Laboratory Manager

Our world-leading Time & Frequency department are seeking an experienced and practicing Lab Manager. As Lab Manager, you'll enjoy collaborating with prominent Scientists, Engineers, and Specialists in Time & Frequency; to ensure - Our laboratories and assets are fit for purpose and well maintained, - Our procedures and activities are compliant, and - Our people have the appropriate guidance and support to operate safely and securely. You'll be our first point of contact for HSE best practice and keep the laboratory space safe. Additionally, you will support Scientists to navigate regulatory compliance for procurement of new capital and ensure we have the highest safety, environmental and regulatory standards for all equipment across the department., Ensuring the safety and compliance of the labs within the Time & Frequency department - Liaising with Estates to ensure both planned, preventative and reactive maintenance takes place with minimal disruption to the science - Ensuring risk assessments are created and updated to reflect the work undertaken in the labs - Act as single point of contact with Estates and H&S departments for lab upgrades and refurbishments - Control and maintain key equipment including regular calibration certificates updates This role will require you to work in both an office and laboratory environment, at the Teddington site.

To be successful in this role, you will have the following skills, experience, and qualifications: Essential skills:

• Operational leadership: previous experience of working within a laser lab environment, with knowledge of laser classifications and safe methods of working
• Health & Safety leadership: signing off general risk, laser risk and COSHH assessments and knowledge of IOSH.
• Internal audit leadership: investigate incidents and establish root causes.
• Key equipment: control and maintain key equipment and plan replacement programmes, in line with budget
• Project management: organise and prioritise workload across multiple activities; including assessment of priority resource requirements.
• Cross-functional collaboration: with teams such as H&S, Quality Assurance, Estates, facilities, maintenance, security and logistics.
• Continuous improvement: meeting new efficiency, environmental and commercial targets
• Confidence: challenge the status quo when required.
Desirable skills:
• A technical degree would be advantageous as you'll be facilitating high-level conversations with Scientists and Engineers
  
  The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is a world-leading centre of excellence that provides cutting-edge measurement science, engineering and technology to underpin prosperity and quality of life in the UK.
NPL and DSIT have strong commitments to diversity and equality of opportunity, and welcome applications from candidates irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, or age, providing they meet the required criteria. Applications from women, disabled, black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates in particular are encouraged. All disabled candidates (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) who satisfy the minimum criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme. At NPL, we believe our success is a result of the diversity and talent of our people. We strive to nurture and respect individuals to ensure everyone feels valued by treating everyone on the basis of their own individual merits and abilities regardless of their own or perceived identity, as part of our commitment to diversity & inclusion, we hold memberships and accreditations to ensure we're creating an environment where all our colleagues feel supported and welcome, please see our Diversity & Inclusion page. We are committed to the health and well-being of our employees. Flexible working and social activities are embedded in our culture to create a positive work-life balance, along with a broad range of benefits. Our values are at the heart of what we do, and they shape the way we interact, develop our people and celebrate success. To ensure everyone has an equal chance, we're always willing to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process. If you would like to discuss, please contact us. As part of our commitment to diversity & inclusion, we signed up to the Institute of Physics' Project Juno in 2015 as a Juno Supporter. NPL were proud to be awarded Juno Practitioner status in 2018. NPL also joined Stonewall as a Diversity champion in 2015, participating in their annual Workplace Equality Index for the equality of LGBT+ community at NPL. In 2018, NPL became a member of the Business Disability Forum and joined the disability confident scheme as level 1 committed employer. To ensure everyone has an equal chance, we're always willing to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process. If you would like to discuss, please contact us.