Cluster Manager - Environment Testing

Company Description

Eurofins is an international network of independent life sciences companies, 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 is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across its companies around the world.

Job Description

The Cluster Manager - Environmental Testing is responsible for the strategic, operational and technical management of the Environmental Testing business line in Croatia. The role ensures the delivery of high-quality environmental testing services, compliance with accreditation and regulatory requirements, contribution to achievement of financial targets, and development of a high-performing team. The position leads laboratory operations related to water, wastewater, soil, sediment, and environmental monitoring services.

Key Operational Management responsibilities include:

• Oversee daily environmental laboratory operations.
• Ensure efficient resource planning, capacity management, and workflow optimization.
• Monitor operational KPIs and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead investments in laboratory equipment, technology, and infrastructure.
• Ensure timely delivery of analytical results and reports.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• University degree in Chemistry, Biotechnology, Agronomy or related natural sciences
• 7-10+ years of experience in environmental testing laboratories
• 2-5+ years in a leadership or management role
• Proven experience in:
  • Water testing (drinking water, wastewater, groundwater)
  • Soil and sediment analysis
  • Environmental chemistry
• Experience managing laboratory operations, budgets, and teams
• Business fluent English and Croatian language skills (written and spoken)

Preferred Technical competencies and regulatory knowledge

Strong understanding of:

• ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation requirements
• Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)
• Quality Management Systems
• Environmental monitoring programs
• Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
• Croatian environmental legislation.
• EU environmental directives and regulations:
  • Water Framework Directive
  • Industrial Emissions Directive
  • Waste Framework Directive
  • REACH Regulation
  • Environmental permitting requirements

Additional Information

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work in a world-leading laboratory within an international environment

• Full-time employment contract

• Dedicated education budget and strong focus on personal development

• Additional health insurance

• Attractive benefits package, including a Christmas bonus, childbirth allowance, and other benefits

• A pleasant, dynamic, and supportive work atmosphere

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We embrace diversity!  As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity. 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.

Find out more on our Careers page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international network of independent life sciences companies, 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 believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In under 40 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 employees across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of over 950 laboratories in over 1,000 independent companies across 59 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.

The Eurofins network generated EUR 7.296 billion revenues in FY 2025, and has been one of the fastest growing listed European companies for almost three decades.