Lead Labs Sr

IDEXX • Austin, TX

2d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Laboratory Lead, you coordinate daily lab activities and provide training, coaching, and guidance to the team. You act as an informational resource for your colleagues, helping ensure that samples are processed and analyzed efficiently. You will be a lead and a resource to other lab team members, while also working as an individual contributor doing day-to-day laboratory bench work. This is a full-time position with excellent day-one benefits. IDEXX reference laboratories is a global network united by a shared commitment to enhancing pet care where the true strength in our name is the people behind it, including this role. Our reference laboratories make it possible for our customers to discover more with our unrelenting commitment to innovation, personalized support, guidance, and expertise, while providing the most complete and advanced menu of diagnostic tests along with technology and tools. The focus on enhancing the lives of people and pets, starts with our own employees and empowering them to achieve their goals, focusing on continuous improvement, and supporting the strong collaboration and inclusiveness that exist in our team.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience; a degree in a science-related field is preferred
• Experience using a microscope to review slides and identify the various elements of a sample
• Ideally 3-5+ years experience working in a laboratory, although training can be provided; experience setting up, running, reading lab tests, and operating laboratory equipment (microscopes and / or clinical diagnostic analyzers) preferred
• Attention to detail, organized with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Team-orientation
• Ability to meet the physical requirements that go with working in a lab, i.e. standing and sitting for extended periods of time, phone & computer use, extended reach, lifting up to 50lb, and specific vision ability (close, color, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus)
• This is a laboratory, so there is potential exposure to biohazards, agents known to cause zoonotic diseases, and hazardous chemicals.
• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role.

Nice To Haves

• Veterinary Technician (RVT, LVT, CVT) or Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT or MT) experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Oversee the work of Medical Lab Technicians and / or Sample Management Technicians (though they will not be your direct reports).
• Coach and lead the work of others, and help the team reach business goals.
• Coordinate the team’s workflow.
• Problem-solve, from trouble-shooting diagnostic analyzers to resolving situational workflow and challenges with turnaround times.
• Use automated analyzers, microscopes, and other laboratory diagnostic tools to perform analyses and tests that diagnose animal illnesses, injuries, and diseases in support of veterinarian animal treatment.
• Perform diagnostic tests on blood, urine, fecal, or pet biopsy samples that we receive in our lab by the thousands, every day.
• Set up and run lab tests and read and release results according to SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures).

Benefits

• Health / dental / vision benefits day one
• 5% matching 401k
• On-the-job training and career advancement opportunities
• Additional benefits including but not limited to financial support, pet insurance, mental health resources, volunteer paid days off, employee stock program, foundation donation matching, and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED