Quality Assurance & Compliance Officer - 15 Month FTC

Eurofins Scientific SE; Guildford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in life sciences 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 laboratory staff. Candidates should have a degree in Biomedical Science and relevant experience in quality management.

Benefits

Enhanced annual leave entitlement

Company pension plan

Healthcare cash plan

Employee assistance programme

Free parking

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in Biomedical Science or a related field.
• Active CPD portfolio within the field.
• Experience in Change Management.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support in maintaining the Quality Management System (QMS).
• Assist in the day-to-day maintenance of the QMS.
• Train laboratory staff in applicable health and safety requirements.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Proactive approach

Education

Degree in Biomedical Science or related field

Tools

Q-Pulse

Job description

Quality Assurance & Compliance Officer - 15 Month FTC

• Full-time

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.

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.

Please note, we are looking for candidates specifically from a clinical, biochemistry or hematology background.

• As a Quality Assurance & Compliance Officer, you will:

1. Provide operational support in maintaining the Quality Management System (QMS) and assist with compliance to ISO standards and Health & Safety processes within the Clinical Diagnostics laboratory.
2. Assist in the day-to-day maintenance of the QMS (Q-Pulse) with its associated ISO or other regulatory standards, including document control, logging non-conformities, trending corrective actions, and opportunities for improvement.
3. 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.
4. 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 to assist with this, in liaison with other lead scientists.
5. Coordinate and organise annual temperature monitoring probes and pipette calibration services between clinical diagnostics and genetics, reviewing, following up, or escalating actions raised by suppliers.
6. Ensure all equipment records, calibration, and monitoring are carried out by relevant laboratory staff and that appropriate records are maintained.
7. Support the quality team in the preparation and coordination of internal and external audits by compiling documentation and maintaining audit schedules.
8. Help ensure quality documentation, including procedures, IQC/EQA, and the Quality Manual, are kept up to date.
9. Monitor and log non-conformities, escalating overdue actions to the Deputy Quality Manager.
10. Assist in organising monthly and bimonthly meetings.
11. Support the maintenance of records of staff training in quality and health & safety requirements.
12. Work with training coordinators to ensure the laboratory, management, and medical training matrix is up to date.
13. Assist in incident reporting processes and coordinate Health & Safety inspections.

Qualifications and experience required:

1. Educated to degree level or equivalent in Biomedical Science or a related field.
2. Active CPD portfolio within the field.
3. Experience in Change Management.
4. Experience supporting a quality management system: ISO 9001, ISO 15189.
5. Experience performing various types of audits.
6. Experience with document control software such as Q-Pulse, including uploading and reviewing documentation.
7. Experience in assay validation/verification pre-acceptance testing.
8. Experience of writing and reviewing SOPs.
9. Experience handling adverse incidents and performing root cause analysis.
10. Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
11. Proactive approach to tasks.

At Eurofins, we support your development and celebrate the achievements of our employees. Benefits include:

• Enhanced annual leave entitlement
• Additional annual leave purchase scheme
• Annual leave sellback scheme
• Additional annual leave at employee-set service dates
• Company pension plan
• Life assurance scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Healthcare cash plan (after 6+ months of service)
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, and paternity schemes
• Employee assistance programme – 24/7 confidential support
• Health and wellbeing programmes
• Free parking
• Worldwide career opportunities
• Recognition rewards for employee contributions and life events

What happens next?

Our people are our backbone. You’ll be invited to meet the team via an assessment centre or staged interview process, depending on the role, to experience what working for Eurofins is like and to showcase your skills and strengths.

Your data

We collect and process personal data during recruitment, committed to transparency and data protection obligations.

Closing date

We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Candidates are encouraged to apply early. If you do not hear within 4 weeks of the expiry date, your application was unsuccessful.

We support your development! Don’t hesitate to apply even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements. 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 characteristics.

Sustainability matters to us! We aim for carbon neutrality by 2025 through emission reduction and offset initiatives, encouraging sustainable practices at all levels.