Team Leader

Element Materials Technology; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual holiday

Flexible Working

Pension scheme with Life Assurance

Job summary

Element Materials Technology is seeking an experienced Team Leader for the Organics Department at their Deeside laboratory. You will manage day-to-day operations, mentor staff, and coordinate with Laboratory Managers, suppliers and engineers to ensure efficient workflows and data quality.

The role emphasizes safety, quality, and continuous improvement, with a focus on training and development and adhering to UKAS/MCERTS standards.

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemistry or Maths preferred.
• A-levels in Chemistry and other science and maths subjects preferable.
• Experience within a commercial analytical laboratory with more than 4 years’ experience.
• Competence and experience working with analytical instrumentation.
• A highly motivated and organized individual, who is a team player.

Responsibilities

• In collaboration with Line Manager and Production Manager efficiently organise the team to ensure samples are extracted to a high standard by trained staff.
• Manage the workload and ensure employees understand their duties and delegated tasks.
• Contribute personally to task completion and support KPI delivery.
• Drive continuous improvements in the department and use LIMS/Web Manager to process samples.
• Strive to reduce lead times and improve on-time delivery.

Skills

Chemistry knowledge

Team leadership

Analytical instrumentation experience

Attention to detail

Education

Degree in Chemistry or Maths

A-levels in Chemistry and Maths

Tools

LIMS

Web Manager

Job description

Overview

Element has an excellent opportunity for an experienced Team Leader within the Organics Department at their busy Deeside laboratories. You will be responsible for dealing with the day-to-day operational aspect of team management, training and development to ensure the effective running of the department. The Team leader must collaborate closely with Laboratory Managers, colleagues, suppliers, and engineers. The Team Leader supports their line manager in everyday tasks.

Element Deeside is the largest analytical chemistry laboratory within the Element Group and the market leading UK laboratory undertaking the testing of soils, waters, wastes, oils, NAPLs, ambient air, soil vapours and gases from all over the world. The laboratory undertakes high volume routine analysis as well as offering bespoke method development, technical support and hydrocarbon forensic interpretations to enhance the support we can deliver. The laboratory has an international reputation for service excellence and supports clients that require a higher level of technical expertise, reliability in data quality and seamless project management from sample collection to timely delivery of data.

SAFETY

• Promote a culture of safety awareness and continuous improvement.
• Promote compliance with company health and safety requirements, adopting a proactive safety attitude to ensure the safety of all colleagues. Be prepared to call out any non-compliant acts and promote good habits
• Care for own and colleague Health and Safety and be prepared to stop work rather than to proceed with working in unsafe conditions
• Ensure that the laboratory is always kept clean and tidy. All samples and chemicals are delivered to the correct area for disposed in the correct waste stream and consumables, chemicals and client samples are efficiently stored in their assigned storage location.
• Be mindful of environmental impact of the team’s work and encourage improvement ideas and share with line management or Operational Excellence manager

QUALITY

• Work to UKAS standard (ISO 17025 and MCERTS) and Element Quality management system to ensure that the agreed quality standards and requirements and are continually adhered to by all members of the department.
• Promote a right first time mentality in the team, where safety and quality are delivered first and are not compromised as we also seek the good productivity needed for the business
• Ensure that all work carried in out the department complies with documented procedures and samples are handled correctly.
• Investigate queries and non-conformities, resolving problems.
• Completion of all relevant documentation/records e.g. training, maintenance
• Maintain a high standard of personal knowledge and skills relevant to job role through self-directed learning.

DELIVERY

• In collaboration with Line Manager and Production Manager efficiently organise team ensuring samples are extracted to a high standard by suitably trained staff members and in the correct order.
• Manage the workload and ensuring that employees understand their duties and delegated tasks.
• Work alongside team contributing personally to task completion and support KPI
• Driving continuous improvements in the department.
• Use LIMS/Web Manager to process samples and ensure traceability.
• Strive for continuous improvement in decreasing Lead Time and increasing On Time Delivery.

COST

• Strive for continuous improvement in the relationship between work volumes and manpower cost.
• Actively review prices of consumables seeking savings.
• Supporting a LEAN and 5S culture within the laboratory.

PEOPLE

• Effectively coach and mentor the team.
• Strive for enhanced engagement, through a focus on development of staff, good communication and seeking to lead a productive but happy working environment.
• Support manager when planning training for relevant staff.
• In agreement with lab manager setting clear goals for performance and deadlines in ways that align with the company values.
• Monitoring employee productivity and provide constructive feedback.
• Maintain timekeeping and personnel records.
• Communicate information effectively and in a timely manner to all relevant colleagues, suppliers and engineers.
• Ad hoc duties as required.

Skills / Qualifications

• Degree qualification in Chemistry or Maths preferable
• A ‘levels in Chemistry and other science and maths subjects preferable, although alternative qualifications will be considered, depending on relevant experience
• Experience within a commercial analytical laboratory ideally with more than 4 years’ experience
• Competence and experience working with analytical instrumentation
• A highly motivated and organized individual, who is a team player
• Excellent attention to detail
• Positive attitude with a keen work ethos

Benefits Of Working At Element

• 33 days annual holiday, consisting of 25 days annual holiday and 8 days public / x4 Life Assurance / Legal & General Pension scheme with total contributions up to 12% / Flexible Working / Cycle Scheme / Recommend a Friend Bonus / Perks At Work Discount Scheme

Company Overview

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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