Laboratory Manager

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.

The Lab Manager is responsible for the overall operations of a specific laboratory area. These responsibilities include but are not limited to meeting client satisfaction goals, managing the human resources within the department, and ensuring health and safety and quality assurance plan compliance. Serves as a technical resource to department employees, as well as Project Managers, sales personnel, and clients. Make recommendations to laboratory management in regard to process improvements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops and monitors group analysis schedules based on current and projected workloads and staffing.
• Accountable to meet On Time Delivery goal of greater than 90% within department.
• Responsible for the consistent and proper use of backlog training and update process.
• Supervises analyses on potentially hazardous samples.
• Reviews and interprets results from samples analyzed.
• With Quality Control, determines acceptable corrective actions for the nonconformance occurring within his/her group.
• Interviews and evaluates candidates for job openings within area of responsibility.
• Initiates improvements to procedures process, work methods, equipment performance and quality of service.
• Responsible for upholding and enforcing Company policies, including but not limited to, Quality, Safety, Standard Operating Procedures, Ethics, and Harassment.
• Develops and reviews standard operating procedures for the group, as needed, to address new or revised analytical methods.
• Acts as problem solver for unique technical situations, making recommendations on data acceptability.
• Communicates department issues and provides status reports to Laboratory Director and Project Managers.
• Recommends process improvements to improve efficiency.
• Sets standards for and monitors productivity within the group
• Responsible for controlling costs within the group.
• Conducts subordinate annual formal performance evaluations, goals and development.
• Responsible for maintenance of inventory within his/her group.
• Monitors subordinates’ work daily to ensure both satisfactory productivity as well as compliance.
• May prepare and analyze samples for analysis based on method requirements.
• May upload data files to reporting system.
• May review data produced in assigned department and authorizes its release.
• Responsible for upholding and enforcing Company policies, including but not limited to, Quality, Safety, Standard Operating Procedures, Ethics, and Harassment.
• Expected to champion Health & Safety and assume ownership for the safety of those employees within her/his responsibility.
• Participates in subordinates career planning process, evaluations, and training. Initiates actions leading to their professional development (targeted training, temporary job assignments, etc.)
• Interprets company, divisional and laboratory policies and procedures to subordinates.
• Trains subordinates on work procedures.
• Recommends or initiates personnel actions such as promotions, transfers, bonus distribution, disciplinary measures or termination actions

Basic Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Biology, or related field
• Previous leadership experience in a technical or lab setting
• Previous experience working in a lab setting
• Proficiency working with computers
• Previous experience working in a related laboratory setting
• Professional working proficiency in English is a requirement, including the ability to read, write and speak in English.
• Authorization to work in the US without restriction or sponsorship

Ideal Candidates will have:

• 3-5 years of Technical Supervision experience
• Proficiency with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
• Project Management Certification
• Laboratory Safety Certification
• Demonstrated leadership and team building skills
• Continuing education in management
• Strong problem solving skills and ability to suggest method modifications
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to organize work flow and communicate clearly and concisely;
• Ability to manage the work of other personnel and interact well with staff, colleagues, managers, and clients;
• Ability to motivate the team to excel technically and as a supervisor
• Ability to plan for the future and have a vision for the team
• Positive attitude toward quality control and safety procedures
• Ability to multitask, as well as handle stress and a busy schedule
  
  

Position is located onsite at our Lancaster, PA laboratory site and will look to fill 1st shift hours.

As a Eurofins employee, you will become part of a company that has received national recognition as a great place to work. We offer excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, life and disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, and dental and vision options.

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/

Eurofins USA Environment Testing is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.