
Laboratory Manager
Bureau Veritas Group
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Texas City • Texas • United States
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About the role
- Advises assistant managers, coordinators, supervisors, and technicians on test procedures to ensure the overall quality of submitted materials
- Overall responsibility for SQC, Calibrations, and Quality Assurance of the laboratory
- Overall responsibility to ensure all Quality Assurance Programs are designed, implemented, and utilized by laboratory personnel
- Randomly analyzes test information to determine operating efficiency of processes or equipment and to diagnose malfunctions
- Confers with scientists or engineers to conduct analyses, interpret test results, or develop nonstandard tests
- Directs adjustments to formulas and processes based on test results
- Directs personnel to conduct research in developing custom products and investigates complaints on existing products
- Assists in monitoring, measuring, and assessing corporate quality assurance practices and protocols for continual improvement
- Recommends measures to improve testing procedures, use of equipment, and needs for new equipment
- Analyzes and resolves, or assists workers in solving work problems
- Markets actively for new clients
- Overall responsibility for ensuring the proper amount of supplies and resources is on hand to efficiently run laboratory operations at required levels
Requirements
- Prefer bachelor's degree from four-year college or university
- five to ten years related experience and/or training
- equivalent combination of education and experience
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
- Ability to interpret technical reports related to chemicals and their properties
- Ability to interpret scientific formulas
- Driver's License required
- ASTM experience preferred
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
- Company-matched Retirement plan
- Generous Paid Time Off and Company Holidays
- Life Insurance and AD&D coverage
- Paid Parental Leave Up to 10 Weeks for Pregnancy
- Short-Term Disability (STD) and Long-Term Disability (LTD)
- Tuition Assistance
- optional life and pet insurance
- Access to Corporate Discounts
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Quality AssuranceSQCCalibrationsTest ProceduresData AnalysisProcess ImprovementTechnical Report InterpretationScientific Formula InterpretationMathematical ComputationCustom Product Development
Soft Skills
AdvisingCommunicationProblem SolvingResearchPresentationCollaborationAnalytical ThinkingClient RelationsMonitoringLeadership
Certifications
Bachelor's DegreeDriver's License