Laboratory Supervisor

Our client is a global leader in stainless steel, as a business they strive to employ people who are passionate about success and seek to inspire others in their working environment. At their site in Sheffield they are requiring a skilled Laboratory Supervisor to join their dynamic and hardworking team on a permanent basis.

• 28 days holiday (for 1st year including BH, increasing annually up to a max of 35 after 5 years' service)
• Pension - Under 30 - 1% (Employee), matched, 10% (total potential)
• 30-49 - 1-3% (employee), matched, 10-14% (total potential)
• 50 1-5%, matched, 10-18% (total potential)
• Costco Membership (Membership fees to be paid by employee)
• Westfield Health Level 1 plan
• Grab a steel (Site with exclusive discounts and savings)
• Gym Discount (Only SIV centres)
• 02 Discount (Only new items not existing)

The Laboratory Supervisor's role is to coordinate and maintain laboratory resources, including equipment and personnel, to ensure that analytical laboratory activities meet the requirements of company policies, the Integrated Management System for QHSE, production operations, applicable testing standards and customer requirements.

Managing daily laboratory operations; acting as the point of contact for Analytical Laboratory enquiries from the SMACC melt shop Operations teams, Technical department, suppliers and other stakeholders.

Implementing and monitoring procedures to ensure the precision, accuracy and reliability of analysis results and maintained compliance with ISO-9001 and other applicable standards and stakeholder requirements e.g. customer specifications. Investigating process deviations, non‑conforming process outputs, and implementing corrective and preventive actions. Maintaining laboratory‑specific data in the Management of Information System.

Ensuring equipment is calibrated, maintained, and repaired. Managing inventory by ordering consumables via SAP and tracking stock levels. Job Owner for contractor / supplier maintenance activities within the laboratory, implementing the site Permit To Work procedure. Maintaining servicing / call‑out agreements and break‑down response in liaison with Suppliers.

Recruiting, training, mentoring, and supervising the laboratory team, monitoring performance, managing the shift rotas and staff rotation, and handling disciplinary matters in liaison with the HR department. Ensuring that laboratory staff competence requirements are defined and documented for all lab activities, including maintained records of staff qualification / maintained proficiency and completed on‑job training.

Maintaining, updating, and enforcing safe working procedures, carrying out Risk Assessments / COSHH / PUWER assessments of activities, materials and equipment at the laboratory.

Standard Operating Procedures, Corrective Action Reports, incident investigation reports, laboratory performance summaries.

• Internal:
  Raw Materials, Operations, Procurement, QHSE management teams.
• External:
  Providers of laboratory analysis, suppliers of laboratory equipment and consumables.

• Decides on:
  Equipment verification, Safe working procedures & permits, Consumable procurement
• Influences on:
  Equipment Capital Expenditure, Corrective / preventative actions arising from investigation of nonconformances

• In‑process sample turnaround times, precision and accuracy
• Maintained compliance with IMS certification, site policies and applicable regulations
• Incident investigation, root cause analysis and corrective action completion

The role is 40 hours a week, business hours are Monday to Friday 8am-5pm however the Lab operates 6am-6pm. Some flexibility required on occasions.

• Managerial experience in an analytical laboratory or shift‑based production setting.
• Implementation and verification of new equipment / methods / suppliers / procedures
• Practical experience with safety protocols & procedures e.g. contractor management

• Familiarity with…