Microbiology Group Leader

Eurofins • Portage, MI

11d • Onsite

About The Position

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company providing analytical testing services. The Eurofins network is a global leader in various testing sectors, including food, environment, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic product testing. With a vast network of laboratories across numerous countries, Eurofins offers a comprehensive portfolio of analytical methods to ensure product safety, authenticity, and purity. The company has experienced significant growth and financial success over the years. This role involves applying GMP/GLP, promoting company vision, ensuring quality policy implementation, developing operational improvements, supervising and coaching staff, coordinating workflow, conducting performance reviews, and managing employee time. The position also requires supporting company policies, developing leadership skills, and ensuring compliance with employment regulations and safety standards. Specific experience with USP testing areas such as microbial limits testing (<61>, <62>, <60>), antimicrobial effectiveness testing (<51>), sterility testing (<71>), and bacterial endotoxin testing (<85>) is required. Additional responsibilities for Scientific Group Leader III include mentoring staff, acting as a technical lead in client calls and audits, participating in pricing and scope evaluations, understanding financial acumen, possessing deep technical knowledge, driving complex investigations, and initiating change through laboratory needs assessment and LEAN initiatives.

Requirements

• Must have experience with at least 2 of the following USP testing areas: USP <61>, <62>, and <60> for microbial limits testing, USP <51>, antimicrobial effectiveness testing, USP <71>, sterility testing, USP <85>, bacterial endotoxin testing
• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology, biochemistry or related degree concentration.
• Extensive knowledge of aseptic techniques, microbial limits testing (MLT), endotoxin, sterility, environmental monitoring (EM), and microbial identification.
• Strong understanding of applicable regulations, including USP, ICH, and Ph. Eur., related to microbial testing
• Experience in conducting laboratory investigations and supporting audit responses.

Nice To Haves

• Candidates currently living within a commutable distance of Portage, MI are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Applies GMP/GLP in all areas of responsibility, as appropriate
• Demonstrates and promotes the company vision
• Ensure that the quality policy program is understood, implemented, and maintained at all levels of the organization; identify, prevent, or correct any departures from the quality system
• Perform work for both routine and non-routine work as specified by separate and applicable technical job description for individual
• Develop and implement operational improvements
• Supervise others in performing client’s service requirements
• Coach, train, and develop others within the group with respect to their personal development and effective implementation of operational improvements
• Coordinate workflow and perform daily monitoring
• Conduct semiannual performance reviews, interview applicants, keep training records up to date for assigned employees, perform succession planning in preparation for growth
• Confront and address problems, concerns, and performance issues
• Coach and develop individual and team to maximize performance
• Foster motivation and morale
• Monitor and approve employees’ time worked through time-entry system
• Support and promote company policies and procedures
• Expand self-awareness and develop leadership skills as defined; attend applicable leadership training based on identified needs
• Perform and/or assign other duties as requested to ensure smooth operation of department
• Perform all functions in support of and in compliance with all state and federal employment regulations
• Conducts all activities in a safe and efficient manner
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Record of mentoring any technical level staff.
• Advise and consult for group leader peers
• Independently act as technical lead in calls/audits for complex projects and start to act as lead for escalated issues
• Participate in pricing catalog evaluation.
• Assist in the scope evaluation of complex program quotes.
• Build basic understanding of financial acumen
• Deep understanding of instrumental and/or analytical theory for all technical disciplines they oversee and provides support beyond own team
• Ability to independently drive complex investigations
• Comprehensive understanding of investigation impact on the business within department
• Highlight and provide justification for laboratory needs for current operation and future state through assessment of new techniques, technologies, instrumentation, space, KPI headcount, while monitoring and controlling cost
• Propose and drive new LEAN initiatives across department and division

Benefits

• Excellent full time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation and holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager