Quality Laboratory Supervisor

Job Duties

• Oversight of laboratory testing to produce reliable, impartial, and precise data, adhering to internal and customer requirements
• Determination of correct test procedures and equipment to carry out testing according to internal and/or customer standards
• Ensuring accurate recording and reporting of data from all analyses and tests within prescribed timeframes, to internal and TS 16949 standards
• Adherence to proper testing documentation practices
• Form and maintain statistical records in accordance with TS 16949 procedures
• Ensuring laboratory adheres to TS 16949 requirements
• Cordination of external testing activities
• Carrying out routine tasks accurately and following strict methodologies to carry out analyses
• Maintaining laboratory production levels to standard
• Updating and maintaining Laboratory manual and scope
• Overseeing laboratory manpower requirements, hiring, scheduling, and planning
• Responsible for technician task delegation, coaching, training, safety, performance, and corrective action
• Conducting regular performance appraisals
• Ensuring laboratory houses adequate equipment and resources to meet company testing capacities and requirements
• Updating and maintaining Laboratory equipment standards
• Developing requirements for new laboratory equipment, creating RFQs, attaining quotations, kicking off, and overseeing procurement for entire projects
• Creating equipment work instructions and training laboratory technicians on proper and safe operation of laboratory equipment
• Maintaining and updating laboratory layout
• Using computers and performing mathematical calculations for the preparation of graphs
• Keeping up to date with technical developments, especially those which can save time and improve reliability
• Following and ensuring strict safety procedures and safety checks
• Maintaining laboratory equipment list
• Maintaining equipment files and all relevant documentation
• Maintaining and coordinating schedules for calibration of all laboratory equipment and gauges
• Maintaining inventory levels for laboratory supplies
• Writing reports, summaries, and protocols regarding experiments
• Training lab technicians on report and summary writing requirements
• Reviewing reports and providing to applicable departments
• Performing limited troubleshooting and calibration of instruments

Requirements

• Minimum Community College Degree in a related field and/or minimum three years’ experience in a laboratory
• Supervisory experience
• Experience with metal and plastic plating testing and weld cut and etch
• Experience with metrology equipment (scanners, CMM, hand tools)
• Knowledge of laboratory techniques, terminology, equipment, and materials
• Knowledge of data processing
• Ability to use and maintain laboratory equipment
• Understanding of laboratory instrumentation, signal conditioning, and data acquisition
• Ability to understand and follow written and oral instruction
• Must have good written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate applicable ethics and due diligence
• Manage time effectively
• Excellent presentation skills
• Effective attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy
• High level of integrity, confidentiality, and accountability
• Sound analytical thinking, planning, prioritization, and execution skills
• Mechanically inclined
• Excellent problem-solving ability