Quality Assurance & Compliance Officer - 15 Month FTC

Eurofins; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading life sciences company is seeking a Quality Assurance & Compliance Officer for a 15-month contract. The role involves maintaining the Quality Management System, ensuring compliance with ISO standards, and training staff. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Biomedical Science and relevant experience. Join a team dedicated to making the world safer and healthier.

Benefits

Enhanced annual leave and purchase schemes

Company pension

Life assurance

Healthcare plans

Employee assistance and wellbeing programs

Free parking

Worldwide career opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in Change Management.
• Support experience with quality management systems like ISO 9001, ISO 15189.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the Quality Management System (QMS) and assist with compliance to ISO standards.
• Train laboratory staff in health and safety requirements and quality inductions.
• Support the quality team in preparing and coordinating internal and external audits.

Skills

Communication

Proactive Approach

Education

Degree in Biomedical Science

Tools

Q-Pulse

Job description

Quality Assurance & Compliance Officer - 15 Month FTC

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

Please note, this is an initial 15-month contract to cover maternity leave with the potential to become permanent.

Working hours are Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm.

We are specifically seeking candidates from a clinical, biochemistry, or hematology background.

As a Quality Assurance & Compliance Officer, you will provide operational support in maintaining the Quality Management System (QMS) and assisting with compliance to ISO standards and Health & Safety processes within the Clinical Diagnostics laboratory.

• Assist in the day-to-day maintenance of the QMS (Q-Pulse) with its associated ISO or other regulatory standards as per service requirements, including document control, logging non-conformities, trending corrective actions, and opportunities for improvement.
• Deputise for the Deputy Quality Manager within scope, act as a UKAS contact when required, ensuring timely management of UKAS assessment findings, with documentation of root causes, impacts, and completion of agreed actions by submission deadlines.
• Train laboratory staff in applicable health and safety requirements, quality inductions, document control, non-conformities, change management, and auditing techniques when required. Develop training materials and presentations in liaison with other lead scientists.
• Coordinate and organise annual temperature monitoring probes and pipette calibration services between clinical diagnostics and genetics. Review, follow up, or escalate actions raised by suppliers.
• Ensure all equipment records, calibration, and monitoring are carried out by relevant staff and maintained properly.
• Support the quality team in preparing and coordinating internal and external audits by compiling documentation and maintaining audit schedules.
• Help keep quality documentation, including procedures, IQC/EQA, and the Quality Manual, up to date.
• Monitor and log non-conformities, escalating overdue actions to the Deputy Quality Manager.
• Assist in organising monthly and bimonthly meetings.
• Support record-keeping of staff training in quality and health & safety requirements.
• Work with training coordinators to ensure the training matrix is current.
• Assist in incident reporting and coordinate health & safety inspections.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Biomedical Science or a related field.
• Active CPD portfolio within the field.
• Experience in Change Management.
• Support experience with quality management systems like ISO 9001, ISO 15189.
• Experience in conducting various types of audits.
• Familiarity with document control software such as Q-Pulse.
• Experience in assay validation/verification pre-acceptance testing.
• Proficiency in writing and reviewing SOPs.
• Experience handling adverse incidents and performing root cause analysis.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proactive approach to tasks.

Additional Information

Benefits

At Eurofins, we support your development and celebrate achievements through awards, recognitions, and charitable activities. Our benefits include:

• Enhanced annual leave and purchase schemes
• Company pension, life assurance, healthcare plans
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption schemes
• Employee assistance and wellbeing programs
• Free parking and worldwide career opportunities

What Happens Next

We value our people and will invite candidates to meet the team via assessment centres or staged interviews. We aim to find the right fit and give you a real sense of working at Eurofins.

Your data

We collect and process personal data in line with data protection obligations. Transparency about data use is a priority.

Closing Date

We may close or extend this vacancy depending on application volume. Early applications are encouraged. If you do not hear within 4 weeks, your application was unsuccessful.

We support your development! Even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements, apply! We are committed to supporting your career growth.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins is an Equal Opportunity Employer, prohibiting discrimination based on gender, race, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or other protected characteristics.

Sustainability matters to us! We aim for carbon neutrality by 2025 through emission reduction and offset initiatives. Our teams are encouraged to implement sustainable practices locally.

More info at: https://careers.eurofins.com/