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Job Description

Eurofins is seeking a Metrology Group Leader to provide technical and operational leadership for a team supporting laboratory instrumentation within a regulated pharmaceutical testing environment. This role is responsible for overseeing daily metrology operations, ensuring compliance with quality and regulatory requirements, supporting employee development, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

The Metrology Group Leader serves as a key liaison between laboratory operations, Quality Assurance, clients, and technical personnel to ensure laboratory instrumentation remains compliant, reliable, and available to support critical testing activities.

What You'll Do

• Lead and support the daily activities of the Metrology team.
• Ensure laboratory instrumentation is maintained, calibrated, qualified, and operating in compliance with applicable quality and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate team workload, priorities, and resources to meet business, client, and operational objectives.
• Support investigations, deviations, non-routine events, and corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs).
• Review and approve technical documentation, including procedures, protocols, reports, investigations, and training records.
• Partner with laboratory operations, Quality Assurance, and other stakeholders to resolve instrumentation and compliance-related issues.
• Mentor, train, and develop team members while fostering a collaborative and accountable team culture.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, compliance, and overall laboratory performance.
• Support audits, inspections, and client interactions as needed.
• Ensure adherence to GxP, safety, and company quality standards.

Job Description

Eurofins is seeking a Metrology Specialist to support the calibration, maintenance, qualification, and lifecycle management of laboratory instrumentation in a regulated environment. This position plays a critical role in ensuring laboratory equipment remains compliant, reliable, and audit-ready while supporting scientific operations across multiple departments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform calibration, preventive maintenance, qualification, and repair activities on a variety of laboratory instruments and equipment in accordance with established procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Troubleshoot complex instrument issues, identify root causes, and implement effective corrective actions to minimize downtime.
• Maintain laboratory equipment in a validated and compliant state through routine testing, inspections, maintenance activities, and documentation review.
• Support installation, qualification, validation, and implementation of new laboratory instrumentation and equipment.
• Develop, execute, and review validation protocols, test scripts, and qualification documentation.
• Ensure all equipment records, maintenance activities, calibrations, investigations, and deviations are documented accurately and completed within established timelines.
• Assist with investigations involving instrument failures, out-of-tolerance conditions, and non-routine events.
• Maintain compliance with applicable quality systems, GMP/GxP requirements, internal procedures, and regulatory expectations.
• Collaborate with laboratory personnel, quality teams, vendors, and technical groups to resolve equipment-related issues and improve operational efficiency.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on equipment reliability, process optimization, and compliance enhancements.
• Provide technical guidance, training, and mentoring to laboratory and metrology personnel as needed.
• Effectively prioritize work to ensure completion of critical tasks, maintenance schedules, and project deliverables.