GC-MS Volatiles Manager - Eurofins TestAmerica - Phoenix, AZ

Job Description

The GC-MS Volatiles Manager is responsible for the overall operations of a specificlaboratory area. These responsibilities include but are not limited to meetingclient satisfaction goals, managing the human resources within the department,and ensuring health and safety and quality assurance plan compliance. Serves asa technical resource to department employees, as well as Project Managers,sales personnel, and clients. Make recommendations to laboratory managementin regard to process improvements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops and monitors group analysis schedules based on current and projected workloads and staffing.
• Accountable to meet On Time Delivery goal of greater than 90% within department.
• Responsible for the consistent and proper use of backlog training and update process.
• Supervises analyses on potentially hazardous samples.
• Reviews and interprets results from samples analyzed.
• With quality control, determines acceptable corrective actions for the nonconformance occurring within his/her group.
• Interviews and evaluates candidates for job openings within area of responsibility.
• Initiates improvements to procedures process, work methods, equipment performance and quality of service.
• Responsible for upholding and enforcing Company policies, including but not limited to, Quality,
• Safety, Standard Operating Procedures, Ethics, and Harassment.
• Develops and reviews standard operating procedures for the group, as needed, to address new or revised analytical methods.
• Acts as problem solver for unique technical situations, making recommendations on data acceptability.
• Communicates department issues and provides status reports to Laboratory Management.
• Recommends process improvements to improve efficiency.
• Sets standards for and monitors productivity within the group.
• Responsible for controlling costs within the group.
• Conducts subordinate annual formal performance evaluations, goals and development.
• Responsible for maintenance of inventory within his/her group.
• Monitors subordinates' work daily to ensure both satisfactory productivity as well as compliance.
• May prepare and analyze samples for analysis based on method requirements.
• May upload data files to reporting system.
• May review data produced in assigned department and authorizes its release.
• Responsible for upholding and enforcing Company policies, including but not limited to, Quality, Safety, Standard Operating Procedures, Ethics, and Harassment.
• Expected to champion Health & Safety and assume ownership for the safety of those employees within her/his responsibility.
• Participates in subordinates career planning process, evaluations, and training. Initiates actions leading to their professional development (targeted training, temporary job assignments, etc.)
• Interprets company, divisional and laboratory policies and procedures to subordinates.
• Trains subordinates on work procedures.
• Recommends or initiates personnel actions such as promotions, transfers, bonus distribution, disciplinary measures or termination actions.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform eachessential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative ofthe knowledge, skill or ability required. (List three to five key quantifiableskills or position requirements that the candidate must have to be consideredfor this position.)

BS degree in Science (preferably chemistry)Minimum of 8 years analytical chemistry experience or equivalent trainingexperience with 3 years as supervisor.

• Analytical and/or General Science
• Quality Assurance
• Knowledge of Standard Operating Procedures
• Laboratory safety rules and chemical hazards
• Maintenance of laboratory instruments
• Advanced knowledge of laboratory procedures and methodology
• Human Resource policies and procedures
• Effective communication skills
• Computer skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Problem solving skills
• Supervisory and management skills
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple priorities
• Complete work within time and quality constraints
• To confront and successfully resolve both day-to-day and nonroutine, complex problems
• Plan, set and attain goals
• Effectively lead employees
• Effectively train employees on Standard Operating Procedures

Additional Information

EVOLUTION:In a fast growing group, successful leaders are frequently being offered increased areas of responsibility (subject to geographic mobility).Eurofins offers international opportunities to strong performers.