Laboratory Manager

Do you believe in the power of teamwork and sharing ideas? Do you take pride in delivering exceptional quality and service with everything you do? Do you seek out ideas for improving the status quo? If you want to make a difference and love being surrounded by the best and the brightest, Bureau Veritas Laboratories might be the place for you

**Imagine being surrounded by the brightest minds in the industry.**

Bureau Veritas is looking for an

**LABORATORY MANAGER - SYDNEY, NOVA SCOTIA**

**This is a Full-Time position with Medical Benefits and Retirement Savings Plan**

**As**
**a LABORATORY MANAGER, your responsibilities**
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**are**:

- Maximize human, equipment and financial resources and ensure that they are used appropriately.
- Suggest new processes and procedures that will increase Bureau Veritas’s market share, profile and profitability.
- Facilitate the production of high quality defensible data, safely and on time.
- Ensure methods in use meet current and proposed regulatory guidelines.
- Organize and direct staff, to maintain a good working environment and ensure continuous improvement in productivity and efficiency.

**Key Accountability/Responsibilities**:

- Lead and develop staff, including responsibility for recruitment of new employees, setting objectives, evaluating performance and expectations, coaching and mentoring, working jointly with employees in the development of their career path, ensuring that adequate training is provided.
- Coordinate requests or recommend resource planning, e.g. need for additional staff or equipment
- Monitor lab supplies and equipment
- Develop strategic plans with the objective of preparing the department for continued growth
- Assess feasibility of Kaizen projects
- Develop and nurture ongoing relationships with peers in other internal departments and its customers
- Develop business plans that increase Bureau Veritas’ profile in the region
- Review and verify the validity of analytical results
- Develop and maintain a positive work environment for employees
- Act as technical resource for Manager, Customer Service and staff
- Monitor turn-around time to ensure deadlines and customer expectations are being met. Prioritize events as needed to meet the required due dates.
- Responsible for the recommendation of capital expenditures required within the department
- Provide feedback during budgeting process
- Maintain analytical instruments in an optimized and calibrated condition. Troubleshoot and repair instruments. Recommend improvements regarding process efficiency.
- Establish production schedules that maximize staff and equipment utilization, including evening and weekends
- Ensure that employees are following the SOP’s and work to reduce non-conformances
- Support and comply with all Bureau Veritas policies, Quality System and Health & Safety program.
- Provide information, instructions and assistance to all staff regarding health and safety
- Understand and enforce our EHS Policy as well as the Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Conduct safety tailgate meetings with staff regularly
- Conduct weekly PPE audits
- Participate in monthly worksite inspections of their area
- Ensure hazard assessments and critical task analyses are done within their area of responsibility
- Monitor staff and hold them accountable for their individual safety performance
- Participate/perform, when requested in internal and external audits
- Maintain training records and relevant qualifications
- Other duties as required

**You are an ideal LABORATORY MANAGER if you have [Minimum Requirements]**:

- B.Sc., technical diploma or equivalent experience
- Demonstrated success in the role of Laboratory Supervisor
- 7 - 8 years of experience in specific environment of which two (2) years are at a leadership level
- Up-to-date knowledge of laboratory process and automation
- Thorough understanding of Bureau Veritas 's Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

Attributes:

- Assess problems and recommends solutions
- Uses good judgement, trains and assists in resolution of employee relations issues
- Strong computer skills
- Good team building, training and coaching skills
- Accurately follows Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and instructions
- Detail oriented with accurate record keeping skills
- Good time-management, multi-tasking and priority setting skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Positive outlook with an ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Adapts to a changing environment
- Works both independently and as part of a team
- Learns quickly

Bureau Veritas is a world leader in testing, inspection and certification services.

When we look at Bureau Veritas, we want to see a reflection of the communities in which we work. Inclusion is about actively involving every employee’s ideas, knowledge, perspectives, approaches and styles to maximize business success. Inclusion is about attracting new talent who will bring more di