Microbiology – Team Leader

Title: Shift Team Lead

Location: Limerick

Summary:

Lead a team of analytical staff to ensure that the team is operating at the highest quality and productivity standards.

Responsibilities:

• Working with the Group Leader to effectively coordinate and lead the PSS shift team so that productivity, quality, documentation, work schedules, safety and housekeeping are run at maximum efficiency.
• Ensuring that the client gets the best possible service by continually reviewing best practice in relation to both commercial and quality issues and ensuring 100% ethical work standards and GMP compliance.

• Development, coaching, motivation, and morale of team members through effective teambuilding and use of reward and recognitions systems celebrating team success
• Responsible for quality risk assessment of various technical processes, including sampling plans; preparation of validation protocols and subsequent procedures for final approval by client personnel.
• Forward planning of activities in order to maximise the use of client resources during training periods

• Communicating regularly with the client and Eurofins Management to ensure information is shared effectively and actions are taken immediately.

• To keep up to date with any technological or method revisions in their area, ensuring their training is complete and adjusting their work as required.

Education:

Degree in Microbiology or a related discipline.

Experience:

• At least 3 years’ experience in a pharmaceutical industry GMP laboratory
• Strong familiarity with GMP and Microbiology
• Good understanding of Chemistry is advantageous
• Passionate about quality and customer service.
• Excellent communication skills (internally and externally) and understanding of appropriate client interactions.
• Willing to operate in a flexible manner and be able to switch priorities at short notice.
• Good team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills

To apply for this role please forward your CV to ben.forde@collinsmcnicholas.ie