PGM Laboratory Supervisor
Closing Date - 6th April
WHAT IS ON OFFER
Alfred H Knight has an exciting opportunity for a PGM Laboratory Supervisor to join our team here in Liverpool, UK.
Reporting to the Senior Laboratory Supervisor, the post holder is functionally responsible for ensuring the section operates to the highest standard. The supervisor must pragmatically organise and train staff for maximum productivity, prioritising company interests and making difficult decisions to maximize throughput.
The post holder will supervise laboratory technicians, ensuring full compliance with work habits, safety, company policies, standards, test result accuracy, attitude, attendance, and all other aspects of job performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Support in ensuring that the workforce is sufficiently motivated, skilled, and properly trained to meet the operational needs of the business. It is the post holder’s responsibility to inform the laboratory senior supervisor of continual resourcing difficulties and/or operational problems.
- Ensuring at all times that a high degree of accuracy and precision is applied to analyses through incorporating and promoting good laboratory practice principles. Also, the post holder must ensure that work throughput is followed in accordance with documented methods and procedures. It is the post holder’s responsibility to inform the laboratory senior supervisor of any failure in compliance to documented methods.
- Ensure all direct reports are working in a safe and effective environment.
- Being functionally responsible for providing technical advice and support to the laboratory staff as required, on technical problems, acting in a ‘trouble shooting’ capacity to their direct reports.
- Maintaining and updating training of staff and agreeing the training goals and development targets of staff with the laboratory senior supervisor.
- To ensure full compliance with the company’s ISO 17025 and ISO 14001 certifications.
ABOUT US
Alfred H Knight is a totally independent, family owned business spanning five generations. A global network of strategically placed offices and laboratories enable global trade by providing independent inspection, analysis and consultancy services to the metals and minerals, solid fuels and agriculture industries.
We have honed and carefully crafted our reputation. Delivering knowledge and professionalism in all aspects of weighing, sampling and analysis. We thrive by continuing to re-invest in our facilities, technology and people. Click here to find out more about AHK.
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?
To be successful at Alfred H Knight you will need to display the following:
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND WORK EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Possesses the knowledge and understanding for analysing a wide and varied range of metalliferous commodities.
- Possesses a strong working knowledge of the department, with the proven ability to effectively train and transfer this knowledge to others.
- Displays the necessary current or transferable skills required for this role.
BENEFITS
We are offering an excellent opportunity with a salary and benefits package to match including pension, life assurance and an employee assistance programme.
If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.
Alfred H Knight is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.