Onsite Laboratory Manager — Water Treatment

Westech-Engineering,-LL; Salt Lake City (UT); Sur place; USD 120 000 - 170 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive salary

6% 401K match

Health and wellness benefits

Company HSA contribution

PTO and paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Résumé du poste

WesTech is seeking a Laboratory Manager to lead the daily operations and development of our laboratories in Salt Lake City, UT. This hands-on, on-site leadership role oversees safety, quality, personnel, equipment, workflow, and service delivery while integrating laboratories into a single coordinated function.

The role requires a strong background in chemical/biological lab management, staff development, and the ability to guide projects with internal teams and sponsors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, microbiology, biology, environmental science, laboratory science, engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant laboratory, technical, scientific, engineering, or related experience.
• Minimum 5 years of laboratory leadership, supervisory, or people management experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing laboratory operations, laboratory personnel, or multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Working knowledge of laboratory safety systems, chemical hygiene, biosafety practices, and hazard controls.
• Experience managing laboratory workflows, resources, schedules, priorities, QA/QC practices, records, equipment maintenance, calibration, and documentation.
• Ability to coach and develop employees, establish accountability, delegate effectively, and address concerns constructively.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work primarily on-site and travel domestically and internationally up to 25%.

Responsabilités

• Lead safe, compliant laboratory operations for biological, chemical, analytical, and bench-scale work.
• Manage the biological and physical/chemical laboratories as one coordinated function while maintaining the specialized controls required in each area.
• Supervise, coach, train, and develop laboratory personnel through hiring, onboarding, cross-training, performance management, and succession planning.
• Set priorities and maintain visibility of laboratory workload, capacity, schedules, resource needs, and delivery risks.
• Oversee laboratory readiness, including samples, inventories, work areas, instruments, maintenance, calibration, records, outside laboratories, and specialty vendors.
• Ensure laboratory methods, records, QA/QC practices, and documentation systems support reliable and traceable results.
• Partner with project sponsors and internal teams to prioritize, staff, and deliver laboratory projects and services.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts that enhance safety, quality, efficiency, employee development, and customer service.
• Primarily on-site position because of the hands-on leadership and operational responsibilities of the role.
• Up to 25% domestic and/or international travel.

Connaissances

Laboratory leadership

People management

QA/QC

Safety compliance

Chemical hygiene

Hazard controls

On-site leadership

Project collaboration

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, microbiology, biology, environmental science, laboratory science, engineering, or related discipline

Description du poste

WesTech is seeking a Laboratory Manager to lead the daily operations and development of our laboratories in Salt Lake City, UT. This hands-on, on-site leadership role oversees safety, quality, personnel, equipment, workflow, and service delivery while integrating laboratories into a single coordinated function.

The role requires a strong background in chemical/biological lab management, staff development, and the ability to guide projects with internal teams and sponsors.