About the job
With its foundation in agriculture, Control Union Certifications has focused its efforts in developing services around the sustainability of the industry's supply chains which feed into the food, feed, forestry, biomass, bioenergy, social compliance and textiles markets.
With boots on the ground in more than 70 countries, Control Union Certifications is uniquely placed to manage challenges with today's global marketplace.
Whether by tailoring a program around your specific needs or selecting one of the more than 100 programs offered, Control Union Certifications works to provide you with the options needed to source sustainably.
Position: Laboratory Manager
Responsible for a variety of tasks, from supervising and training staff to organizing equipment and managing lab processes. With a wide range of duties, the Lab Manager will need excellent organizational, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
Major roles
1. Operational Management.
- Ensure lab efficiency and manage costs
- Manage lab employees in a motivating manner
- Supervise the competency of lab employees, stimulate personal development and discuss this in performance appraisals
- Train lab employees, specifically regarding quality related matters;
- Establish and ensure HSE regulations and standards to be properly implemented in lab;
- Make proposals to develop the quality system;
- Maintain contact with clients and suppliers.
- Support with clients acquisition and marketing activities.
- Look for new opportunities and scope expansion of services.
2. Quality management
- Establish and launch the internal quality programs and procedures to standardize technical activity.
- Supervise and manage all aspects related to the quality system to ensure it operates effectively
- Plan and attend quality meetings
3 . Technical management
- Understand methods comprehensively, be able to demonstrate, train and assess analysts for analysis proficiency
- Periodically participate in test performance to find out non-conforming activities or operation deviation due to incompliance and improve execution
- Supervise lab employees/yourself to interpret and process data/measurements in the correct way
- Initiate the development of new techniques and analyses including validation and proposal regarding innovation.
- Understand methods comprehensively, be able to demonstrate, train and assess analysts for analysis proficiency
- Periodically participate in test performance to find out non-conforming activities or operation deviation due to incompliance and improve execution; - Supervise lab employees/yourself to interpret and process data/measurements in the correct way; - Initiate the development of new techniques and analyses including validation and proposal regarding innovation.
Qualifications
- 5 - 7 years working in testing laboratories
- 3-5 Years in Management or Supervisory level
- Good proven knowledge and experience working with ISO17025 OR experience with developing and managing an ISO17025 accredited laboratory;
- Knowledge of or experience about products (grains, liquids, etc) is a plus;
- Good in analytical skill, collaboration, and drive to results
- Good Communication skills and careful detailed oriented
- Good English communications
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