Assistant Manager

Eurofins National Service Center Sweden AB · Full-time

Sjöhagsgatan 3, LIDKÖPING, Sweden

Do you want to lead an engaged team in an operation where quality, development, and social impact go hand in hand? As Assistant Manager at our water division in Lidköping, you'll have a key role in daily operations, with the opportunity to develop people, work methods, and results. Here you contribute to analyses that make a real difference—for our customers, the environment, and society at large. Who are we? You may not know us well, but everything we do has a positive impact on your life, your health, and the environment. We analyze the food you eat, the air you breathe, and the medicines you need—we work to help you feel secure. We call it Testing for Life. Eurofins is a global leader in analytical services with 65,000 employees worldwide. Did you know that in Sweden we're close to 650 employees? With us there are about 50 different roles, including lab engineers, systems developers, environmental scientists, and customer support staff. Together we work based on our core values: Our Customer, Quality, Professional Pride Together, and Professionalism & Sustainability. What you'll do with us At the water division we analyze samples from, among other things, soil, drinking water, and wastewater. Through our analyses we help customers contribute to a safer environment. In the role you report to and work closely with the Production Manager, who has overall responsibility for the division. You lead and have personnel responsibility for your team of approximately 10–15 people working both day and night shifts. In your daily work you will, among other things: Ensure correct staffing and competence within the division. Lead and develop the division's Lean and improvement work. Contribute to a good work climate and active occupational health and safety initiatives. Monitor key metrics and work toward improved delivery reliability. Manage risks, solve problems, and optimize resource use. Ensure equipment, maintenance, and service function according to plan. You'll be part of a division with around 25 colleagues in roles such as laboratory assistants, laboratory technicians, lab technicians, chemists, laboratory engineers, development engineers, and instrument technicians. What do we offer you? A secure workplace with collective agreement and pension solutions. Two extra vacation days and flexible working hours for better work-life balance. Opportunity to develop professionally within Eurofins, where we value your personal development. A meaningful work environment where you contribute to making the world a little better every day. Relocation bonus of 15,000 kr if you relocate more than 8 mil to work with us. Read more about the benefits we offer on our careers page. We're proud to operate in Lidköping, which in 2025 has again been named one of the year's super municipalities. Lidköping stands out thanks to excellent childcare and job market, as well as vibrant cultural life and great leisure opportunities. Want to read more? Visit lidkoping.se. Who are you? We're looking for you as a communicative, structured, and coaching leader with a quality focus and interest in improvement work. You thrive in a day-to-day routine with many parallel processes and have the ability to create clarity, engagement, and momentum in the team. We'd like to see that you have: Relevant post-secondary education in chemistry, natural sciences, engineering, economics, or equivalent experience. Experience in leadership, daily management, or coaching of employees. Understanding of quality and technical standards. Good communication and organizational skills. Experience working toward goals and driving improvements. Good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written. Great weight will be placed on your personal qualities. We recruit continuously and the position may therefore be filled before the application deadline, so apply today! We only accept applications via our recruitment system. Applications in other ways will not be included in the recruitment process. If you're one of the candidates we choose to proceed with after reviewing your application, you'll be invited to answer a few short questions in a video for us. Position type: Full-time Employment form: Permanent employment with probation period Working hours: Daytime Start date and monthly salary by agreement. For questions about the position, please contact: Ann-Louise Johansson, Direct Manager, [email protected] For questions about the recruitment process, please contact: Hanna Ström, HR Manager, [email protected]