Team Lead Labs – Exposures

NSF; Ann Arbor (MI); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

NSF is seeking a team lead to provide technical and operations support for the laboratory area, oversee testing and reporting, and train staff to meet quality and throughput goals.

The role emphasizes coordinating daily lab activities, maintaining equipment, and ensuring documentation is complete while driving improvements in safety, productivity, and data integrity across multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Preferred Qualifications and Experience items listed in the job posting.
• Experience training, mentoring, and developing lab staff.
• Coordinating daily lab operations in a production environment.
• Hands-on experience with lab processes including sample preparation and exposure procedures.
• Strong understanding of lab quality requirements and data integrity.
• Excellent written and oral communication for cross-functional teamwork.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced lab setting.

Responsibilities

• Perform testing, peer review, and reporting for all test methods in the lab area.
• Train workforce on technical processes and SOPs.
• Schedule and oversee scheduling for the lab area.
• Recommend process improvements based on data collection.
• Manage laboratory projects by allocating resources and tracking timelines.
• Support safety, quality, productivity, and turnaround objectives.
• Ensure equipment maintenance and accessible documentation.
• Provide technical support for the laboratory area.
• Perform other duties as requested.

Skills

Training & mentoring

Lab ops coordination

Laboratory processes

Mechanical aptitude

Troubleshooting

Data integrity & docs

Communication & collaboration

Multi-priority management

Job description

The team lead, under the supervision of the area manager, will provide technical and operations support for the laboratory area as well as performing testing, peer review, and reporting as appropriate. They will train staff and help organize laboratory activities to help the lab meet performance goals in quality, timeliness, and volume.

Responsibilities

• Perform testing, peer review, and reporting for all test methods for laboratory area.
• Train workforce on technical processes and SOP’s for the laboratory area.
• Schedule or oversee scheduling as assigned for the laboratory area.
• Recommend process improvement initiatives based on observation and data collection.
• Manage laboratory projects by assigning resources and monitoring timelines and metrics.
• Help team meet safety, quality, timeliness, productivity, and cost control objectives.
• Ensure that equipment is maintained in proper operating condition and ensure that the necessary documentation is organized and accessible.
• Ensure appropriate technical support for laboratory area.
• Perform other duties as requested.

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications and Experience

• Demonstrated experience training, mentoring, and developing laboratory staff involved in sample preparation and exposures procedures.
• Proven experience coordinating daily laboratory operations in a production environment, including workflow management, task prioritization, resource allocation, and scheduling to ensure on-time completion of testing activities.
• Hands-on experience with laboratory processes including sample preparation, reagent/buffer water preparation, dimensioning, sample exposure processes, and laboratory data review.
• High mechanical aptitude.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot laboratory processes, identify operational inefficiencies, and implement corrective actions to improve productivity and quality.
• Strong understanding of laboratory quality requirements, data integrity principles, peer review processes, and documentation practices.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with a demonstrated ability to build effective working relationships.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced laboratory environment while maintaining safety, quality, productivity, and turnaround-time expectations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Ability to handle both desk and laboratory work environments.
• May be required to stand for long periods of time.
• Moderate to heavy physical effort periodically required

About Us

With a legacy spanning more than 80 years, NSF leverages science and innovation to improve human and planet health. We provide science-driven, independent testing, inspection, certification, and advisory services and develop the very standards that drive the food, water, and life sciences industries worldwide. We empower our clients to navigate shifting regulations to improve consumer health, safety, and quality of life.

One of our core values is We Are One NSF. This means that while we’re one team, we embrace the cultural, ethnic, language, and demographic diversity that reflects the societies in which we live and work.

Come join a team that makes a difference in the world. More information about NSF can be found at nsf.org.

NSF is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or disability.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Please note that NSF is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies/search firms for this role. Resumes submitted to an NSF employee by a third-party agency without a valid written & signed search agreement between NSF and said third-party agency will become the sole property of NSF. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.

About the Team

NSF's global network of state-of-the-art laboratories is the "backbone" of NSF's comprehensive testing and certification services. Staffed by engineers, chemists, microbiologists and toxicologists, we offer world-class technical expertise across the food, water and life sciences industries.

Job Info

• Job Identification 4367
• Job Category Testing and Analytics
• Posting Date 09/17/2026, 02:55 PM
• Job Schedule Full time