Technical Director - Environmental Job at ZipRecruiter in Fayetteville

Job Description

Come join our family! Microbac Laboratories is an essential business offering competitive pay and benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, generous paid time off including vacation, holidays and flex-time, a wellness program, referral bonus, tuition reimbursement and more!

Whether you are just starting your career in science or looking to further it, Microbac will put you on the path of an exciting career with room to grow. Quality, safety, giving back to our communities, and customer success and employee wellbeing are part of our core culture. We are looking for motivated individuals to join our family as a Technical Director - Environmental .

ABOUT MICROBAC

Microbac Laboratories, Inc. is a premier commercial laboratory testing firm that partners with clients worldwide, offering laboratory solutions to the life science, food and nutrition, and environmental industries and serves our clients with the utmost expertise and respect for their market requirements, constraints, and challenges. We embody a company-wide commitment to exceptional customer experience, which has been refined over nearly 50 years of trusted, analytical and measurement experience.

Through our network of laboratories, offices, and field services, we have the flexibility to meet the unique requirements for each client, project, and scope.

As a privately held third-party testing company, Microbac operates with a commitment to safety, quality, and compliance. Our diverse work portfolio includes broad accreditation offerings and tested insights across the environmental, food and nutrition and life science markets.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Laboratory Director, the Technical Director has technical oversight and responsibility of all analytical data / reports generated by the laboratory, which includes raw data review as needed, review of final analytical reports and working with the Quality team to ensure that all analytical data is regulatory compliant and legally defensible. This position will also serve a lead role in developing and updating new test methods and SOPs, and works with both internal and external stakeholders, helping clients and staff understand testing requirements per regulatory standards for our Environmental Testing division.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical and scientific guidance to the laboratory and oversees the development and validation of new methods, all non-routine work / projects, data validation, and troubleshooting and solving challenging problems.
• Ensures the laboratory is fully compliant with all regulatory, accreditation, certification and / or licensing requirements and that the data generated in the laboratory is reliable and of the highest quality.
• Act as a technical resource for the laboratory.
• Exercises day to day supervision of laboratory procedures and validation of results.
• Maintains records and manages all aspects of testing activities.
• Reviews data for accuracy. Responsible for final analytical data report review.
• Monitoring standards of performance in QA and QC and monitoring the validity of the analyses performed and data generated in the laboratory to assure reliable data.
• Uses technical knowledge to address staff and client needs; Works collaboratively with sales and project team members to ensure client needs are satisfied.
• Defines minimum level of qualifications, experience, and skills necessary for positions within the assigned unit and works with laboratory leadership and staff to ensure adequate training, guidance and direction is provided, ensuring all staff have the demonstrated ability to perform assigned analyses.
• Ensure proper documentation and staff training records are maintained.
• Participate in research, acquisition, installation, and validation of new instruments.
• Participate in process improvement and methods development.
• Assists the Quality Assurance Officer with QA / QC audits, investigations, and corrective actions.
• Working with our internal Project Managers, the Technical Director interprets technical results and communicates the capabilities of the laboratory to current and prospective clients.
• Works collaboratively with QA and Laboratory Leadership to execute or address internal investigations, non-conformances, corrective actions, audit deviations or out of control analyses.

Qualifications

Working Conditions

The physical demands and working conditions described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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As a privately held third-party testing company, Microbac operates with a commitment to safety, quality, and compliance. Our diverse work portfolio includes broad accreditation offerings and tested insights across the environmental, food and life science markets.

Other Information

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all duties an employee may be required to perform. Microbac reserves the right to revise the job description at any time.

Employment is at-will. Microbac promotes a drug-free, alcohol-free workplace. Applicants considered for hire must pass a drug test before beginning work. Refusal to submit to testing will result in disqualification of further employment consideration.

Microbac is an Equal Opportunity Employer – We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, disability, or Veteran status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

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