Lab Supervisor

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for the safety and oversight of the Company lab facilities and staff of eight
• Effectively schedule and manage employees and student interns
• Interact with customers and complete assay exchanges
• Develop new laboratory methods as necessary
• Order & manage inventory – acids, chemicals, consumables, etc.
• Estimate costs and provide an annual operating budget
• Update lab procedures and training manuals
• Maintain quality assurance program
• General maintenance and calibration of laboratory equipment
• Periodically operate as department chemist assigned to of atomic absorption, gravimetric molybdenum, titrimetric copper analyses.
• Able and willing to perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
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Qualification Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, or related field.
• Ten years of laboratory experience preferred.
• Five years previous experience leading a team.
• Experience with cost center budgeting, employee evaluation, laboratory development, employee/workload scheduling. 
• Experience with gravimetric analysis, titrimetric analysis and instrumental techniques (especially Atomic Absorption -Perkin Elmer and Agilent).  
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple workloads.
• Very proficient using MS Excel.
• Ability to climb a short ladder to complete light maintenance on equipment.
• Valid Driver’s license.
• Proven safe work record. 
• Ability to be self-directed, team-oriented and work with minimum supervision required.