****We have a fantastic opportunity for a Microbiology Lead Analyst 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.

What can Eurofins offer you as an employee of ours?

• Developmental opportunities and career progression
• The opportunity to work with our client - a world -leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology company
• Location is easily accessible
• Private Medical Insurance
• Income protection and life assurance
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Free parking onsite
• Full use of the canteen facilities on the client site
• Additional annual leave days with continued service
• The opportunity to work on therapeutic drugs helping to save lives across the world

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 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.

Job Responsibilities

• Effectively coordinating and leading the PSS EM (Environmental Monitoring) 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.
• In conjunction with the PSS Manager, ensuring that work is scheduled and cross training takes place as requested so that the service levels agreed with the client are achieved. Responsible for amending schedules as required and communicating those changes effectively.
• Performing all analyses required to the correct standard and turn around times.
• Ensuring that all analysts are trained and have completed training records for all tests and other training completed.
• Performing out 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.
• Overall responsibility for the cleanliness and tidiness of the PSS EM team work environment, and in conjunction with the PSS Manager, the safety of the PSS EM team on the client site.
• Ensuring equipment is properly maintained and in the event of a breakdown that it is repaired in accordance with client procedures (with reference to timeliness, quality and cost.)
• Ensuring that all laboratory supplies are in place as required by the client.
• To assist in addressing 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 GMP review analytical data.
• To initiate and follow-up OOS results and action limits as per client procedures.
• To participate in the preparation of reports.
• To assist in collection and measurement of productivity through agreed metrics as defined in the Service Level Agreement.
• 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.
• To prepare and approve results for tests in which the team has received the appropriate training and are deemed competent.
• To be constantly aware of the client’s requirements and strive to meet or exceed those requirements keeping in mind the client process end points.
• To keep up to date with any technological or method revisions in their area, ensuring their training is complete and adjusting their work as required.
• To have a clear understanding of the client relationship and service goals.
• To ensure that all decisions are handled with client service in mind.
• To ensure uniformity, reproducibility and reliability in all work practices.

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  At least 3 years’ experience in a pharmaceutical industry GMP laboratory
• Good team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills
• Passionate about quality and client service.
• Good communication skills both internally and externally.

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  This is an opportunity to join Eurofins on a full time permanent basis.
• Monday to Friday day 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 61,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 59 countries and operating more than 940 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.