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Bureau Veritas is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, sexual orientation, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other non-job-related characteristics.

This position is responsible to ensure equal opportunity in employment in that all persons are treated equally and on the basis of merit, in decisions regarding selection, placement, promotions, training, work assignments, transfers and other personnel actions.

City: Los Angeles 

State: California

JOB TITLE: Assistant Laboratory Supervisor

REPORTS TO: Laboratory Manager

 

SUMMARY: The role of Assistant Laboratory Manager (ALM) assists the Laboratory Manager in the responsibility for all day-to-day laboratory operations at a local divisional office or offices.  This role must represent the policies, ethics, and culture of the company in a leadership role.

 

The ALM understudies the Laboratory Manager through closely monitoring laboratory testing and turn-around time as well as providing lab-related customer service, quality tasks and troubleshooting as assigned by the Laboratory Manager.

 

This person in this position will have the capabilities and authority to perform and/or offer training to laboratory staff on standard test methods, as well as any calibration, verification, and maintenance procedures for all laboratory equipment and instrumentation.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND REPSONSIBILITIES include the following.  Other duties may be designated.

 

• Demonstrate and require ethics at all times.
• Champion health and safety in the laboratory and facility.
• Daily review of laboratory staff to ensure adequate resources to perform all aspects of work required.
• Monitoring laboratory training.
• Instrument calibration, maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Provide employee motivation and champions quality management system,
• Maintain an “open door policy” and communicates with lab staff and management to promote empowerment and accountability.
• Obtain and maintain an in-depth knowledge of local market requirements.
• Foster customer confidence in Bureau Veritas laboratory work.
• Review local laboratory operations for all aspects of the continuous improvement process.
• Conduct root cause investigations when needed.
• Compile and analyze test information to determine operating efficiency of processes and equipment and to diagnose problems and malfunctions.
• Recommend measures to improve testing procedures, use of equipment, and needs for new equipment. Conduct research to develop custom procedures as needed, working in conjunction with senior lab management.

• Ensure laboratory practices meet or exceed company policy and industry standards.
• May on occasion be required to perform the duties of the Laboratory Supervisor and/or Laboratory Technicians.
• Establish or adjust work schedules to meet testing requirements and control costs.
• Maintain time, training, calibration, QC and testing records.
• Other duties as may be assigned by management.

 

 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:  Provide guidance to Laboratory Supervisor(s) (if applicable) and Laboratory Technicians.