Laboratory Manager - Quality & Accreditation Lead

Johnsonville; Sheboygan (WI); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Bonus potential

401k + match

Health, dental, vision insurance

Paid time off

Onsite fitness center

Onsite medical clinic

Parental leave

Descripción de la vacante

Johnsonville in Wisconsin seeks a Laboratory Coordinator (Manager) to lead microbiology and chemistry teams, advance ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, and drive quality culture across the organization. You will turn technical insights into actionable business support while ensuring laboratory reliability and audit readiness.

You will guide staffing, training, and process improvements, collaborating with FSQ, Operations, R&D, Regulatory, and Engineering to meet evolving needs and maintain

Formación

• Bachelor’s in microbiology, food science, meat science, or related science required.
• 7+ years of progressive laboratory experience in food, meat, microbiology, chemistry, or another regulated testing environment, required.
• 3+ years of laboratory leadership or supervisory responsibility, required.
• Background working within or implementing an ISO/IEC 17025-accredited laboratory, required.
• A2LA assessment preparation or participation strongly preferred.
• Food or meat microbiology and chemistry testing background, including pathogen, environmental, compositional, and rapid methods, strongly preferred.
• Experience with LIMS, data governance, statistical analysis, and Microsoft 365 applications, preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Lead attainment and maintenance of A2LA accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025, including the application, scope, assessments, renewals, and corrective-action responses.
• Own the laboratory quality management system, including document control, internal audits, management reviews, nonconforming work, complaints, corrective action, impartiality, confidentiality, and continual improvement.
• Maintain proficiency testing, quality indicators, and objective evidence demonstrating the ongoing suitability and effectiveness of the accredited scope.
• Provide technical oversight for meat and poultry sample receipt, preparation, microbiology and chemistry testing, result review, and reporting.
• Authorize defensible results and lead technical investigations, method troubleshooting, technology evaluation, and support for plant and enterprise needs.
• Coach laboratory members and maintain documented training, competency assessment, authorization, cross-training, and succession coverage for critical responsibilities.
• Direct staffing, workflow, sample custody, testing schedules, safety, supplies, budgets, capital planning, service providers, and laboratory capacity.
• Maintain LIMS data integrity and use trends, statistical analysis, and process improvement to strengthen reliability, turnaround time, and cost effectiveness.
• Serve as the laboratory technical representative with FSQ, Operations, Sanitation, R&D, Regulatory, Engineering, Supply Chain, suppliers, and co-manufacturers.
• Translate microbiology and chemistry results, trends, capabilities, limitations, and emerging risks into clear business context and recommended actions.
• Partner on investigations, validations, startups, process changes, and food safety initiatives while protecting laboratory impartiality and result integrity.
• Proactively align laboratory methods, technology, capacity, and priorities with evolving business needs.

Conocimientos

ISO 17025

Laboratory leadership

Meat microbiology

Chemistry testing

LIMS

Data governance

Statistics

Educación

Bachelor's in microbiology/food science

Herramientas

LIMS

Microsoft 365

Descripción del empleo

Johnsonville in Wisconsin seeks a Laboratory Coordinator (Manager) to lead microbiology and chemistry teams, advance ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, and drive quality culture across the organization. You will turn technical insights into actionable business support while ensuring laboratory reliability and audit readiness.

You will guide staffing, training, and process improvements, collaborating with FSQ, Operations, R&D, Regulatory, and Engineering to meet evolving needs and maintain