Laboratory Technician

The Role: 

A member of the senior management team, reporting to the Managing Director and responsible for the overall day to day operation of the laboratory.  Co-ordinating the activities of the laboratory personnel and working closely with the other departmental heads in order to ensure the operational efficiency of the lab, while maintaining high levels of safety, quality and customer service.  Responsible for ensuring that the laboratory operation has both the capability and capacity to deliver the services required to support the testing function whilst driving operational excellence.

Main Duties:

• Managing a commercial laboratory to achieve turnaround targets and exceptional quality levels
• Managing staff across a the operational and analytical sections in the laboratory
• Ensure the quality control and quality management systems are maintained to assure the quality of laboratory services provided and to identify any non-conformities in quality as they occur. Implementing corrective actions
• Ensure operational adherence to applicable policies, standard operating procedures and methods by all operational staff
• Establish where necessary and maintain existing operational standards for cost control, quality, safety and on-time delivery
• Ensure all equipment/instrumentations are properly maintained and serviced complying with regulatory standards where applicable and/or to ensure proper performance and function
• Daily rounds of the laboratory to judge the effectiveness of operation, utilisation of staff and creating/influencing an environment in which staff perform, grow, contribute and enjoy their work

Identify laboratory training needs and look at ways to develop the required skills to align with the resource plans as well as maintaining the training requirements for all lab technicians and analysts