Technical Maintenance Specialist

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.

Chemtest is part of Eurofins; we are an award winning company providing routine analytical services and bespoke specialist testing throughout the UK, Ireland and Europe. Our staff are employed across a number of strategically placed locations, all utilising the latest technologies. Our laboratories are UKAS accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and, where applicable the Environment Agency MCERTS Performance Standard for soils.

Job Description

Purpose of the role:

• Facilitate and perform maintenance and repairs to the instruments at the Company’s Newmarket laboratory, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance.
• Ensure business compliance with QMS, IEC/ISO 17025, MCERTS and associated documentation.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Engage in ongoing learning and training to develop the skills necessary for advanced technical maintenance and troubleshooting, with a commitment to integrating this growing expertise into the role.
• Apply your skills and knowledge to improve maintenance processes and equipment reliability, providing hands-on support to the operational team in the form of instrument maintenance and repairs.
• Contribute to LEAN projects aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and reducing waste, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure successful planning and execution of LEAN initiatives.
• Oversee and maintain all service maintenance contracts for laboratory equipment and facilities. Lead negotiations for contract renewals, ensuring cost-effectiveness and service quality.
• Coordinate with operational and technical staff to ensure that preventative maintenance is carried out in accordance with contract terms and schedules.
• Be the direct point of contact with all service engineers on site to agree works to be done and ensure the instruments have the required repairs and maintenance as required with hand over checking as part of the completion of the process.
• Arrange and receive the engineers to site where clear instructions are relayed to the service companies, so the correct person and parts are dispatched for the repair required.
• Maintain thorough records of all maintenance activities, contracts, and LEAN project outcomes to ensure traceability and compliance.
• Communicate effectively with all levels of the organisation to report on maintenance schedules, contract statuses, and progress on projects.
• Stay informed about the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in technical maintenance and facilities management to continually drive innovation and improvement within the laboratory.
• Adhere to and support Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) standards.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Degree in a recognised Science subject.
• Involvement in industry bodies or professional associations.

Key Attributes:

• Action orientated
• Execute - stay connected to details
• Self-Motivation
• Technical Competence
• Excellent presentation, communication (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organisational, multi-tasking and time management skills.
• Engaging and Inspirational
• Team player
• Consultative
• Solution based - act for change
• Presence and influence
• Take ownership and responsibility.

Skills/ Experience:

• Chemistry, technical and / or other experience in an analytical testing laboratory environment.
• Working knowledge of IEC/ISO 17025, ISO 9001, other ISO standards and Quality Management Systems.
• Experience of working in fast-paced environment
• Troubleshooting skills for various issues.
• Competence in IT, including LIMS, spreadsheets, and databases.
• Understanding of quality KPI’s, measures and ability to effect change to improve.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Auditing experience.

Additional Information

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 its requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get to 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.

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!