and by delegation of tasks to appropriate trained personnel.

• Ensure the validity of results:
  • By making sure good laboratory practice is adhered to by all team members.
  • Overseeing the processing of daily controls and acting upon all failures
  • Overseeing the quality control of media and acting upon all failures
• Responsible for the safe handling of all test items
• Assist Quality Manager in reviewing the hygiene programme and take corrective action on all failures.
• Carry out equipment calibration
• Responsible for microbiological technical records. 
• Complete non-compliance reports for the laboratory as required.
• Assist Quality Manager as directed with the review of Quality Documentation against national and international standards, UKAS and RSA requirements
• Resolve any issues as they occur regarding compliance issues.
• Carry out test witnessing of laboratory methods, ensuring relevant training records are completed in compliance with policy and procedure.
• Attend regular Quality Meetings.
• Deputise for the Quality Manager.
• Working for constant improvement.
• To comply with all aspects of Health and Safety regulations

Qualifications

• Experience in management of technical and quality in food and water testing under ISO 17025 accreditation or equivalent in GMP
• Experience or knowledge of analytical chemistry methodology
• Experience or knowledge of microbiology laboratory methodology
• Able to prioritise and organise workloads
• Proven experience of working in an environment associated with the exacting high standards required of UKAS accreditation and ISO 17025.
• Strong communication skills
• Computer literate

Additional Information

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:

• Life Assurance (4 times annual salary)
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay Scheme 
• 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 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 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.

Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

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