Working hours are Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm.
The purpose of the role is to be responsible for the maintenance and improvement of the Quality Management System and maintenance and extension of all accreditations at a local level. You will inspire and drive a culture of outstanding Quality to exceed the requirements of our customers and embrace our core organisational values.
Duties include:
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 Page 2 of 3 V2 LM 15-06-2021
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.
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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/
