Laboratory Director, A & L Laboratory

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.

This fast-paced laboratory conducts a variety of analysis ranging from wet chemistry,  Ion Chromatography, microbiological and radiological testing of drinking water.  A & L Laboratory- A Division of Granite State Analytical. Must live a commutable distance to Auburn, Maine

Compensation range: $70,000- $85,000 (DOE)  Must live a commutable distance to Auburn, Maine

The Laboratory Director is responsible for maintaining positive operating margin at the laboratory level and for meeting and exceeding the annual budget. Supervises all laboratory personnel and provides leadership and direction as needed. Responsible for ensuring compliance and integration of facility operation with corporate and regulatory policies and procedures. The lab director will serve as a liason with corporate business partners and will champion Company policies, vision, and mission.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages the laboratory to provide positive operating margin and meet annual budgetary goals.
• Growing the organization's lab service offerings to meet organizational strategic objectives.
• Working with all laboratories' operations to continuously improve lab technical capabilities and services.
• Developing and validating methods, work instructions, and training for all laboratory employees.
• Ensure laboratory operations meet the technical quality objectives required by various accrediting bodies.
• Assists with data entry, quality control, and sample receipt as needed.
• Develop and implement laboratory policies and procedures to ensure compliance with industry standards.
• Provide technical guidance, consultation and support to laboratory staff.
• Provide scientific and technical leadership to laboratory staff and support their professional growth and development.
• The laboratory director will be responsible for the culture of the lab and the employee engagement of personnel under their hierarchy. The lab director will act confidentially in employee matters and partner with Human Resources to ensure that all policies and programs are applied consistently throughout the laboratory.
• Builds and maintains positive customer relationships and sales growth through direct interaction with customers and Eurofins Environment Testing America sales personnel.
• Establishes and maintains an active and positive safety culture and ensures that the Employee Health and Safety procedures are implemented and followed to maintain facility operations that are compliant with appropriate policies and regulations.
• Collaborates with the Quality Assurance Manager to ensure that standard operating procedures for the facility are implemented and reviewed on a regular basis so that the facility is operated in a compliant manner which allows it to produce defensible data.
• Prioritizes the activities of the operations groups to ensure key goals are achieved and customer service needs are addressed. Provides periodic reports to ensure that goals and objectives are being achieved and to recognize opportunities for development.
• Works with Project Managers and Customer Service Managers to ensure the accurate forecast of receipts, provide quality analytical data to clients and meet on- time delivery dates.
• Communicates facility-specific goals and objectives to employees. Communicates and implements company initiatives designed to foster teamwork and communication.
•  Fulfills supervisory responsibilities with direct reports to achieve strong staff performance. Mentors key employees.
• Evaluates and maintains appropriate staffing levels to support operational needs and budgetary requirements. Collaborates with the Business Controller and HR Business Partner to discuss and review manpower regularly
• Actively participates in the process of sharing and adopting best practices within Eurofins Environment Testing America. Provides technical assistance to other Eurofins Environment Testing America laboratories as needed to improve productivity and customer service.
• Responsible for upholding and enforcing Company policies, including but not limited to, Quality, Safety, Standard Operating Procedures, Ethics, and Harassment.
• Expected to champion Health & Safety and assume ownership for the safety of those employees within her/his responsibility

Basic Minimum Qualifications (BMQ)

Education/Experience-

• BS in Chemistry or a science-related field required with at least 30 college semester credit hours in chemistry.
• 5 years management experience
• 5 years analytical experience or related technical knowledge preferred

Ability and/or Skills-

• Familiarity with laboratory operations and services

• Familiarity with EPA, DOT, OSHA, and DOL regulations
• Excellent verbal and written skills  Strong customer relations skills
• Ability to manage a business at a profit/loss responsibility level
• Ability to control operating budgets
• Ability to develop and enforce policies and operating practices
• Ability to prioritize and delegate responsibilities
• Ability to successfully handle contract and other negotiations
• Strong decision-making abilities
• Problem-solving abilities

Disclaimer: This position description is written as a guideline to inform employees of what is generally expected of them at each job level. The description is not intended to be all encompassing or limiting in any manner; rather, it is hoped it will add understanding and better reflect the work performed at all levels of employment. Duties and responsibilities other than those listed may be included as needed within the work group or the company as a whole. The above information may not be used or duplicated by others without written consent.

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 a M/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

Eurofins USA Environment Testing is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.