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City: Jacintoport

State: Texas

SUMMARY: The Laboratory Manager is responsible for the overall laboratory performance and execution of the laboratory processes. The Laboratory Manager supervises and coordinates activities of personnel engaged in performing chemical and physical tests required for quality control of processes and products by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPSONSIBILITIES: include the following. Other duties may be designed.

Advises assistant managers, coordinators, supervisors, technicians on test procedures to ensure the overall quality of submitted materials.

Overall responsibility for SQC, Calibrations and Quality Assurance of the laboratory.

Overall responsibility to ensure all Quality Assurance Programs are designed, implemented and utilized by laboratory personnel.

Randomly analyzes test information to determine operating efficiency of process or equipment and to diagnose malfunctions.

Confers with scientists or engineers to conduct analyses, interpret test results, or develop nonstandard tests.

Directs adjustments to formulas and processes based on test results.

Directs personnel to conduct research in developing custom products and investigates complaints on existing products

Assists in monitoring, measuring, and assessing corporate quality assurance practices and protocols for continual improvement.

Recommends measures to improve testing procedures, use of equipment, and needs for new equipment.

Analyzes and resolves, or assists workers in solving work problems.

Markets actively for new clients.

Overall responsibility for ensuring the proper amount of supplies and resources is on hand to efficiently run laboratory operations at required levels.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Manages assistant managers, coordinators, and supervisors who supervise all employees in the laboratory. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of this unit.

Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Prefer bachelor’s degree from four-year College or University; five to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtracts, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Ability to properly interpret technical reports related to chemicals and their properties. Ability to interpret scientific formulas.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

CERTIFICATES, REGISTRATIONS, AND LICENSES: Driver’s License required. ASTM experience preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

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