Lab Management Supervisor - Tuas, Singapore - Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Tuas, Singapore

6 days ago

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Wei Jie

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Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale.

Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies.

With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services.

Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on - now and in the future.

Our PPD Laboratory Services team has a direct impact on improving patient health through the expertise of scientists, industry thought-leaders and therapeutic experts.

As the world leader in serving science, our laboratory professionals bring their commitment to accuracy and quality to deliver groundbreaking innovations.

Summarized Purpose:
Supervises laboratory unit.

Assists in overseeing and supervising daily work activities within the laboratory unit to ensure efficient and effective scientific and administrative operations.

Operates, maintains, and repairs clinical laboratory equipment within the scope of training including routine preventive maintenance, calibrations, and safety checks.

Oversees and reviews area weekly and monthly Quality Control and maintaining QC database. Set up and validate new assays as assigned by the manager

Essential Functions:

Performs and reports routine and complex laboratory analyses that require advanced evaluation and judgment skills. Uses set protocols and guidelines to evaluate credibility and accuracy of test results and provides data for validation to supervisors and managers. Performs work in an efficient manner by coordinating personnel and testing steps to achieve maximum productivity.
Ensures that quality control procedures are carried out. Monitors and resolves instrument problems. Implements new technology and instruments for unit according to established protocols.
Gathers data for quality improvement activities within section and participates in comparison studies of precision, accuracy, and linearity for new or existing assays according to established protocols.
In conjunction with laboratory senior management, develops new policies and procedures for the unit and writes Standard Operating Procedures.

Serves in a mentor to team members providing guidance and reviewing and checking work. Trains and assesses the competency of staff in the unit and issues formal evaluations. Recruits, interviews, and hires new staff.

Regularly interacts with nonlaboratory departments to organize work flow, trouble shoot problems, and find resolution in order to meet client expectations.

Policy & Strategy:

Administers and executes policies, processes, and procedures that affect subordinate employees and the workflow of the unit. Requires full knowledge of own area of functional responsibility.

Freedom to Act:

Assignments are task or activity oriented. Work is reviewed for soundness of judgment and overall quality and efficiency. A portion of the time may be spent performing individual tasks.

Liaison:

Interacts internally primarily with subordinates and other supervisors. External interaction is typically with suppliers, vendors, and / or primary customers. Primary purpose of liaison is information sharing and basic problem resolution

Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0 to 5 years).

1+ year of leadership responsibility

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Excellent critical thinking skillsExceptional time management and organizational skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to multitask
Proven problem solving/troubleshooting abilities
Demonstrated leadership abilities
Ability to provide guidance on analytical issues and regulatory requirementsAbility to adapt to changes in workflow, unusual circumstances, and high pressure and time sensitive environments
Ability to work well in a collaborative team environment

Management Role:

Directly supervises individual contributors, administrative support and / or entry-level professionals.

Working Conditions and Environment: