Scientific Group Leader

Eurofins PSS Ireland Ltd; Lancaster, Northern (Lancaster County, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life and disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and vacation

Dental and vision options

Job summary

Eurofins USA BioPharma Services in Lancaster, PA is seeking a Scientific Group Leader II to lead quality-focused laboratory operations and mentor a diverse team of scientists. Responsibilities include enforcing safety, maintaining quality systems, and driving continuous improvements in productivity and cost control.

Bachelors in chemistry/biology/biochemistry or related field plus 2 years supervisory cGMP experience and US work authorization are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology, biochemistry or related degree concentration.
• Minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience in a cGMP environment.
• Authorization to work in the United States indefinitely without restriction or sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the quality policy program is understood, implemented, and maintained; identify, prevent, or correct any departures from the quality system.
• Enforces safety policies across all areas of responsibility.
• Perform laboratory tasks as required to deliver on department objectives.
• Monitor and control cost.
• Communicates effectively with client staff members.
• Conducts all activities in a safe and efficient manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Foster a positive and professional work environment.
• Communicate a clear vision and motivate staff to excel.
• Monitor and approve employees’ time worked through time-entry system.
• Follow communication plan policy for regular meetings as directed by your business unit.
• Coach, train, and develop others within the group with respect to their personal development to maximize performance.
• Manage workflow and perform daily monitoring to meet customer service needs and KPI.
• Conduct semi-annual performance reviews and interview applicants.
• Ensure data integrity record keeping to maintain compliance.
• Confront and address problems, concerns and performance issues in real time.
• Expand self-awareness and develop leadership skills as defined; attend applicable leadership training based on identified needs.
• Effectively delegate and exercise accountability of self and others.
• Mentor direct reports toward successful higher-level development/promotion.
• Perform succession planning in preparation for growth of team and self.
• Customer Service: Independently act as technical lead in calls/audits for non-escalated issues.
• Numeracy: Review and approve quotes as role requires. Identify and take action when pricing is inaccurate.
• Comprehensive understanding of instrumental and/or analytical theory for all technical disciplines they oversee and provides support beyond own team.
• Independent accurate impact assessment of data, with recognition of which issues require escalation to upper management for awareness.
• Lead investigations independently through technical writing, root cause analysis, robust CAPA, and complete impact assessment for on time closure.
• Continually evaluate systems and processes, making adjustments to help improve overall productivity, efficiency and quality in the department.
• Propose and lead new LEAN initiatives in the department and support LEAN initiatives in the division.

Skills

Supervisory experience

CGMP familiarity

Authorization to work in US

Education

Bachelor’s degree in chemistry/biology/biochemistry or related field

Job 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 Organization 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 Organizations. The Group also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialized 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 decentralized 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

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Work Standards:

• Ensure that the quality policy program is understood, implemented, and maintained; identify, prevent, or correct any departures from the quality system
• Enforces safety policies across all areas of responsibility
• Perform laboratory tasks as required to deliver on department objectives
• Monitor and control cost
• Perform all functions in support of and in compliance with all state and federal employment regulations
• Communicates effectively with client staff members
• Conducts all activities in a safe and efficient manner
• Performs other duties as assigned

Leader of Direct Reports:

• Foster a positive and professional work environment
• Communicate a clear vision and motivate staff to excel
• Monitor and approve employees’ time worked through time-entry system
• Follow communication plan policy for regular meetings as directed by your business unit
• Coach, train, and develop others within the group with respect to their personal development to maximize performance
• Manage workflow and perform daily monitoring to meet customer service needs and KPI
• Conduct semi-annual performance reviews and interview applicants
• Ensure data integrity record keeping to maintain compliance
• Confront and address problems, concerns and performance issues in real time
• Expand self-awareness and develop leadership skills as defined; attend applicable leadership training based on identified needs
• Effectively delegate and exercise accountability of self and others

Additional Responsibilities of Scientific Group Leader II:

Empower:

• Mentor direct reports toward successful higher-level development/promotion
• Perform succession planning in preparation for growth of team and self

Customer Service: Independently act as technical lead in calls/audits for non-escalated issues

Numeracy: Review and approve quotes as role requires. Identify and take action when pricing is inaccurate

Technical Knowledge/Decision Making:

• Comprehensive understanding of instrumental and/or analytical theory for all technical disciplines they oversee and provides support beyond own team
• Independent accurate impact assessment of data, with recognition of which issues require escalation to upper management for awareness
• Lead investigations independently through technical writing, root cause analysis, robust CAPA, and complete impact assessment for on time closure

Initiate Change/Execution:

• Continually evaluate systems and processes, making adjustments to help improve overall productivity, efficiency and quality in the department
• Propose and lead new LEAN initiatives in the department and support LEAN initiatives in the division

Qualifications

Basic Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology, biochemistry or related degree concentration
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in supervisory experience in a cGMP environment
• Authorization to work in the United States indefinitely without restriction or sponsorship

Additional Information

Position is Full-time, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., with additional hours, as needed.Candidates currently living within a commutable distance of Lancaster, PA are encouraged to apply.

We offer excellent full-time benefits including:

• Life and disability insurance,
• 401(k) with company match,
• Paid holidays and vacation,
• Dental and vision options.

Eurofins USA BioPharma Services is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.