Team Trainer
Eurofins UK Food Testing Posted on 2022-11-18
| Salary | Not mentioned |
|---|---|
| Location | Wolverhampton |
| Type | Full-time |
Job 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 works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.
In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 58,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 54 countries and operating more than 900 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.
In 2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.
Working hours are Monday-Friday 8am-4pm.
As a Team Co-ordinator within Sample Preparation you will train technicians in all sample preparation methods to the required levels of quality and productivity. You will also support the Team Leader and Team Co-ordinator in the development and performance management of the sample preparation team.
Duties include:
- Prepare samples in accordance with standard operating procedures and in accordance with standards of quality and the requirements of ISO17025.
- Ensure technicians are trained to a level of competence and are kept up to date with any/all changes to preparation methods – maintaining continuous training.
- Update training records and training matrix on regular basis.
- Perform SOP reviews and assist with writing and updating SOPs.
- Support Team Leader in writing and updating SSOW documents and risk assessments.
- Support Team Leader in the day to day supervision of technicians, deputising as required, including daily team meetings, the continuous improvement of preparation methods and ways of working to increase productivity and efficiency, including 5S practises.
- Driving continuous improvement of the area
- Provide support for Team Leader in achieving daily targets and KPI’s.
- Resolve or escalate all risks/threats to TAT performance and to manage short/rush TAT following on from notifications.
- Resolve or escalate all risks/threats to Quality performance.
- Ensure any non-conforming works are completed in a timely manner.
- Provide cover for Team Co-ordinator, responsible for ensuring smooth operation of the sample loading and preparation to meet the required TAT.
- Maintain stock levels of consumable items for methods being undertaken by ordering and receipting via Coupa.
- Responsible for ensuring that UK health and safety legislation is maintained and helping to ensure that the working environment is kept in a clean and tidy manner.
- Participate in recruitment activities including reviewing CVs and participating in interviews.
- Knowledge of Laboratory Quality Manual in order to ensure compliance at all times with the policies, procedures and associated documents which are referred to in the manual.
- Provide a high level of internal and external customer care.
- Educated to GCSE level in Maths & English
- Experience of working in a fast moving production environment
- Able to set and achieve daily productivity and quality targets
- Able to supervise a team
- Computer literate
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal
- Able to allocate and organise work within the team
- Able to support team members
- Able to prioritise tasks
- Able to identify and escalate issues and risks
- Able to motivate and drive performance
Additional Information
Benefits
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:
- Holiday Purchase Scheme
- Life Assurance (4 times annual salary)
- Company Pension Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.
- Free car parking
- Worldwide career opportunities
- Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle.
What Happens Next
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 to give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths.
Application Tips
It’s really helpful for our Recruitment Team if you include a full up to date CV, your current location and a contact number so we can talk to you about our exciting opportunities. Please also detail your current Right to Work status in the UK.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
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 works 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 the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. Eurofins 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. The Group also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products. In over just 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 54 countries. Eurofins offers 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 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.
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