Microbiology Group Leader

The Role

This position serves as a Microbiology Group Leader within Eurofins USA BioPharma Services, contributing to the company's mission of ensuring the safety, authenticity, and quality of products across various industries.

Responsibilities

• Applies GMP/GLP in all areas of responsibility, as appropriate
• Demonstrates and promotes the company vision
• Regular attendance and punctuality
• 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
• Cook off 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

Requirements

• Must have experience with at least 2 of the following USP testing areas:
• USP , , and for microbial limits testing
• USP , antimicrobial effectiveness testing
• USP , sterility testing
• USP , bacterial endotoxin testing

Additional Responsibilities

For the Scientific Group Leader III role, additional responsibilities include:

• Empower: Record of mentoring any technical level staff. Advise and consult for group leader peers
• Customer Obsession: Independently act as technical lead in calls/audits for complex projects and start to act as lead for escalated issues
• Numeracy: - Participate in pricing catalog evaluation. Assist in the scope evaluation of complex program quotes. - Build basic understanding of financial acumen
• Technical Knowledge/Decision Making: - 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
• Initiate Change/Execution: - 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

Qualifications

• 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

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

About Eurofins

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company providing a wide range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries. The company operates globally with over 58,000 staff in 900 laboratories in 54 countries, offering a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to ensure product safety, authenticity, and quality.