Extractables & Leachables Group Leader

  • Full-time

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 works 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 the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. Eurofins 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. The Group also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 55,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 50 countries. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

Job Description

  • Perform both technical and personnel aspects of group operations
  • Performing work within the department or other areas as required
  • Act as a technical resource, trainer, and troubleshooter to specific department, make recommendations for operational and/or technical improvements
  • Communicate effectively within the group
  • Coach and develop direct reports, plan and monitor workflow, monitor data and support departmental MOS
  • Demonstrate and strengthen leadership qualities
  • Responsible for the direct management of the non-leadership employees in the department
  • Perform both technical and personnel aspects of group operations
  • Performing work within the department or other areas as required
  • Act as a technical resource, trainer, and troubleshooter to specific department, make recommendations for operational and/or technical improvements
  • Communicate effectively within the group
  • Coach and develop direct reports, plan and monitor workflow, monitor data and support departmental MOS
  • Demonstrate and strengthen leadership qualities
  • Responsible for the direct management of the non-leadership employees in the department

Qualifications

  • Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's in Chemistry or related science with minimum of years’ relevant experience. 
  • Authorization to work in the US without sponsorship.
  • Additional Preferences:

  • MS or PhD in chemistry or related science.
  • Experience operating either LC/MS, GC/MS, ICP-OES, or ICP/MS systems. 
  • Experience in a cGMP, GLP, and/or ISO 17025 compliant/accredited lab.
  • Experience performing/managing extractables and leachable studies.
  • Polymeric experience/education.
  • Experience performing or managing method development and validation.
  • Experience performing investigations into the identity of unknown compounds.
  • Self confidence, leadership, ability to reason, make sound decisions, delegate work, display empathy and sensitivity towards others.

     

Additional Information

Positions are full-time, working (Monday-Friday 8am-5pm), overtime as needed.  Candidates currently living within commutable distance to Lancaster, PA are encouraged to apply.

 

Excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options.

  • Life and disability insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Paid vacation and holidays

 

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 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. 

 

Eurofins is a M/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

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