Laboratory Supervisor – Geochemistry, Mineral Laboratory

🔥 13 hours ago

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

✨ Supervisor

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SGS

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1878

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Consulting • Healthcare • Food & Beverage

SGS is the world's leading Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) company, providing a comprehensive range of services designed to assure quality and integrity across various sectors. SGS is focused on sustainability, offering climate action services and an all-encompassing ESG portfolio under its IMPACT NOW suite. The company has ambitious targets for growth by 2027, driven by its strategy to address global megatrends. SGS operates globally, providing business assurance, connectivity and products, digital trust, health and nutrition, and solutions for industries and the environment.

📋 Description

• Supervise and coordinate daily activities across Sample Preparation, Fire Assay and Wet Chemistry/Instrumental sections • Allocate workload, personnel and resources to meet production targets and customer turnaround times • Provide hands-on technical support and guidance to Chemists, Technicians and other laboratory personnel, particularly in Wet Chemistry • Oversee sample digestion, solution and reagent preparation, dilutions and related analytical processes • Monitor laboratory workflow and escalate significant technical or production issues • Support training, guidance and competency development of laboratory personnel • Ensure analytical methods, approved procedures and work instructions are followed • Support operation and routine troubleshooting of AAS, ICP, UV and XRF instruments • Ensure equipment checks, calibration/verification and routine maintenance are completed and documented • Monitor analytical results and quality-control data and escalate significant abnormalities • Support the laboratory Quality Management System in line with ISO/IEC 17025 • Maintain laboratory records, worksheets, technical documentation and document-control practices • Record, investigate and follow up QC deviations and non-conformities • Follow SGS QHSE requirements, ensure PPE use and maintain laboratory housekeeping • Report incidents, accidents and unsafe conditions, and stop or hold activities when immediate safety or quality concerns arise • Participate in audits, corrective actions and continuous-improvement initiatives • Monitor laboratory inventory and communicate replenishment requirements • Use LIMS for sample tracking, workflow management, result entry/review and laboratory records • Communicate with the Senior Chemist, laboratory management, team members and support functions

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Geochemistry, Metallurgy or a related scientific discipline • Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in a mineral, geochemistry or analytical laboratory environment • Practical experience across Sample Preparation, Fire Assay and Wet Chemistry operations • Strong hands-on experience in Wet Chemistry, including sample digestion, reagent preparation, dilutions and related laboratory processes • Experience operating AAS, ICP, UV and XRF, or equivalent laboratory instrumentation • Experience using LIMS for sample tracking, workflow and result management • Good understanding of laboratory workflows, analytical techniques and quality-control procedures • Ability to perform routine troubleshooting of laboratory instruments • Knowledge of equipment calibration/verification, maintenance records and laboratory documentation • Understanding of ISO/IEC 17025 and laboratory quality management requirements • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint • Good written and spoken English communication skills • Ability to prioritize multiple activities, coordinate resources and work effectively under pressure • Commitment to quality, safety, ethics and integrity • Previous experience supervising or coordinating laboratory personnel and production activities is preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work option • Professional development and competency development support • Training and guidance for laboratory personnel • Participation in continuous-improvement initiatives