Asbestos Lab Supervisor

Future Select Ltd; Redhill; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider in the Asbestos industry is seeking an experienced Asbestos Lab Supervisor to oversee a team of analysts in Redhill. The ideal candidate will hold the BOHS P401 and have a strong background in laboratory environments. Responsibilities include ensuring UKAS accreditation, conducting audits, and using specialized techniques for bulk sample analysis. This role offers opportunities for career progression into a deputy or quality role.

Benefits

Training and career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Holding the BOHS P401 is essential to the role.
• Experience working in a supervisory position.
• Experience working as an Asbestos Lab Analyst is essential.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing and managing a team of lab analysts in a busy laboratory environment.
• Carrying out laboratory audits and maintaining UKAS accreditation.
• Using PLM and stereo microscopy to carry out bulk sample analysis.
• Ensuring all samples are logged onto internal systems.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Detail-oriented

Excellent communication skills

Proactive attitude

Ability to work under pressure

Education

BOHS P401

Tools

PLM

Stereo microscopy

Job description

A professional and longstanding provider of Asbestos Management services in the South of England are now seeking to take on a hardworking and experienced Asbestos Lab Supervisor. The successful candidate will hold the BOHS P401 and will have experience working within a busy laboratory environment. This role would suit someone who has extensive experience working as an Asbestos Lab Analyst looking to take the next step in their career and will be responsible for overseeing and managing a team of analysts in the laboratory, maintain the companies UKAS accreditation, laboratory audits, and carrying out bulk sample analysis. For the successful candidate, our client can offer training and progression into a deputy / quality role.

Consideration will be given to candidates from: Haywards Heath, Lewes, Crawley, East Grinstead, Worthing, Redhill, Eastbourne, Reigate, Epsom, Shoreham-by-Sea, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Sutton, Mitcham.

Experience & Qualifications

• Holding the BOHS P401 is essential to the role.
• Will have experience working in a supervisory position.
• Experience working as an Asbestos Lab Analyst is essential to the role.
• Well versed in HSG 248 guidelines.
• Will be hardworking, proactive and friendly.
• Excellent eye for detail.
• Able to work well under pressure.
• Good communication skills, able to liaise efficiently via phone, email, and face‑to‑face.

The Role

• Efficiently overseeing and managing a team of lab analyst in a busy laboratory environment.
• Working closely with office staff to ensure smooth day to day running of the laboratory.
• Routinely carrying out laboratory audits.
• Maintaining the companies UKAS accreditation.
• Using PLM and stereo microscopy to carry out bulk sample analysis.
• Ensuring all samples are logged onto internal systems upon arrival.
• Bagging and labelling samples correctly and safely.
• Acting as first point of contact for clients, producing technical support and advice when required while maintaining strong professional relationships.
• Updating internal systems ensuring both surveying and analytical job lists are updated.
• Undertaking effective document control.
• Calibrating equipment to ensure accuracy, ensuring to arrange services when required.
• Organising waste collections.
• Accurately maintaining supplier and sub-contractor lists.
• Working to strict deadlines when co‑ordinating AIMS and RICE.
• Carrying out monthly laboratory air tests and mobile laboratory air tests.
• Checking equipment in the laboratory, ensuring it is fully stocked, and ordering more when required.
• Ensuring work is carried out in line with HSG 248 guidelines.

Future Select are the leading market supplier for recruitment in the Asbestos industry; we work with the best clients and candidates and supply the majority of permanent jobs in the asbestos market. We have a large dedicated team, with over 25 years combined industry experience within Asbestos recruitment specifically geared to dealing with Asbestos Surveyors/Analysts/Lab Technicians, Administrators, Project/Regional /Technical/Quality/Training/Sales Managers through to Director Levels for both Consultancy & Removal. We have intrinsic knowledge of the market place, as well as respecting candidates/clients confidentiality in this close-knit market sector.

We are also interested in anyone with p401/p402/p403/p404/p404 or S301/CCP.

We are inundated with applications, we will endeavour to get back in touch, however if you have applied to Future Select and you have not heard from us after a week, on this occasion, you will not have been successful. Your details will be saved on our system and you will be contacted in the future if a vacancy matches your skills.