Group Leader
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The Group Leader coordinates laboratory workflow and monitors daily turnaround time while overseeing employee development, performance reviews, training records, and succession planning. The role performs routine and non-routine laboratory work, troubleshoots instrument and method issues, leads investigations and CAPA, and supports LEAN initiatives and operational improvements. The position is full-time, first shift, Monday through Friday, in Portage, Michigan.
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Portage, MI, USA
Full-time
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 products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.
The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organization services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialized and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.
In over 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 58,000 staff across a decentralized and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 54 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.
2025, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 7.296 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.
Job Description
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Coordinate workflow and perform daily monitoring to meet TAT
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Conduct semi-annual performance reviews, interview applicants, keep training records up to date for assigned employees, evaluate succession plans in preparation for growth
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Perform work for both routine and non-routine work as specified by separate and applicable technical job description for individual
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Coach, train, and develop others within the group with respect to their personal development and effective implementation of operational improvements
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Troubleshoot and solve both instrumental and method issues
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Lead and write investigations independently, establish root cause and robust CAPA
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Support and drive LEAN initiatives and operational improvements
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Perform all functions in support of and in compliance with all state and federal employment regulations
Qualifications
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Bachelor's degree in chemistry, biology, biochemistry, or related degree concentration and at least 4 years of laboratory experience
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Authorization to work in the United States indefinitely without restriction or sponsorship
Additional Information
Position is full-time, first shift position Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm.
Candidates currently living within a commutable distance of Portage, MI are encouraged to apply.
Excellent full time benefits including
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Comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options
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Life and disability insurance
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401(k) with company match
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Paid vacation and holidays
Eurofins USA BioPharma Services is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 458 open Laboratory Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$80–118K/yr94 salary ranges
- US median$20–24/hr129 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 11 open Laboratory Operations jobs in Michigan and 458 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Sonic Healthcare USA, Inc.67 open
- Parexel48 open
- Eurofins US Network (this employer)37 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Laboratory Operations postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (304 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 146 of the 458 open Laboratory Operations jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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