Our client, a specialist scientific consultancy is looking for a Lab Supervisor to help run one of their testing labs.  The role will be operational by nature, acting as a hands-on leader, managing customer priorities and workflow to ensure customer satisfaction, whilst also helping to develop the lab team.  Key duties will include: -

• Leading a team of technicians and test engineers
• Ensuring resources within the lab are maximised
• Working to customer requirements, ensuing testing is completed on time with often competing customer priorities
• Assisting with training and development of the lab staff
• Ensuring H&S within the lab

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate all or most of the following: -

• A Level (or higher) – physics (ideally), or other relevant scientific / engineering discipline
• Experience of leading and developing a lab team with a particular focus on coaching, training, etc
• Experience of resource management and workflow scheduling
• Practical lab skills

The ideal candidate will have come up through technical roles in the labs and have a couple of years’ experience supervising a team – day to day direction of a small team rather than full appraisals, etc is fine.  This company offers excellent career prospects and a great benefits package.  Send your CV in the first instance.

To apply, please submit your CV by clicking on the relevant links. If successful you will be contacted by one of our consultants within 3 working days. Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications we expect to receive for this Lab Supervisor role, if you do not hear from us within this time you should presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Grassroots Recruitment is acting as a recruitment agency and a recruitment business in respect of this Lab Supervisor vacancy. Grassroots Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and recruiter. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion or disability.