Lab Supervisor

Job Purpose

The Supervisor, Laboratory supervises, coordinates and monitors operational activities in numerous disciplines within the science division. Collaborates directly with faculty and department heads to coordinate and implement student laboratory activities in a variety of disciplines. Purchases and disburses College resources between disciplines; approves and reconciles purchases. Interprets policies and oversees the development and implementation of procedures and protocols, Coordinates with other science lab supervisors to ensure consistency across locations.

Tasks:

RESPONSIBILITES AND AUTHORITIES

• Promoting quality achievement and performance improvement throughout the organization, setting SHEQ compliance objectives and ensuring that targets are achieved.  Maintaining awareness of the business context and company profitability, including budgetary control issues.
• Assessing suppliers’ and own company’s product specifications and customer requirements, working with purchasing staff to establish quality requirements from external suppliers.   Ensuring compliance with national and international standards and legislation.
• Considering the application of Safety Health and Environmental standards, agreeing standards and establishing clearly defined quality methods for staff to apply.  Defining SHEQ procedures in conjunction with operating staff;
• Setting up and maintaining controls and documentation; identifying relevant quality-related training needs;
• Collating and analyzing performance data and charts against defined parameters;
• Ensuring tests and procedures are properly understood, carried out and evaluated and that product modifications are investigated if necessary, supervising technical staff in carrying out tests and checks, writing technical and management system reports.
• Bringing together staff of different disciplines and driving the group to plan, formulate and agree comprehensive on quality procedures.   Liaising with customers’ auditors and ensuring the execution of corrective action and compliance with customers.  Monitoring performance through gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports.

SPECIFIC DUTIES INCLUDE

• Utilizing full potential of team members.
• In accordance with the requirements and expectations of the client as well as compliance with statutory requirements.
• Implement departmental cost control procedures to ensure that expenses will be contained within the parameters set in company and the departmental budgets.
• Instill a culture of SHEQ awareness in the department.
• Ensure that SHEQ standards will at all times be met in terms of the objectives set.
• Develop a culture of customer awareness (internal and external).
• All departmental employees that will culminate in the consistent achievement of customer satisfaction survey ratings of at least 4.5 out of 6.
• Design and implement operational processes that are best suited to Seton/GST Auto leather.
• Develop, obtain approval and implement a departmental budget that takes into consideration departmental growth and company profitability objectives.
• Meet key Performance Indicated objectives as per budget.
• Strategize and implement resolutions relative to production and resources to achieve company production objectives.
• Promoting quality achievement and performance improvement throughout the organization.
• Setting SHEQ compliance objectives and ensuring that targets are achieved.
• Maintaining awareness of the business context and company profitability, including budgetary control issues.
• Assessing suppliers’ and own company’s product specifications and customer requirements.
• Working with purchasing staff to establish quality requirements from external suppliers.
• Ensuring compliance with national and international standards and legislation.
• Considering the application of environmental and health/safety standards.
• Agreeing standards and establishing clearly defined quality methods for staff to apply.
• Defining quality procedures in conjunction with operating staff.
• Setting up and maintaining controls and documentation.
• Identifying relevant SHEQ-related training needs.
• Collating and analyzing performance data and charts against defined parameters.
• Ensuring tests and procedures are properly understood, carried out and evaluated and that product modifications are investigated if necessary.
• Supervising technical staff in carrying out tests and checks.
• Writing technical and management system reports.
• Bringing together staff of different disciplines and driving the group to plan formulate and agree comprehensive on quality procedures.
• Liaising with customers’ auditors and ensuring the execution of corrective action and compliance with customers.
• Monitoring performance through gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports.
• To perform other related duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Minimum tertiary qualification in Analytical Chemistry or similar (Post graduate qualification will be an added advantage.)
• 5 years of Analytical laboratory experience within a Manufacturing or Production environment
• Good Management skills with a high concern for standards, efficiency, effectiveness and results orientated
• Good problem solving skills as well as interpersonal communication skills
• Good communication skills via presentation and report writing
• Knowledge of method qualification with standard practices (Statistical, method validation, performance verification et al)
• Fluent in English (German is favourable)

Work Location

• Vas County