Microbiology Supervisor - Environment Testing

The Supervisor provides technical and operational support to a specific laboratory area while participating in daily sample production. Responsibilities include but are not limited to scheduling and prioritizing work tasks, training, problem solving, implementing new procedures and methods, analyzing samples, reviewing and validating data and completing reports.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinates work projects with project managers to appropriately prioritize laboratory workload to meet client requirements. 
• Manages in-house projects for an assigned department to ensure on-time delivery and turnaround times requirements are met. 
• Release samples to laboratory personnel, communicates due dates and updates turnaround times as needed
• Supervises Analysts to maximize productivity and ensure appropriate testing procedures, in compliance with quality assurance and standard operating procedure requirements. 
• Manages direct reports 
• Runs daily operation of the Microbiology department, including scheduling as needed 
• Manages preventative maintenance on instrumentation
• Communicates department issues and provides status reports to next level of Lab Management and Project Managers 
• Assists Project Managers with any questions they might have
• Assist Department Manager to evaluate individual performance in yearly performance review as well as providing feedback on an on-going basis to lab personnel. 
• Responsible to ensure proper training of all new analysts and develop staff on skills, equipment and procedures.
• Executes cross-training program created by manager
• Responsible for data validation and consumable inventory 
• Prepares department reports as assigned by laboratory management.
• Tracks department productivity. 
• May perform department safety inspections to maintain EH&S requirements. 
• Provides input on department staffing levels 
• May have input into hiring and firing decisions 
• May stock and order supplies as needed. 
• May dispose of samples according to EH&S requirements. 
• May clean work area(s) to maintain a safe working environment. 
• May prepares and analyzes samples for analysis based on method requirements. 
• May review data produced in assigned department and authorizes its release. 
• May operate and maintain sophisticated analysis instrumentation requiring advanced and specialized knowledge. 
• Creates and updates department standard operating procedures
• Assists other laboratory departments as needed.