Laboratory Manager - Texas City, TX

Bureau Veritas•Texas City, TX

17d

About The Position

The Laboratory Manager is responsible for the overall laboratory performance and execution of laboratory processes. The Laboratory Manager supervises and coordinates activities of personnel engaged in performing chemical and physical tests required for quality control of processes and products by performing the following duties.

Requirements

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 properly interpret technical reports related to chemicals and their properties.
Ability to interpret scientific formulas.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Driver's License required.

Nice To Haves

ASTM experience preferred.

Responsibilities

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.