Metals Department Manager

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.

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.

Job Description

The Department Manager is responsible for the overall operations of a specific laboratory area. These responsibilities include but are not limited to meeting client satisfaction goals, managing the human resources within the department, and ensuring health and safety and quality assurance plan compliance. Serves as a technical resource to department employees, as well as Project Managers, sales personnel, and clients. Make recommendations to laboratory management in regard to process improvements.

• Develops and monitors group analysis schedules based on current and projected workloads and staffing. 
• Accountable to meet On Time Delivery goal of greater than 90% within department. 
• Responsible for the consistent and proper use of backlog training and update process. 
• Supervises analyses on potentially hazardous samples. 
• Reviews and interprets results from samples analyzed. 
• With Quality Control, determines acceptable corrective actions for the nonconformance occurring within his/her group. 
• Interviews and evaluates candidates for job openings within area of responsibility. 
• Initiates improvements to procedures process, work methods, equipment performance and quality of service. 
• Responsible for upholding and enforcing Company policies, including but not limited to, Quality, Safety, Standard Operating Procedures, Ethics, and Harassment. 
• Develops and reviews standard operating procedures for the group, as needed, to address new or revised analytical methods.
• Acts as problem solver for unique technical situations, making recommendations on data acceptability. 
• Communicates department issues and provides status reports to Laboratory Director and Project Managers. 
• Recommends process improvements to improve efficiency. 
• Sets standards for and monitors productivity within the group 
• Responsible for controlling costs within the group. 
• Conducts subordinate annual formal performance evaluations, goals and development. 
• Responsible for maintenance of inventory within his/her group. 
• Monitors subordinates’ work daily to ensure both satisfactory productivity as well as compliance. 
• May prepare and analyze samples for analysis based on method requirements. 
• May upload data files to reporting system. 
• May review data produced in assigned department and authorizes its release. 
• Responsible for upholding and enforcing Company policies, including but not limited to, Quality, Safety, Standard Operating Procedures, Ethics, and Harassment. 
• Expected to champion Health & Safety and assume ownership for the safety of those employees within her/his responsibility.
• Participates in subordinates career planning process, evaluations, and training. Initiates actions leading to their professional development (targeted training, temporary job assignments, etc.) 
• Interprets company, divisional and laboratory policies and procedures to subordinates. 
• Trains subordinates on work procedures. 
• Recommends or initiates personnel actions such as promotions, transfers, bonus distribution, disciplinary measures or termination actions.

Qualifications

Basic Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelors degree in Chemistry or related field
• Minimum of 3 years analytical chemistry experience or equivalent training experience with 3 years as supervisor
• Analytical and/or General Science 

Ideal candidates will have: 

• Minimum of 8 years of analytical chemistry experience
• Metals experience including ICP and ICP-MS 
• Experience with Environmental Wet Chemistry 
• Experience working in an environmental lab 
• Quality Assurance knowledge and experience 
• Knowledge of Standard Operating Procedures 
• Laboratory safety rules and chemical hazards 
• Maintenance of laboratory instruments 
• Advanced knowledge of laboratory procedures and methodology 
• Human Resource policies and procedures 
• Effective communication