Quality Manager

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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. We’re proud to be an armed forces‑friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans, cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.

If you want to continue to help make our world a safer and healthier place, then apply for the role below and become a part of the extraordinary Eurofins.

37.5 Hours per week. Monday – Thursday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm. Friday 7:00 am – 3:30 pm.

• Hands‑on quality manager within a small microbiology laboratory supporting operations.
• Responsible for the quality management system in compliance with GMPs and company policy, and for managing UKAS accreditation maintenance.
• Manage the vendor approval scheme, including sending and collating supplier quality questionnaires, conducting external supplier audits and addressing non‑conformance issues.
• Manage company validation activities and ensure that all facilities, processes, equipment and methods are fully validated to GMP standards; generate, review and approve validation protocols and technical reports.
• Maintain the company training matrix and records to ensure compliance.
• Write, review and amend work instructions, protocols or procedures in a timely manner.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant cGMP, quality standards and company procedures; report any deviations from these standards/procedures.
• Administer quality documentation, e.g., processing CCRFs in conjunction with the quality systems administrator.
• Generate monthly quality reports for review at management meetings.
• Perform self‑inspection audits in line with the internal auditing program.
• Track internal and external audit corrective actions and assist in preparing audit responses.
• Coordinate and track all calibration activities for equipment to ensure compliance with schedules.
• Generate quality plans where necessary.
• Ensure the retention and security of all quality records in conjunction with the quality systems administrator.
• Check laboratory data, records and log books to ensure they are completed correctly.
• Investigate unexpected results, errors or problems in methods and offer suitable solutions.
• Perform data trending and use technical expertise to make suggestions for continuous improvement.
• Communicate with customers, including handling enquiries; preparing quotations and reviewing contracts where necessary.

• Science degree.
• Experience with quality management systems.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong report‑writing skills.
• Excellent planning and organisation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement.
• Annual Leave Sellback Scheme.
• Additional Annual Leave at employee‑set service dates.
• Company pension plan.
• Life assurance scheme (four times annual salary).
• Healthcare cash plan (6+ months service).
• Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity schemes.
• Employee assistance programme (24/7 confidential).
• Health and wellbeing programmes.
• Worldwide career opportunities.
• Rewards recognising the great work our employees deliver.

As a potential new recruit you will be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process, dependent on the role and its requirements. This will give you the opportunity to see what working at Eurofins is really like and enable us to understand your key skills and…