A position at White Cap isn’t your ordinary job. You’ll work in an exciting and diverse environment, meet interesting people, and have a variety of career opportunities.
The White Cap family is committed to Building Trust on Every Job. We do this by being deeply knowledgeable, fully capable, and always dependable, and our associates are the driving force behind this commitment.
Job Summary
Responsible for overseeing all aspects of laboratory operations, ensuring that testing activities align with organizational goals and regulatory requirements. Manages personnel, budgets, schedules, and equipment resources while driving strategic improvements in testing capabilities. Serves as the primary liaison between the lab and cross‑functional teams—including engineering, quality assurance, and external certification bodies—while fostering a culture of safety, innovation, and technical excellence to deliver accurate, timely, and actionable insights that support product development and broader business objectives.
Major Tasks, Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities
Manages lab staff, schedules, and workload priorities.
Serves as primary liaison with engineering, quality, and external testing agencies.
Ensures adherence to safety, regulatory, and quality standards.
Oversees budget, equipment procurement, and maintenance.
Drives strategic improvements in testing capabilities and lab processes.
Troubleshoots test methods, reviewing results and reporting.
Nature and Scope
Solutions require analysis and investigation.
Achieves planned results by decisions and actions based on professional methods, business principles, and practical experience.
Manages a group or team of professional individual contributors and/or indirectly supervises support staff.
Work Environment
Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds in a physical environment. Ability to stand for periods of time up to and exceeding 60 minutes. Ability to make repetitive movements, such as using a 10-key or calculator, bending, or squatting.
Typically requires overnight travel less than 5% of the time.
Education and Experience
Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Generally 7+ years of experience in a related field. May require certification. Advanced degree may offset less experience in some disciplines.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
7+ years of lab experience with leadership responsibilities.
2+ years of management experience.
Certification in quality systems (ISO 17025) and experience with continuous improvement methodologies (Six Sigma, Lean).
Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
If you’re looking to play a role in building America, consider one of our open opportunities. We can’t wait to meet you.
For Ohio job seekers:
Pay Range
$91,300.00-$146,100.00 AnnualOhio law requires the posting of the salary range for advertised jobs. This range is determined based on market data and internal pay practices to establish a minimum and maximum value for a job. Individual base pay is determined based on a variety of elements including experience, skills, internal equity and other factors. For additional details on benefits, please review the full job description on White Cap Jobs
Top Skills
What We Do
White Cap and its affiliates serve as a one-stop shop, providing concrete accessories and chemicals, tools and equipment, building materials and fasteners, erosion and waterproofing products, and safety products to professional contractors by meeting their distinct and customized supply needs in non-residential, infrastructure, and residential end markets. White Cap operates approximately 500 branches across North America with more than 10,500 employees supporting approximately 200,000 customers. For more information about White Cap, visit about.whitecap.com
