LIMS Administrator (Remote)

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

LIMS Administrator responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Facilitates optimization and administration of the LIMS to include, but not limited to, test code creation, rule creation, customized reports, modifications, user account management, barcode/printer management, and minor systems administration
• Oversees and implements software and potential hardware modifications to the LIMS using Agile Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) best practices, working in conjunction with the software validation specialist(s); Also performs necessary IQ/OQ/PQ in conjunction with software validation specialist(s) pertaining to the LIMS and any other custom software validations
• Creates, updates, and maintains all operational procedures relevant to the LIMS and trains the departments as necessary with respect to any changes
• Provides high-level project management for any LIMS projects and manages vendor(s) as they relate to such projects
• Determines resources and requirements needed for proper implementation, upgrades, or other maintenance functions of the LIMS
• Provides vendor management support and works on future upgrades, modifications, and other business needs within the LIMS
• Develop tests to validate coding changes prior to releasing to the production environment
• Responding to requests from the development team
• Assist the infrastructure team with all aspects of maintaining the integrity of the IT infrastructure
• Assist and provide Help Desk support for all of VRL locations; potential travel to satellite locations for new laboratory setup or ongoing maintenance
• Willingness to be scheduled for after hours on-call support
• Other duties as assigned
• Supports VRL Eurofins’ business philosophy, leadership values and ethics
• Meets basic expectations of VRL’s quality management system, including, but not limited to good workmanship, adherence to standard operational procures, training, good documentation practices, accurate recordkeeping so the company may meet its stated quality policy and objectives

The essential physical and mental requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The ideal candidate would possess:

• Experience coordinating or working at a high level within an LIS/LIMS; rule creation, test code analysis, workflow management a plus
• Experience working with LabVantage preferred
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong technical, problem solving and multitasking skills
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects with minimal supervision
• Knowledge of cGMPs and other regulatory guidelines

Qualifications

Basic Minimum Qualifications :

• High school diploma or GED
• Minimum 1-3 years of experience in a laboratory environment
• Previous IT experience a