Eurofins
Operational Project and Improvement Officer
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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.
We’re proud to be an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.
If you want to continue to help make our world a safer and healthier place, then apply for the role below and become a part of the extraordinary Eurofins network.
Job Description
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
The Operational Projects & Improvement Officer will lead, coordinate and deliver projects, change initiatives and business improvement activities across Eurofins Alba. Working closely with Department Heads, Technical Operations Managers and support functions, the role will act as a dedicated project and operational resource responsible for coordinating stakeholders, managing deliverables and ensuring projects and business priorities are successfully completed.
This is a hybrid part time role working 21 hours over three days a week, over Monday and Friday between 09:00 and 17:00.
- Conduct research, investigations and feasibility assessments to support customer enquiries, projects and business opportunities, including the evaluation of equipment capabilities, methodologies, suppliers and resource requirements. Support the preparation of study outlines, study designs, technical proposals and associated documentation for operational, commercial and documentation teams.
- Coordinate the sourcing, onboarding and activities of consultants, suppliers and external partners engaged in projects and business initiatives, acting as a key point of contact throughout delivery.
- Research emerging technologies, industry trends and best practices, identifying opportunities to enhance project delivery, operational effectiveness, service offerings and business performance.
- Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, quality, compliance, customer experience and business performance, supporting the implementation of practical solutions, process improvements and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Lead, coordinate and deliver business projects, change initiatives and operational improvement activities across all departments.
- Develop and maintain project plans, implementation schedules, action trackers and reports, ensuring agreed milestones, actions, deliverables and deadlines are achieved.
- Work closely with Operational Managers, Technical Operations Managers, Department Heads and stakeholders to ensure projects, systems and initiatives are successfully implemented, embedded and delivered, providing additional project coordination and delivery support where required.
- Support the delivery of clinical studies, customer programmes and business initiatives through the coordination of activities, documentation, tracking of actions and deliverables, research activities and operational support as required.
- Support the Data and Documentation Team through the authoring, review, quality checking and maintenance of technical, scientific, quality and operational documentation, including support for study, project and customer-related deliverables.
- Develop, maintain and improve business processes, templates, forms, reports, project documentation and controlled records, ensuring consistency and effective governance across departments.
- Undertake any other duties commensurate with the level and responsibility of the role as reasonably required by management.
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Qualifications
- HNC/HND, relevant vocational qualification, or equivalent experience in a project coordination, operations, business support or improvement role.
- Experience coordinating projects, business initiatives and operational activities, ensuring actions, milestones, deliverables and deadlines are effectively managed and achieved.
- A broad understanding of business operations, business processes, governance frameworks and how departments work collaboratively to achieve organisational objectives.
- Strong documentation, report writing and record management skills, with experience developing, maintaining, reviewing and quality checking business documentation for accuracy, consistency and compliance.
- Good understanding of quality, compliance and operational requirements, with the ability to monitor adherence to procedures and support continuous improvement activities.
- Strong analytical, research and problem-solving skills, with the ability to gather, evaluate and present information from multiple sources to support business decisions and identify practical solutions.
- Excellent organisational, planning and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities independently, take ownership of responsibilities and maintain a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, be proficient in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and have the ability to build effective working relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
Additional Information
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:
- Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
- Company Pension Plan
- Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
- Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
- Health Cash Plan
- Health and Wellbeing Programmes
- Free parking
- Worldwide career opportunities
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We also have in place rewards recognising the great work out employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.
As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:
- Being part of a Reward and Recognition Scheme, recognising great work across our teams.
- Holiday entitlement increases with service.
- The option to opt into our Health Cash Plan, designed to help look after your everyday health and wellbeing. This allows you to claim back the cost of routine healthcare expenses such as dental check-ups, eye tests, glasses or contact lenses and other everyday medical treatments.
- Life Assurance from day one, providing cover of three times your annual salary.
- Automatic enrolment into our Company Pension Plan after three months (with the flexibility to opt out if you choose)
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, offering 24/7 confidential support for both personal and work-related matters.
- Being able to register your interest in volunteering days, which are designed to support employees who wish to do voluntary work during working hours as part of a wider strategy to contribute positively to the local community.
- Free on-site car parking.
- The opportunity to explore worldwide 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 in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will 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.
Your data
As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.
Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
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.
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.
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