Manager, Environmental Monitoring

LifeNet Health•Virginia Beach, VA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Manager, Environmental Monitoring you’ll play a vital role in advancing our mission. In this position, you’ll be responsible for leading LifeNet Health’s Environmental Monitoring Program, ensuring all facilities consistently meet regulatory, accreditation, and internal quality requirements. This role serves as the primary operational liaison for technical matters, nonconformances, audits, and inspections, while also providing leadership and administrative oversight of the Environmental Monitoring team. This Manager ensures operational effectiveness of the laboratory information system in area of responsibility. Your work will have purpose every single day, contributing directly to life-changing outcomes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
THREE (3) Years – Experience in a leadership role managing direct reports
FOUR (4) Years – Experience in Cleanroom Environmental Monitoring, including experience using aseptic technique
Knowledge of regulation, accreditation policies governing tissues and medical devices (FDA, AATB, ISO)
Cleaning, Recovery Efficiency, Neutralization
Knowledge of LIS database design, configuration, validation
Actively engages in talent management practices (selection, promotion, development, and engagement) to cultivate a workforce that is well aligned with current and emerging talent needs
Demonstrates the ability to successfully gather and evaluate pertinent information to draw conclusions and identify potential trends
Builds and sustains partnerships across organizational boundaries and functions as well as outside the organization to achieve common goals and outcomes
Written, verbal, and presentation; ability to engage, inspire and influence people

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree – Microbiology, Chemistry, Physical or Biological Science
CTBS Certification
Knowledge of Environmental Monitoring Regulations (US and EU)

Responsibilities

Provides oversight to assigned team by supervising, guiding and directing employees to be effective team members.
Ensures that everyone is equipped with the right skills, tools, and talents necessary for executing their duties.
Using the established people processes (performance, development, succession, and career) to ensure that their team’s level of performance and capabilities meet current and future standards.
Leads the design, implementation, and maintenance of a comprehensive environmental monitoring program across multiple controlled processing facilities, including water, surface, personnel, and viable and non-viable particulate monitoring.
Ensures program effectiveness, consistency, and alignment with organizational standards.
Oversees receipt of samples, testing, and records associated with Environmental Monitoring requirements.
Performs trend analysis and reporting of Environmental Monitoring data.
Ensures all monitoring activities, records, and quality systems comply with regulatory and accreditation requirements.
Initiates, investigates, and resolves nonconformances and complaints through the CAPA system.
Analyzes environmental monitoring data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
Supports data-driven decisions and continuous improvement efforts.
Develops and maintains procedures, SOPs, and technical documentation.
Supports validation activities for processes, equipment, and facilities.
Provides technical guidance on environmental monitoring and ensures effective use of laboratory information systems.