Are you a natural leader with a scientific background? Do you have demonstrable experience of working within a laboratory environment and with GxP procedures? We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic, experienced lab-focused individual to lead our clients Laboratory Support Team.
The successful candidate will be working in a challenging and diverse role where no two days are the same. This would be a great role for an individual who is looking to move into a supervisory role while retaining a technical aspect to develop their career.
Responsibilities:
* People management of full team ensuring resilience within team for absences/holidays
* Maintaining HPLC & GC systems from routine preventative maintenance, reactive maintenance, and performance qualifications checks
* Mentoring/training/developing team in areas of responsibilities, completing performance reviews and ensuring development of team
* Ensuring all core tasks completed daily and in adherence to schedule and SLA requirements
* Ensuring that Planned & Reactive Maintenance is completed within the specified time-frames and in accordance with the specified KPI requirements
* Ensuring documentation and records are kept up-to-date and in compliance with site requirements
* Identifying and promoting benefits/innovations of team
* Attending governance meetings and reporting on Lab Support services
* Applying mitigation to support sites CPI, KPI, PI adherence if necessary
* Sub-contractor management ensuring safe practices on site and supporting contract renewal process
* Responsible for ensuring team work areas maintain high standards of housekeeping and meet requirements such as 5S
We are looking for individuals with:
* Educated to degree level in a Science subject (preferably Chemistry)
* 3+ years demonstrable experience of working within a laboratory environment and familiarity with GxP procedures
* People management experience (preferable but not essential)
* Technical knowledge in HPLC & GC including troubleshooting and maintenance experience essential
* Experience in planning and scheduling using a CMMS such as SAP, MERPs preferable
* Experience in use of Empower preferable
* Confidence and communication skills to challenge behaviours and drive continuous improvement
* Can perform under pressure and independent of supervision
* Customer focussed and works well as a team
* Strong organisational skills and able to prioritise tasks appropriately
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
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