• The Role & Key Responsibilities

  • Job Title: Laboratory Team Leader 

    Location: Four Ashes, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK 
     
    Contract and Shift: Permanent Thursday - Saturday 10am - 6pm, Sunday 7.30am - 3.30pm, Monday 7.30am - 3.00pm 
     
    About the role: 
     
    The Laboratory Team Leader will provide guidance, instruction, direction and leadership to a team of laboratory technicians.
    They will have the purpose of managing the processes involved in registering and analysing samples and authorising results in accordance to customers agreed service levels. 
     
    Carrying out your duties you will be required to work a shift consisting of five days on including weekends with two days off during the week. From time to time training and cover may be required during the laboratories operational times on the night shift.

     

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Manage the workflow through the various Laboratory departments during the day to ensure resources are used as efficiently as possible.
    • Line Manage Laboratory Staff.
    • Ensure samples are registered, tested and results entered in accordance with SOP’s and working practices.
    • To train all laboratory staff in new laboratory methods and amendments to existing ones.
    • Assist the Quality Unit in maintain training records for all Laboratory Technicians.
    • Assist the laboratory’s aim for UKAS accreditation according to the timescale set by Laboratory Management.
    • Provide assistance with both internal and external customer testing issues associated with the laboratory
    • Ensure that available equipment operates to maximum efficiency.
    • Deal appropriately with internal and external customer queries.

    Knowledge and Skills required:

    • To have experience and a background within the science or related industry.
    • To have strong and demonstrable leadership skills.
    • To be able to motivate a team to achieve an end goal.
    • To have excellent organisational skills.
    • To be a strong communicator so to be able to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders within the laboratory function.
    • To have excellent project management skills.
    • To control and develop employee training experiences.

Questions about this role?

If you have any questions about this role or need help applying please contact Clare Windsor via [email protected].

Supporting your application

We work with a number of ​external partners to ensure ​that our application process ​is as comfortable as ​possible, regardless of your ​circumstances or ​background.

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Laboratory Team Leader

  • Closing Date:
    28 Apr 2025
  • All Locations
    Wolverhampton
  • Job Function
    Laboratory
  • Type
    Permanent
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