Lab Operations Lead – Energy Storage R&D

Brightsmith; Slough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Brightsmith in London is seeking a Lab Manager to own and optimise the laboratory environment for energy storage R&D. You will manage safety, COSHH, risk assessments, and SOPs, ensuring chemicals are handled, stored and disposed of correctly while supporting hands-on experiments and test setups.

You will build robust processes for inventory, purchasing and equipment, keep instruments calibrated and maintained, and collaborate with engineers and scientists to accelerate development as the company

Qualifications

• Requires hands-on lab experience in a laboratory, R&D, engineering, chemical, energy or industrial testing environment.
• Strong understanding of laboratory safety, COSHH, risk assessments and SOPs.
• Experience with chemicals, electrochemistry, batteries, fuel cells or related test rigs is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of day-to-day running of the laboratory and test areas.
• Manage lab H&S, COSHH, risk assessments, SOPs and safe systems of work.
• Ensure chemicals and hazardous materials are handled, stored and disposed of correctly.
• Build better systems around inventory, stock, purchasing and equipment.
• Keep equipment maintained, calibrated, serviced and ready to use.
• Support test rigs, experimental set-ups and test builds.
• Prepare materials, samples, components and electrolytes for testing.
• Support engineers and scientists with experiments and longer-duration tests.
• Collaborate with suppliers, contractors and external service teams.
• Help build processes and systems the lab will need as the company scales.

Skills

Lab operations

Safety

COSHH

Risk assessments

SOPs

Inventory management

Equipment calibration

Test rigs

Experiment support

Hands-on R&D

Job description

Brightsmith in London is seeking a Lab Manager to own and optimise the laboratory environment for energy storage R&D. You will manage safety, COSHH, risk assessments, and SOPs, ensuring chemicals are handled, stored and disposed of correctly while supporting hands-on experiments and test setups.

You will build robust processes for inventory, purchasing and equipment, keep instruments calibrated and maintained, and collaborate with engineers and scientists to accelerate development as the company