Quality Co-ordinator

Company Description

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 laboratories work 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 dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

We’re proud to be an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.

If you want to continue to help make our world a safer and healthier place, then apply for the role below and become a part of the extraordinary Eurofins.

Job Description

37.5 Hours per week.  Monday - Friday. 9.00am - 5.00pm.

Purpose of the post:

Responsibility for the maintenance and improvement of the Quality Management System and maintenance and extension of all accreditations at a local level within the Water Chemistry department. To inspire and drive a culture of outstanding Quality to exceed the requirements of our customers and embrace our core organisational values.

• Maintain the document control system for site-specific documentation
• Prepare and amend Quality documentation as required
• Ensure that customer complaint investigations and client queries are investigated and resolved in a timely manner in conjunction with Laboratory Management and the Customer Services team
• Carry out internal test method audits, system audits and ensure audit programs are adhered to
• Ensure that corrective actions assigned during internal and external auditing are completed
• Ensure all equipment records, calibration and monitoring is carried out by relevant laboratory staff and that appropriate records are maintained
• Conduct Quality inductions for new staff and ensure that staff are trained and aware of their responsibilities in respect of Quality Management Systems
• Assist with training of laboratory staff in internal auditing, non-conforming work investigation and root cause analysis
• Ensure that external proficiency scheme samples are tested and reported accurately, including timely investigations into unsatisfactory results, in conjunction with Laboratory Management.
• Ensure that Internal Quality Control is maintained and acceptable
• Collate information and reports and carry out trend analysis for the Annual Management Review meeting
• Raise non-conforming work issues related to Quality and investigate using root cause analysis where assigned
• Provide the monthly Quality KPI report to the site management, the Director of Technical and Quality and the Technical and Group Microbiology Quality Managers
• Gather pre and post-audit information for external audits and submit data to the accreditation/certification body
• Participate in and facilitate external laboratory audits, e.g. UKAS, RSA
• Liaise with third-party suppliers on relevant areas e.g. equipment calibration
• Escalation of issues affecting Quality performance to Group Quality Managers and Director of Technical and Quality

Qualifications

• Degree in chemistry /microbiology or related discipline and relevant experience of quality systems
• Excellent working knowledge of Food Microbiology / Chemistry  laboratories accredited to ISO17025/RSA
• Experience of working in a UKAS accredited laboratory for a minimum of 2 years
• Good IT skills, Word, Excel & LIMS
• Excellent analytical skills
• Good auditing skills
• Can do attitude and be able to deliver change through people management skills 

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:

• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
• Annual Leave Sellback Scheme
• Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates   
• Free Parking
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes
• Worldwide career opportunities
• We also have in place rewards recognising the great work our employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.

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 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/