Production Team Leader

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 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 its companies around the world.

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

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. 

The right candidate for this role be will responsible for the safe, efficient and right-first-time production of microbiological media for the Food and Waters laboratories, including people, materials, equipment, quality and daily production performance.

This is a full time role, working 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday from 09:00 till 17:00.

• Plan daily and weekly production to ensure sufficient media is available for laboratory demand, working closely with laboratory technicians and team leaders.
• Set clear daily priorities, allocate work and use shift-start or tier meetings to review safety, quality, delivery and staffing.
• Monitor stock levels, batch rotation, expiry dates and replenishment to maintain supply while minimising waste.
• Ensure media is produced safely, consistently and in accordance with standard operating procedures, batch records and quality requirements.
• Maintain strong standards of workplace organisation, cleanliness and visual control using 5S principles.
• Ensure correct PPE is used and COSHH requirements, risk assessments and safe systems of work are followed.
• Confirm equipment remains within calibration and maintenance limits; escalate breakdowns or risks promptly and support planned preventive maintenance.
• Review production performance using practical measures such as plan attainment, right-first-time quality, waste, downtime and overdue actions.
• Ensure production and quality-control records are accurate, complete, traceable and kept up to date.
• Investigate non-conforming work using structured root-cause methods and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Lead continuous-improvement activity to improve flow, reduce waste, shorten lead times and make best use of people and equipment.
• Lead and supervise the production team to deliver safe, efficient and consistent shift performance.
• Manage attendance, holidays and absence in line with company policy and operational requirements.
• Manage performance fairly and promptly so that production and quality targets are achieved.
• Complete probation reviews, appraisals, return-to-work interviews and other required people processes.
• Support recruitment and deliver an engaging, structured induction for new starters.
• Maintain skills matrices and training records, ensuring colleagues perform tasks only after documented training and competency assessment.
• Conduct investigations and disciplinary or grievance meetings where required.
• Run regular team briefings so colleagues understand site, customer and operational priorities.
• Lead site and Health & Safety induction activity for new starters.
• Escalate issues affecting safety, quality or delivery to the Laboratory Manager without delay.

• Experience in a supervisor or team lead role within a manufacturing, production, laboratory, warehouse or other process-driven environment. 
• Relevant manufacturing, engineering, science, food, pharmaceutical or operations qualification, or demonstrable equivalent workplace experience. 
• Understanding of safe production environments, standard operating procedures, quality checks and traceable documentation.
• Knowledge of production planning, stock control, equipment care and continuous-improvement principles.
• Awareness of root-cause analysis and corrective action.
• Proven experience meeting safety, quality and delivery targets while managing changing priorities.
• Experience training colleagues and maintaining accurate operational records. 
• Able to plan work, allocate resources and monitor daily production performance.
• Competent in following and improving standard work, completing production records and using basic digital systems.
• Able to analyse operational problems and implement practical countermeasures.
• Visible and safety-conscious leader with a hands-on, organised approach.
• Clear communicator who can coach, delegate and hold others accountable.
• Quality focused, calm under pressure and comfortable making evidence-based decisions.
• Positive attitude to change, teamwork and continuous improvement.

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:

• Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates   
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes
• Free parking
• Worldwide career opportunities
• We also have in place rewards recognising the great work our employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.

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.