Lab & Quality Leader

**Your Job**
INVISTA Canada's Specialty Intermediates manufacturing site located in Maitland, Ontario has an immediate opening for a Lab & Quality Leader. As a Lab & Quality Leader at INVISTA, you will play a pivotal role in fostering a collaborative work environment that promotes open communication, swift resolution of issues, and a high-performance culture. Your leadership will be instrumental in guiding dedicated and knowledgeable team members towards excellence in product quality and environmental sampling, testing and reporting, ensuring adherence to all, ISO, Process Safety Management (PSM) and Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) regulations.

**What You Will Do**
- Take full ownership of lab area by monitoring, measuring, auditing and reporting on critical manufacturing aspects such as EHS, production, quality and housekeeping
- Lead our Site Quality Team including in all aspects of supervision including the recruitment and development of team members
- Drive compliance with quality systems at the Maitland site
- Drive a positive work setting, with a strong culture of teamwork across all groups
- Ensure an environment that allows open reporting and prompt follow-up and resolution to employee concerns
- Work closely with other leaders to ensure effective transitions between teams and shifts
- Ensure direct reports develop the skills required to identify root cause and take effective actions to resolve operating problems. Identify performance gaps and build improvement plans to enhance skill and capabilities within your team
- Set performance goals that align with the company's Vision

**Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)**
- Experience working in a Lab setting
- Experience leading/supervising teams
- Application of safety and quality standards

**What Will Put You Ahead**
- IT and lab software experience
- Experience in maintaining ISO programs and requirements (or similar quality systems)
- Environmental/regulatory experience
- Degree or Diploma in a STEM related discipline

**Who We Are**

As a Koch company, INVISTA has a long history of working to make the world around you a better place. From parts for the automotive industry to medical equipment, air bags, food packaging and clothing, our ingredients in the nylon 6,6 and polypropylene value chains help bring many of life's essential products to market.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

**How to Apply**

If you have the above qualifications, we would like to hear from you. We thank all applicants in advance, but please be advised that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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