Job Title: Laboratory Team Leader
Location:Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, UK
Contract and Shift: Permanent Thursday - Saturday 10am - 6pm, Sunday 7.30am - 3.30pm, Monday 7.30am - 3.00pm
Package includes Salary from £32,016, access to flexible benefits that support your development, wellbeing and everyday life.
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 with 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 laboratory’s 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.
Knowledge and Skills required:
- To have experience and a background within the science or related industry.
- To have effective 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.