Inorganics Operations Director - Eurofins Calscience, Tustin, CA
Eurofins Environment Testing Southwest, LLC

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

Eurofins Environment Testing Southwest- Tustin CA is searching for an Operations Director-Organics to monitor and support the daily activities of the Inorganic Chemistry Group Staff to ensure on-time delivery of analytical data in adherence with Eurofins Quality Assurance programs and SOP's.

Duties will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Evaluation and prioritization of the sample backlog to meet method due dates
• Final data review of analyses and procedures to ensure accuracy and quality
• Ability to understand P&L KPI's and manage the departmental costs such as PC, Building Costs, Consumables, and Logistics
• Ensure department compliance with all SOPs and QAQC program requirements
• Maintenance of department training records as is required by various Eurofins programs i.e. QAQC, EH&S, etc.
• Write, review, and evaluate standard operating procedures
• Schedule, hire, and train laboratory personnel to meet production goals
• Maintenance of all balance and volumetric calibration programs as required by the QAQC program
• Maintenance and repair of support equipment and instrumentation
• Coordination and maintenance of consumables, solvents, standards, reagents and other supplies to ensure uninterrupted production within the department
• Identify process improvement opportunities, recommend solutions, and implement action plans
• Evaluate new technology and instrumentation to streamline department processes
• Represent the departments in an informed and professional manner during internal and external audit events
• Perform chemist duties as needed to support department production goals and on-time delivery of data.
• Perform general housekeeping within the laboratory to maintain an organized and safe working environment
• Conduct daily duties in an efficient and safe manner, remaining compliant with environmental health and safety programs
• Perform other laboratory duties as assigned
• Communicate and coordinate with the analytical department and project management team to ensure data is delivered on time and that any delays or problems are communicated in a timely manner.
• Reports Directly to the Business Unit Manager

Qualifications

The ideal candidate would possess the following qualifications:

• 7+ years' experience working in a production laboratory setting (Metals, Wet Chemistry, IC/HPLC/LC), required.
• 2+ years of prior management experience, preferred.
• BS or BA in chemistry or related field
• Effective time management and multitasking skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Overtime and availability during off hours if required

Additional Information

Professional working proficiency in English is a requirement, including the ability to read, write and speak in English

We support your development! Do you feel you don't match 100% of the requirements? Don't hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

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.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and Eurofins Scientific 2/2 March 2023 agroscience contract research services. It 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. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer 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 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

We do not offer Visa Sponsorship for this role.

Eurofins is aM/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

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