Technical Lead
Company: Eurofins
Role summary
Technical Lead is a role at Eurofins in Cork, Munster, Ireland (on-site). Posted 2026-10-28. Experience level: 5-10.
- Job title
- Technical Lead
- Company
- Eurofins
- Location
- Cork, Munster, Ireland
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Category
- Software Engineering
- Experience level
- 5-10
- Date posted
- 2026-10-28
Joining the team at Eurofins offers a fantastic opportunity to lead technical initiatives within a global life sciences company that prioritizes environmental and public health. You’ll be stepping into a meaningful role where your expertise directly supports critical laboratory testing services, providing the chance to make a real-world impact while growing your career in a stable, international environment.
Job description
Company Description
Eurofins Environment Testing Ireland: provides market-leading laboratory testing and monitoring services for water, air, soil, waste, building products and industrial hygiene applications, enabling you to make informed and credible decisions related to health and the environment.
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.
Job Description
To drive technical development and productivity improvements in the lab. Maintain Quality, develop documentation and systems, complete validations and obtain accreditation, provide technical support and training as required to colleagues in the team. To provide technical leadership to ensure both Eurofins business objectives and Customer requirements are consistently delivered.
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Technical Leadership & Method Development
Lead the development, validation, verification, and implementation of new organic and inorganic analytical methods.
Research and introduce new analytical technologies, instrumentation, and testing capabilities to meet customer and business requirements.
Conduct non-routine investigations, method development studies, and complex data evaluations.
Prepare and review validation packages and technical documentation to support accreditation and extension of scope applications.
Lead submissions to INAB for scope extensions and support accreditation assessments.
Provide advanced technical expertise, troubleshooting, and scientific guidance across laboratory operations.
Drive continuous improvement of analytical methods, QC systems, instrumentation, and laboratory practices.
Support quality system maintenance, audit preparation, non-conformance investigations, and corrective actions.
Customer & Business Support
Conduct technical reviews before, during, and after tender awards to ensure successful onboarding and implementation of new work.
Provide technical support to Commercial, Quotations, Sales, and Marketing teams during proposal preparation and customer engagement activities.
Respond to customer technical queries promptly and professionally, providing scientific expertise as required.
Support investigations and responses relating to customer complaints and technical issues.
Ensure customer requirements are correctly implemented within LIMS and reporting systems to support seamless service delivery.
Operational Improvement
Develop and implement initiatives to improve laboratory efficiency, instrument availability, data quality, and customer service.
Support future laboratory planning, including capacity assessments, instrument selection, and introduction of new services.
Mentor and support laboratory staff through technical training, knowledge sharing, and competency development.
Ensure laboratory is operated in a safe manner in accordance with Eurofins H&S system requirements.
Qualifications
Significant experience in a 17025 Laboratory. Working with ICP-MS, ICP-OES, Gallery/Kone or other automated photometric analyser, Ion Chromatography and other Wet Chemistry techniques– will have extensive maintenance and troubleshooting experience on most of the above listed techniques.
5 years experience in method development, method optimisation and validation.
Able to research and advise on emerging technologies, method improvements, automation and emerging contaminants.
Able to develop any new and diverse Inorganic analytical techniques as required by the customer and business.
Able to demonstrate technical knowledge to supervise and lead others through training, coaching and mentoring.
Proven track record of training, knowledge sharing in respected scientific techniques within commercial set-up.
Able to investigate complex investigations related to performance of the methods, implement change improvements and preventative measures.
Quality: ensure that quality systems are fit for purpose, including improving documentation, processes, training.
Perform testing as required to ensure customer and operational needs are met.
Scientific Degree in Chemistry or Analytical Chemistry.
Additional Information
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!
Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/
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 pr