Sr. Internal Technical Advisor - Eurofins Rapid Microbiology Laboratories

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company which provides a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries. Eurofins is the world leader in food, environment and pharmaceutical products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and for supporting clinical studies. In addition, Eurofins is one of the key emerging players in specialty clinical diagnostic testing in Europe and the USA.  

Information about Eurofins as a whole:

• Over 63,000 employees worldwide
• Eurofins recently celebrated 35 years of excellence in bioanalytical testing.
• The company has grown from 4 employees in a small lab in France to a global network.
• 950+ state-of-the-art laboratories across 60 countries.
• Eurofins is one of the best performing companies in the world. In three decades, the company has grown more than 3,000 times.
• Eurofins is now the global market leader in environmental, food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics testing as well as in agro-sciences CRO (Contract Research Organization) services.

Eurofins is the world leading food and feed testing laboratory group, deploying a comprehensive range of state-of-the-art analytical techniques in order to support its clients' increasingly stringent quality and safety standards.  

It is a global network of food testing laboratories and Competence Centers that perform more than 450 million assays per year to establish the safety, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of food.  

Eurofins service quality in food testing   

• Vast network for microbiology laboratories within the US
• Competence Centers with state-of-the-art equipment such as high-resolution GC-MS, HPLC, LC-MS/MS, ICP-MS, real-time PCR and NMR systems
• Fast turn-around time (TAT)
• Local contact with a global network
• Online services - ordering and analytical results on-line (EOL)
• Participation in industry associations and regulatory bodies allowing early advice on potential food scares and legal obligations
• Expert advice - testing schemes, on-site-check for hygiene and allergens, labelling advice and traceability
• Results you can rely on
• International presence 

Job Description

The Senior Internal Advisor works in conjunction with LE President & Business Unit Managers to ensure top tier technical and scientific services are being offered. Utilize technical expertise to develop new metrics for the laboratories. This position is an internal support role only to help leaders drive operational efficiency. 

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities Include:

• Demonstrates and promotes the company vision
• Regular attendance and punctuality
• Conducts all activities in a safe and efficient manner
• Create training content
• Train internal operational staff and leaders
• Create and draft laboratory standard operating procedures
• Audit laboratory procedures and operations
• Develop key metrics for the laboratories to measure productivity and efficiencies and implement processes to monitor across the network.
• Develop new microbiological methods to serve key industries
• Assist laboratory operations on implementation of new microbiological methods
• Gain proficiency in laboratory information management systems
• Work closely with research and development teams
• Evaluate laboratory operations to identify potential safety risks
• Incorporate LEAN practice flow into microbiology laboratories
• Assist laboratories with operational support and continuous improvement
• Technical expert on enumeration and core pathogen detection/strain differentiation platforms such as PCR, ELISA as well as confirmation processes
• Assist in training initiatives at both corporate and lab specific level
• Advise and assist US Food labs on technical issues related to projects.
• Identify unique capabilities within Food Business Unit operations and facilitate the distribution of those capabilities throughout company
• Work with lab operations to improve the technical and scientific aspects of the business units, to facilitate the resolution of technical issues.
• Work closely with corporate quality on training initiatives, CAPA/RCA training and assistance for the laboratories
• Act as a liaison to strengthen ties between Eurofins US operations and worldwide operations
• Work with quality to develop training metrics and materials for new and existing employees and annual reverification training
• Gain proficiency in labora