Laboratory Supervisor

UL Solutions•Bentonville, AR

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Our Bentonville textiles laboratory is hiring a Laboratory Supervisor to lead our 3rd Shift Wash team! The scheduled shift for this role is 10pm to 6:30am, Sunday through Thursday. A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage. From life jackets to lawnmowers, toys to televisions, beauty and wellness, vitamins and supplements, we’re involved in almost every consumer product you can imagine. We work with some of the largest retailers in the world, performing market surveillance, auditing and inspecting the products we put in and on our bodies. We help customers ensure that not only are their products themselves safe, but their supply chains are using ethically and sustainably sourced materials. We build close relationships, providing advice and expertise to help them deliver safer products that meet the latest requirements and manufacture them fairly. Join our team and make your mark on products that shape people’s lives.

Responsibilities

Supervises the day-to-day delivery of high-quality testing services.
Monitors the daily productivity and quality of work, allocates resources as required and troubleshoot/escalate problems as necessary.
Schedules, assigns, reviews and coordinates workflow to assure proper utilization and training of lab staff, ensuring all work is in accordance with regulatory and organizational policy, accreditation/compliance requirements.
Provides input into the annual budgetary goals, capital expenditure budget for lab equipment and tactical plans for assigned lab team.
Contributes to preparing instructions for test methods, procedures, quality control and maintenance procedures.
Examines test samples, test performance and provides input regarding issues and/or problems with test/data sheets.
Operates machines and lab equipment, may perform routine maintenance of designated test equipment and laboratory area.
Integrates continuous improvement concepts and techniques into all aspects of the job.
Under supervision, manages the performance of direct reports by defining accountabilities, establishing performance objectives, providing feedback and guidance, assist in hiring and ensuring that all policies are understood and adhered to.
Read and follow the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct and follow all physical and digital security practices.
Other duties as directed.