General Management Traineeship (Environment)

Do you have a passion for leading people and teams? Do you possess a good dose of analytical ability? Can you manage stakeholders well and steer complex processes in the right direction? Apply for the General Management Traineeship at Eurofins and become our leader of the future within two years!

• The shortest path to a leadership position in Europe's fastest-growing company, where you will bear operational, commercial, and financial responsibility from an entrepreneurial perspective;
• No specialist work and no outsourcing to clients; you will perform dynamic and varied work at various Eurofins locations in the Netherlands
• The two-year program consists of four different projects, of which at least two projects are focused on Business Development and Operations. Think of implementing innovative systems, setting up new business models, to guiding acquisitions. For other examples of trainee projects and experiences from current trainees, view our traineeship page!
• A professional working environment with plenty of room for your own initiatives, entrepreneurship, and opportunities for international next steps;
• We strive for a 10% time investment in your personal and leadership development, which includes things such as: following subject-specific and skill training, training on the job, coaching from senior management, and peer review with other trainees.
  
  Location: Amsterdam and Amersfoort

For the General Management Traineeship, we are looking for MSc graduates with an academic background in the direction of Engineering Management, Supply Chain Management, or Life Sciences combined with management/business subjects. Additionally, you have an affinity with the activities of Eurofins.

Our current Eurofins trainees describe themselves as young professionals with a great sense of responsibility, a creative and solution-oriented mindset, a strong capacity for empathy and reflection, and they are not afraid to tackle challenges head-on.

One of the requirements for this Traineeship is a fluent command of the Dutch language, both spoken and written. Curious about which other requirements our future Management Trainees at Eurofins must meet? Check it on our traineeship page under the heading “Read more about the profile we are looking for” and discover if you are the ambitious starter we are looking for!

Enthusiastic? Then apply before: 30 August 2026

You will become part of the fast-growing and dynamic company Eurofins, through which you will add a solid foundation of project management experience to your CV. With a growing number of locations at home and abroad, Eurofins offers opportunities for talent. Additionally, we offer the guarantee that you will meet ambitious and driven colleagues at every location.

• A market-competitive salary for a technical traineeship;
• 25 vacation days and 8% holiday allowance;
• A lease car;
• A performance bonus based on personal objectives that you can influence;
• Excellent secondary employment conditions, such as a pension scheme and a discount on supplementary health insurance;
• Participation in the Eurofins Graduates Program for trainees, in which you will be supported with training for hard and soft skills;
• Participation in the Young Eurofins community with 75+ colleagues from all over the Netherlands;
• An ambitious 2-year plan with a focus on your personal development towards a management position;
• A great deal of freedom, autonomy, and a steep learning curve at the start of your career.

Interested?
There is a spring and autumn group for the General Management Traineeship. At this moment, we are still looking for one trainee for the Environment division for the autumn group. This means you can start from September/October 2026. 

View our traineeship page for more information about the application procedure, experiences of current trainees, and much more!

If you have any questions, please contact Eva Swarts, reachable at eva.swarts@sc.eurofinseu.com.

About the company
Eurofins Scientific is an international listed life sciences company that provides its customers with high-quality laboratory research and advice. Eurofins is a global market leader in the field of bio-analytical testing for food, water, environment, cosmetics, pharmaceutical products, and contract research for agro science. Additionally, Eurofins is one of the largest providers in the world in testing and laboratory services in genomics, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences, drug development, and clinical studies. Eurofins uses for this its portfolio of over 200,000 unique analytical methods and an unprecedentedly high level of knowledge and expertise.

Globally, Eurofins consists of approximately 65,000 employees, spread across 950 hyper-modern laboratories, and is active in 60 countries with a pro-forma turnover of €6.95 billion in 2024. Eurofins has strong growth ambitions (CAGR 24%) with, in addition to very strong autonomous growth through its own start-ups, also a large number of acquisitions annually.

About the business line 
The accredited laboratories of Eurofins Environment offer an extensive package of chemical, physical, and biological analyses in all environmental matrices in the Netherlands; Eurofins is a market leader in the field of specialist research. Clients include water quality managers, Rijkswaterstaat, provincial and municipal governments, environmental consultancy firms, industry, and contractors.