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 but with 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 priortise tasks appropriately
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
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