Lab Supervisor

Overview

• Dues and Responsibilies:
• Ensures a dy workplace in the central laboratory.
• Examines and prepares samples for tesng.
• Prepares the tesng schedule of the central laboratory and issues internal tesng instrucons to
• heads of departments.
• Overall responsibility of the maintenance of all laboratory equipment, vehicles, training
• apparatus, documents, books, manuals and inventory allocaons.
• Directs and advises personnel in special test procedures to analyze components and physical
• properes of construcon materials.
• Maintains tesng records.
• Tests and analyzes sample products for chemical properes such as chlorides, sulfates, organic
• impuries, organic mater, pH, and Total dissolved solids.
• Conducts field sampling, tesng, and nondestrucve tesng.
• Tests, analyzes and approves samples for physical properes according to all the standards
• adopted by the company.
• Ensures implementaon of all health and safety adopted procedures.
• Compiles and analyzes test informaon to determine operang efficiency of process or
• equipment and to diagnose malfuncons.
• Meets with inspectors, engineers, contractors, and/or developers to determine correcve acon
• required when there are discrepancies between work done and the approved plans,
• specificaons and standards.
• Calculates and checks the test results and assists in the preparaon of the report.
• Approves test results.
• Reviews final test reports as directed by the Laboratory Manager.
• Ensures that test equipment in the central laboratory are mely and regularly maintained and
• calibrated.
• Prepares daily summary checklist and hands it over to Laboratory Manager.
• Prepares weekly summary report of the overall operaon of the department and hands it over
• to Laboratory Manager (to enclose the weekly summary reports of the heads of departments).
• Ensures that daily, weekly and monthly checklists are mely filled by heads of departments and
• that all items menoned in these checklists are fulfilled.
• Ensures that analycal, development and troubleshoong tasks are carried out as per standards
• and planned targets in the most cost effecve and meliness manner.
• Coordinates with the Technical Division for technical related issues and for the training of
• employees in the Laboratory.
• Ensures that tests are carried with integrity and accuracy and that test equipment are
• funconing in good condion.
• Oversees the tesng acvies in all departments and ensures that all tesng is carried in
• accordance with appropriate standards and in line with company policies and procedures for
• safety and integrity.
• Reviews the atendance sheets of subordinates, approves their leave requests and assists in their
• periodical evaluaon in coordinaon with the Laboratory Manager.
• Recommends internal trainings for his subordinates if needed in tesng acvies.
• Assists in the training of Senior Technicians, laboratory engineers, Technicians and Trainee
• Technicians.
• Other dues as assigned.
• Educaon and Experience:
• Bachelor's degree with minimum of five years related experience in laboratory tesng of construcon
• materials.
• Good knowledge of the Quality Management system adopted in the company.