Technical Lead

To drive technical development and productivity improvements in the lab. Maintain Quality develop documentation and systems complete validations and obtain accreditation provide technical support and training as required to colleagues in the team. To provide technical leadership to ensure both Eurofins business objectives and Customer requirements are consistently delivered.

REPORTING TO Laboratory Manager

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Technical Leadership & Method Development
• Lead the development validation verification and implementation of new organic and inorganic analytical methods.
• Research and introduce new analytical technologies instrumentation and testing capabilities to meet customer and business requirements.
• Conduct non-routine investigations method development studies and complex data evaluations.
• Prepare and review validation packages and technical documentation to support accreditation and extension of scope applications.
• Lead submissions to INAB for scope extensions and support accreditation assessments.
• Provide advanced technical expertise troubleshooting and scientific guidance across laboratory operations.
• Drive continuous improvement of analytical methods QC systems instrumentation and laboratory practices.
• Support quality system maintenance audit preparation non-conformance investigations and corrective actions.
• Customer & Business Support
• Conduct technical reviews before during and after tender awards to ensure successful onboarding and implementation of new work.
• Provide technical support to Commercial Quotations Sales and Marketing teams during proposal preparation and customer engagement activities.
• Respond to customer technical queries promptly and professionally providing scientific expertise as required.
• Support investigations and responses relating to customer complaints and technical issues.
• Ensure customer requirements are correctly implemented within LIMS and reporting systems to support seamless service delivery.
• Operational Improvement
• Develop and implement initiatives to improve laboratory efficiency instrument availability data quality and customer service.
• Support future laboratory planning including capacity assessments instrument selection and introduction of new services.
• Mentor and support laboratory staff through technical training knowledge sharing and competency development.
•         Ensure laboratory is operated in a safe manner in accordance with Eurofins H&S system requirements.

Qualifications :

• Significant experience in a UKAS/INAB 17025 Laboratory. Working with ICP-MS ICP-OES Gallery/Kone or other automated photometric analyser Ion Chromatography and other Wet Chemistry techniques will have extensive maintenance and troubleshooting experience on most of the above listed techniques.
• 5 years experience in method development method optimisation and validation.
• Able to research and advise on emerging technologies method improvements automation and emerging contaminants.
• Able to develop any new and diverse Inorganic analytical techniques as required by the customer and business.
• Able to demonstrate technical knowledge to supervise and lead others through training coaching and mentoring.
• Proven track record of training knowledge sharing in respected scientific techniques within commercial set-up.
• Able to investigate complex investigations related to performance of the methods implement change improvements and preventative measures.
• Quality: ensure that quality systems are fit for purpose including improving documentation processes training.
• Perform testing as required to ensure customer and operational needs are met.
• Scientific Degree in Chemistry or Analytical Chemistry.

Soft skills expected:

Ability to manage projects and coordinate tasks

Ability to work meticulously and in an organized manner

Time-conscious and organized

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to communicate with third parties

Additional Information :

What can we offer you

• Fixed term contract;
• Flexible working hours;
• A dynamic team with flat hierarchies and opportunities for active participation;
• Personal and professional development opportunities as well as exclusive benefits for Eurofins employees;

We support your development! Do you feel you dont match 100% of the requirements Dont 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:  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.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food environment pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology forensics advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It 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. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes France to ca. 65000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 950 laboratories in 60 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety identity composition authenticity origin traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2024 Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.9 billion and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time