Laboratory Testing Manager, Houston, TX

*Relocation Assistance Provided

Our client is a leading provider of comprehensive testing, inspection, and certification services for the medical device industry. They are dedicated to ensuring the safety, quality, and compliance of medical devices worldwide.

Primary Responsibilities:

• The Laboratory Testing Manager is responsible for directing, coordinating, facilitating and monitoring the daily activities of the lab operations department managers and
• supervisors.
• Responsible for the location safety performance and awareness; spearheads and manages initiatives that drive a culture of safety first.
• Provides and sets direction within the lab to ensure that production goals and customer expectations are consistently met in a safe, timely and cost-effective manner.
• Responsible and accountable to assigned direct reporting staff and to indirect departmental decisions to include hiring, performance management, and performance review decisions and execution, and approval of overtime.
• Work with assigned staff to ensure work schedules are maintained and balanced.
• Consult on various ways of testing requested by the client and provide alternatives and "up" selling with the various add on testing capabilities.
• Serves as key member of and contributor to, the lab's leadership team in the development and implementation of continuous improvement.
• Production control to ensure the lab runs smoothly and efficiently.
• Ensures that safety and quality standards are being met and always maintained within the company's safety and QA programs.
• Maintain an environment of respect and dignity within the department covering employee interactions and problem solving while ensuring work rules are known and followed.

   

  Required Qualifications:

• Degree: Bachelor, Master's, or PhD in an Engineering or technical-related discipline.
• Must have a minimum of 3+ years of or more experience in Orthopedic Implants or operations and/or program management.
• Understanding of Continuous Improvement disciplines such as 5S, Six Sigma, Kaizen, etc.
• Working knowledge of laboratory safety and occupational risk prevention.
• Proven ability to support, lead, and train staff members for the department in order to meet customers’ expectations on testing.
• Technical leadership is vital to the production and operation of assigned tests with advanced working knowledge to operate various testing equipment.
• Ability to communicate (written and oral) effectively with clients and colleagues with great attention to detail and timing of results.
• Proven ability to multitask and work under strict time lines.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to effectively. establish and maintain two-way communications to understand the needs and concerns of all departments.
• Strong project management, analytical and problem solved skills provide go-to insight in the daily efficient operation of the lab.
• Proven track record of success with regard to technical competency both inside and outside of the lab.