Laboratory Manager - Environmental Science
About The Position
Pace is seeking a Laboratory Manager to lead a team of laboratory professionals supporting environmental testing operations at its Lenexa, Kansas laboratory. The role combines scientific understanding with people leadership. The manager should understand laboratory work well enough to ask informed questions, make sound decisions, and earn the trust of a technical team, while developing people, building accountability, and improving performance. The manager oversees day-to-day laboratory operations and helps ensure that quality, productivity, turnaround time, safety, and customer expectations are met. The role also involves supporting regulatory and quality-system compliance, addressing operational and scientific issues with technical staff and laboratory leadership, using performance metrics to drive improvement, and managing departmental resources and budgets.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in chemistry, biology, environmental science, or a related scientific field.
- At least 5 years of relevant laboratory or scientific experience.
- Demonstrated experience supervising or managing laboratory professionals.
- Experience coaching employees, building effective teams, managing performance, and developing talent.
- Strong understanding of laboratory operations, quality, safety, workflow, and scientific principles.
- Ability to balance scientific, operational, customer, and people priorities.
- Strong communication, judgment, and problem-solving skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with environmental testing, inorganic chemistry, metals, ICP/ICP-MS, or wet chemistry.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop laboratory professionals, including through hiring, training, performance management, engagement, and career development.
- Oversee day-to-day laboratory operations to meet quality, productivity, turnaround-time, safety, and customer expectations.
- Establish priorities and expectations and ensure the team has the staffing, equipment, training, and resources it needs.
- Partner with technical staff and laboratory leadership to resolve scientific, operational, quality, and customer issues.
- Use laboratory performance data and metrics to identify opportunities and drive continuous improvement.
- Support compliance with applicable laboratory methods, quality systems, regulations, safety requirements, and company procedures.
- Lead operational and instrumentation discussions and help prioritize equipment and resource needs.
- Manage departmental resources and budgets responsibly.
- Build a collaborative, accountable culture focused on quality, service, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with immediate 100% vesting in the employer match
- Life insurance
- Disability and voluntary benefits
- Paid time off for holidays, sick days, and vacation
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Wellness program
- Flexible spending accounts
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- Parental leave
- Optional legal coverage
- Identity theft coverage
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
