Supervisor Group Lead - Environment Testing

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 Supervisor Group Lead provides technical and operational support to a specific group while participating in daily sample production. Responsibilities include but are not limited to scheduling and prioritizing work tasks, training, problem solving, implementing new procedures and methods, analyzing samples, reviewing and validating data and completing reports. This position can be physical job that may require standing for long periods, working with organic solvents, laboratory glassware and specialized equipment.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Coordinates work projects with department manager, operations leader and/or project managers to appropriately prioritize laboratory workload to meet client requirements. Coordinate and manage internal projects for the assigned department, ensuring on-time delivery and adherence to turnaround time targets (TAT‑95 < 14 days). Release samples to laboratory personnel and communicate due dates and update turnaround times. Ensures sample and extract hold times are monitored and adhered to.

Responsible for ensuring proper training of all new analysts and developing staff in skills, equipment and procedures. Carries out timecard review and approval. Sets staff schedules and reviews time off request in collaboration with manager and group leads across the greater department. Preparing department reports as assigned by laboratory management. Tracking department productivity. May perform department safety inspections to maintain EH&S requirements.

Ensures staff training documentation (IDOC/DOC) is current and accurate Ensures timely completion of QC samples required for accreditation (MDL, LOD/LOQ) Creates and updates department standard operating procedures (SOP’s). Supervises Analysts to maximize productivity and ensure appropriate testing procedures in compliance with quality assurance and standard operating procedure requirements. Communicates department issues and provides status reports to next level of Lab Management and Project Managers.

Assist Department Manager to evaluate individual performance in mid-year and yearly performance review as well as providing feedback on an on-going basis to lab personnel. Actively engages in maintaining positive morale through staff recognition and activities. Determines need for OT and makes recommendations to manager and BUMa. Responsible for employee performance improvement and/or disciplinary issues Reviews the work of other analysts (Level I & II review) to produce finalized data for data packages.

Assists lower-level analysts in analytical procedures, instrument usage, and report production. May have input into hiring and firing decisions May fill in for Department Manager Participates in product development, process improvement and cost saving measures. Participation in Company-wide initiatives, projects and opportunities. Reviews data produced in assigned department and authorized its release. Prepares and analyzes…