Supervisor, QC Laboratory Services

 

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JOB SUMMARY 

Ensure the ongoing safe and compliant state of daily operations associated with Emergent’s unique stock of guinea pig for use in product release testing. Develop, coach, and mentor staff members through routine 1-on-1 interactions, IPMP goals, and defined major responsibilities. The role of the QC Supervisor is to actively monitor and oversee activities in the animal facility areas.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Business:
•    For the animal facility areas, directly oversees day to day and production and testing operation activities, verifies safe and compliant execution with facility standards and procedures.
•    Supports the development and maintenance of management processes including, but not limited to:  Employee job descriptions, Integrated Performance Management Process (IPMP) documentation, resource models.
•    Assure communication of key Company/Department initiatives and objectives to staff. 
•    Effectively delegate decision making into the department.  Empower direct reports to make level-appropriate decisions.
•    Identify and appropriately escalate issues in order to keep routine operations, projects and initiatives on schedule. 
•    Effectively collaborates and integrates information from support departments to position teams for success.
•    Provide resources and subject matter expert (SME) input to support continuous improvement, capital and corporate initiatives.
•    Ensure personnel fully support compliance-based activities by maintaining current training requirements.
    

Technical:
•    Demonstrate proficiency across areas of testing such as: 
                  Care for laboratory animals and maintain a high level of cleanliness in the area.
                  Technical assignments related to the care of animals 
       Basic laboratory procedures, i.e. blood draws and injections
            Test set-up and coordination (relative potency, avirulence and R&D testing).
•    Author/oversee quality systems work when necessary
•    Partner with Quality Assurance to ensure the highest level of compliance with cGMP with respect to the animal facility and testing support functions.
•    Actively support and interact with the internal audit program as a means of driving continuous improvement throughout QC Laboratory Resources.
•    Participate in and provide SME resources to support all regulatory audits and technical discussions.
•    Track and communicate key performance indicators from tier 1 to tier 2 Integrated Process Teams.
•    Participate with process performance monitoring.

Culture Management and Employee Development:
•    Support corporate culture initiatives.  Work effectively with peer management to build team relationships and position for mutual success in alignment with Q12 principles.
•    Actively support Lansing Great Place to Work programs through regular attendance, active participation in meetings, and implementation of concepts and principles in department management.
•    Qualified Trainer development and routine assessment.
•    Responsible for directing the work of the team and managing their performance.  Drives engagement of the team members by creating a positive work environment.  Encourages the development and career growth of team members.
•    Establish and maintain routine management tools and standards to assure that direct reports are utilizing common tools to track resources, time coding, and performance.
•    Ensure successful IPMP process execution to drive consistency between company/department goals and objectives and day-to-day business operations.
•    Effectively build and maintain working relationships between QC Laboratory Resources and support departments.

The above statements are intended to describe the nature of work performed by those in this job and are not an exhaustive list of all duties. Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time which reflects management’s assignment of essential functions. 

 

MINIMUM EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS

•    Bachelor's Degree in Biological sciences (Zoology, Biology, or closely related field), or equivalent experience preferred. 
•    A minimum of three (3) years of progressive leadership responsibility, or demonstrated