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

The Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist is responsible for assisting the Quality Assurance Manager in performing data audits, special audits, assisting with external and systems audits, overseeing the maintenance of QC records, certifications, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), training records, Demonstrations of Capability (DOCs), arranging and managing proficiency testing (PT) samples. Additional responsibilities may include chemical inventory tracking/traceability and acting with the Hazardous Waste Coordinator in managing laboratory hazardous waste/disposal. EHS duties as assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

As assigned by the QA Manager, the duties and responsibilities may include all or some of the following items:Serve as full time, onsite member of the staff and participate directly in laboratory Quality Assurance (QA). Quality Control (QC) and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) activities.Maintain and coordinate schedule/calendar for QA and EHS activities.Assist with Proficiency Testing (PT) sample activity and scheduling; this includes logging into LIMS, timely results reporting, maintaining data generated, initiating and tracking PT outlier investigations.Maintain chemical inventory and traceability using established systems.Conduct periodic onsite audits using established tools (spreadsheets, forms, etc.) as directed for monitoring conformance to SOPs, safety programs and accreditation policies.Prepare QA/QC/EHS reports for laboratory management using established tools.Develop and maintain training records (IDCs, CDCs, etc.) for analysis as required by the accrediting agencies.Acting in coordination with Hazardous Waste Coordinator and disposal vendor, manage required testing and records generation/retention for laboratory hazardous waste activity.Serve as Coordinator of Safety Committee.Maintain calibrations for in-house support equipment (weights, thermometers, balances, flow meters, etc.)Utilize established statistical procedures/techniques for evaluation of QC data generated from testing customer samples.Exercise responsibility and authority to halt work or withhold test reports when non-conformance work is identified.Maintain document control program for policies and procedures.Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Basic Minimum Qualifications (BMQ):

Education/Experience:

BS/BA in Chemistry or related field, or minimum 5 years of experience with clients or in a QA departmentMinimum of 3 years bench level analytical experience including basic QA principles and concepts

Ability and/or Skills:

Functional understanding of terms and aspects of scientific measurement; significant figures, units, conversions, etc.Analytical laboratory techniquesLaboratory QA requirementsStatistical principlesStrong communication skillsTechnical and business writing skillsOrganizational skillsManagement skillsComputer skills and databasesAbility to communicate effectively at all levels of organization, as well as with clients and outside agenciesAbility to analyze problems and effect solutions; problem solving skills

Additional Information

Requirements:

Authorization to work in the United States indefinitely without restriction or sponsorshipProfessional working proficiency in English is a requirement, including the ability to read, write and speak in English

Position is full-time Monday – Friday day shift.  Candidates currently living within a commutable distance of Ashland, VA are encouraged to apply. 

Pay range: $18 - $23/hr depending on experience. 

Eurofins Environment Testing (USA) provides a compensation range for informational purposes, the actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience and skill set, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location.

To learn more about Eurofins, please explore our website www.eurofinsus.com.

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.

Eurofins USA Environment Testing is a M/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.