Lab Manager

Job Responsibilities

• Ensure appropriate management of the service teams within area of responsibility, delivering the services identified in the statement of works, and ensuring that all service requests are allocated, resolved, and closed out accordingly.
• Monitor team’s performance to ensure that the services are delivered to the required high standard.
• Engage in local customer interaction and foster long term collaborative relationships.
• Monitor all groups within area of responsibility to ensure that they operate safely and that all appropriate risk assessments, documentation, procedures, and audits are in place.
• Carry out inductions and training as per PerkinElmer requirements.
• Conduct regular meetings with managed staff through routine meetings and annual reviews (where necessary).
• Maintain oversight and accountability for actions that arise from routine meetings to ensure that they are completed.
• Recruitment of suitable and qualified personnel into the team as per the company’s policies and procedures.
• Provide cover for your manager or peers where necessary.
• To attend and actively participate in comm cells, meetings, and training courses as required.
• Support and contribute to transformational activity appropriate to team and subject matter expertise.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of data including any performance metrics.
• Ensure any communications are timely and accurate.
• Solicit development opportunities and advise reporting staff of areas to enhance their career/service delivery.
• Build and maintain business continuity plans and ensure skills matrices show development of staff.
• Collaborate with internal and external PerkinElmer staff and customer groups for further business opportunities.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of providing a range of scientific & technical services.
• Excellent teamwork, interpersonal & communication skills.
• Highly committed, organized, self-motivated & able to manage a complex workload.
• Flexibility within the contracted hours.
• Strong IT skills.
• Comfortable chairing and facilitating meetings.
• Strong team player and a 'can do' attitude.
• Intuitive and proactive nature.
• Working to and achieving set targets.
• Experience of working to GxP regulations would be advantageous.
• Awareness of Safety and Quality protocols and guidelines.
• Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in relevant field and 1+ years' experience in a customer facing role within a scientific environment with 1+ year(s) in a mentoring, coaching, or lead role OR Associate degree in relevant field and 3+ years' experience in a customer facing role within a scientific environment with 1+ year(s) in a mentoring, coaching, or lead role OR High School Diploma with 5+ years of experience in a customer facing role within a scientific environment with 1+ year(s) in a mentoring, coaching, or lead role.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience within a laboratory environment.
• Working Environment: Must be able to work in a laboratory, controlled environments requiring personal protective equipment (e.g., lab coat, safety glasses, etc.) in laboratory. Job pace may be fast and job completion demands may be high. Must be able to remain in a stationary position more than 25% of the time. The person needs to occasionally move between labs, corridors, adjoining rooms, and buildings onsite. Frequently operate on instruments, objects, tools, or controls, which will require regularly bending, squatting, stretching, and reaching to perform in a service function. Occasionally move or lift to 25 pounds (potential for occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds).

Pay

The annual compensation range for this full-time position is $70,000 to $80,000. The final base pay offered to the successful candidate will be determined by factors including internal equity, work location, as well as individual qualifications, such as job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.