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 network.

Job Description

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role

Please note this is a full time, fixed term contract starting October 2025 until October 2026. Working Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00.

The purpose of the role is to Support food laboratory by providing technical and quality microbiological expertise in all areas. To ensure ownership of and improvements in existing methodologies. To research and implement new technologies to improve the service to our customers. To work with and maintain the laboratory accreditation standard of ISO 17025 and other approval held by the laboratory.

Support Team Leader in respective areas on a day-to-day basis and step up when absent, ensuring compliance with requirements of ISO 17025: 2017, RSA, BEIC and relevant legislation (when required)
To help with day-to-day operations in pathogen department
Responsible for checking transfer of data relating to samples and results and issuing of test reports and confidentiality of information
To review and implement the technical performance of all aspects of the methods (registration to final reports) on a regular basis
Familiarisation with accreditation Requirements for UKAS, DWTS and LCA
To be key in implementing new methods into the lab, owning method validations and method documentation preparation prior to issuing to quality for submission to UKAS
To maintain a comprehensive record of all modifications and improvements within the laboratory
To implement all technical changes as an outcome of audits/complaints etc in a robust manner ensuring all corrective actions are effective
To investigate customer complaints when required and support the team with completing complaint investigations and non-conforming work
To perform audits in line with the quality system
Represent the laboratory in external audits (regulatory/client audits etc.)
Complete KPIs on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
To ensure in conjunction with the laboratory management and the quality team, that all methods are validated and that EQA, IQC and DPC systems are maintained (sample handling, reporting and reviewing) and non-conformances are investigated.
To maintain and review externally sourced method references
To maintain uncertainty of measurement for current methods
To ensure the Environmental monitoring programme is fit for purpose
To provide technical support to the Stock Controller/Team Leader when liaising with company suppliers
Support customer requirements and be a key-link to ensure customer requirements are translated in the quality system
To attend and actively participate in the Group Technical Forums, implementing all improvement opportunities and group initiatives
To be a point of reference within Eurofins UK for internal clients for any issues arising regarding testing
Responsible for promoting a professional image of the Company and for complying with the company's Equal Opportunities and Harassment Policies at all times, including work related events which take place outside normal working hours
Read and comply with company rules, procedures, agreements and any notices displayed by the Company.

Qualifications

Understanding of ISO 17025, UKAS, RSA, BEIC, key customer requirements, audit procedures, laboratory methods and quality management systems.
Proven experience in working to and exceeding targets within the quality system
Experience of working with a broad range of internal and external customers
Competence in IT, including LIMS, spreadsheets and databases
Experience working in a relevant UKAS accredited laboratory
Excellent attention to detail
Excellent written and communication skills
Full commitment to meeting customers expectation
Full commitment to lean management
Proven ability to develop team members
Great laboratory skills and practices as well as relevant methods/ techniques
Able to present complex information face to face, over TEAMs and on email

Additional Information

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/

Principal Microbiologist

Eurofins