Quality Manager

Job Description

Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

37.5 Hours per week.

Monday - Thursday 8.00am - 4.30pm. Friday 7.00am - 3.30pm.

Working within a small microbiology laboratory, this is a hands on role supporting the operations of the laboratory. A great opportunity for Senior Quality specialist, looking to take the next step of their career.

• Responsible for the quality management system in compliance with GMPs and company policy. This role will also be required to manage the maintenance of UKAS accreditation.
• Manage the vendor approval scheme, including sending and collating supplier quality questionnaires and conducting external supplier audits.
• Manage company validation activities and ensure that all facilities, processes, equipment and methods are fully validated to GMP standards.
• Maintain the company training matrix and records to ensure compliance.
• Write, review and amend work instructions, protocols or procedures as appropriate in a timely manner.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant cGMP, Quality standards and company procedures at all times – this includes reporting any deviations from these standards / procedures.
• Administer the quality documentation e.g. processing CCRFs in conjunction with the quality systems administrator
• Generate a monthly quality report for review at management meetings
• Perform self inspection audits in line with the internal auditing program
• Track both internal and external audit corrective actions and assist in preparing audit responses.
• Coordinate and track all calibration activities for equipment to ensure compliance to 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
• Manage the vendor approval scheme, including supplier quality questionnaires and conducting supplier audits for both suppliers and subcontractors.
• Responsible for addressing supplier non-conformance issues.
• Manage company validation activities and ensure that all facilities, processes, equipment and methods are fully validated.
• Generate, review and approve validation protocols as required.
• Generate validation protocols or technical reports as required.
• Maintain the training matrix for the company, ensuring training records are compliant, in conjunction with the quality systems administrator
• Communicate with customers, including handling customer enquires; preparing quotations and contract review where necessary.

• Science degree
• Quality Management Systems experience
• Attention to detail
• Report writing
• Planning and organisation
• Written and verbal communication

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from :

• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
• Annual Leave Sellback Scheme
• Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 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
• We also have in place rewards recognising the great work our employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.

Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and…