Quality Assurance Assistant - Eurofins Environment Testing North Central - Cedar Falls, IA

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.

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

In over 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 58,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 54 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.72 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

Eurofins Test America is searching for a Quality Assurance Assistant (with Purchasing responsibilities) in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Position is full-time, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., with overtime as needed.  Candidates currently living within a commutable distance of Cedar Falls, Iowa are encouraged to apply.

The Quality Assurance Assistant assists the Quality Assurance (QA) Manager during audits and client visits. Helps maintain reference data in LIlMS and performs spot audits internally at the request of the QA Manager. Performs customer service requests for Project Management staff, supplies SOP's, certification information, and method information. Works with the laboratory to maintain SOP's and other method performance documentation as directed by the QA Manager.

• Perform QA data audits to ensure laboratory is in compliance with policies and
• procedures
• Assist in scheduling of proficiency testing samples and other QC samples. Process
• and report QC samples as routine samples to appropriate agencies
• Issue controlled and uncontrolled documents to enforce current policies and SOP's
• Assist QA Manager in maintaining the laboratory’s reference data
• Prepare or post certification applications
• Assist in internal and external audits and client visits
• Ensure maintenance of training records for all employees
• Maintain methods capability list on MyEOL
• Maintain certifications list on MyEOL
• Assist in identification of systematic problems within laboratories
• Recommend resolutions for ongoing or recurring nonconformance
• Maintain historical indices of all technical records including SOPs, QC records,
• laboratory data, etcetc. 
• Ensure maintenance of records archives
• Assist operations personnel in writing QA SOP’s
• Assist departments in generating MDL spreadsheets and calculations, reviewing MDL studies
• Answer questions on methods from laboratory personnel
• Subcontract laboratory information maintenance
• Laboratory surveillance to ensure equipment calibration

Additional Purchasing responsibilities

• Perform weekly inventory counts.
• Add or remove items within the stockroom as requested by lab staff.
• Monitor open backorders, request vendor updates, and find available alternates as needed.
• Use Coupa ordering system for weekly orders, CAPEX orders, PO submittals, etc and help train other lab staff on Coupa ordering system.
• Order non-stockroom items, and find alternatives if necessary, for the lab staff.
• Order miscellaneous office items as needed.
• Receive/unpack inventory supplies – requires some heavy lifting
• Perform regular reanalysis of ordering system and stockroom items to maintain optimal time management and be most cost effective.
• Communicate with employees, vendors or accounts payable team members to obtain invoices, solve invoice issues, and submit for payment.
• Supply company pricing for specified vendors/obtain quotes as requested by lab staff.
• Work with BUMa and vendors to submit new supplier requ