Laboratory Leader

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Schedules, assigns, reviews and coordinates workflow to assure proper utilization of laboratory staff.
• Trains assigned staff, provides career counseling, and operates as a working supervisor.
• Collaborates with supervisor on staffing levels, performance appraisals, merit ratings, promotions, and transfers of assigned staff.
• Ensures company policies are followed in the lab areas and facilitates employee relations within the assigned laboratory section.
• Develops annual budgetary goals, capital expenditure budget for laboratory equipment, and tactical plans for the assigned laboratory team.
• Prepares instructions for test methods and procedures, quality control, and maintenance procedures.
• Examines test samples and reads measuring instruments, blueprints, schematics, wiring diagrams, and operational instructions.
• Evaluates test performance, provides feedback regarding issues and/or problems with test and data sheets, and revises test protocols and data sheets.
• Reports test run and test equipment evaluation results.
• May plan tests, evaluate test results and report opinions and interpretations.
• Examines requests for laboratory tests and new and/or modified laboratory test equipment to determine equipment needs.
• Develops operating, maintenance, and test procedures based on laboratory procedures, standards and safety policies.
• Monitors test methods and procedures and evaluates need for technical training of assigned staff and modification of equipment, methods or procedures.
• May assist PDEs and/or Engineering to modify existing methods or develop and validate new test methods.
• Operates machines and special laboratory equipment.
• Performs routine maintenance of designated test equipment and laboratory area.
• Communicates with clients during the setup and performance of a test to demonstrate equipment test methods and/or to discuss test results.
• Communicates with UL field representatives to discuss follow-up tests, samples, equipment, methods and/or results, and outside contractors regarding equipment needs.
• Communicates with plant department personnel to offer suggestions pertinent to equipment needs and may arrange for delivery or disposal of test samples.
• Records observed or calculated data on appropriate UL forms and prepares data sheets and reports.
• Integrates continuous improvement concepts and techniques into all aspects of the job.
• Read and follow the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct and follow all physical and digital security practices.
• Performs other duties as directed.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Communicate with internal Stakeholders about Testing Programs & Turn Around Time.
• Level work in hand in the Wire and Cable COU to improve processes.
• Identify Testing Capabilities backlog & expansion
• Increase Scope Capabilities for UL Mark and NMX-NOM standards per ISO 17025
• Manage an interdisciplinary team to meet clients´ requirements and the professional development of the staff within the organization.
• Subject Matter Expert on Wire and Cable Categories for UL Mark.
• Collaborate with external contractors to meet standard requirements when needed.
• Point of contact for meetings with internal stakeholders in Americas, Europe and Asia.

QUALIFICATIONS

• University degree in Electrical, Mechatronics, Electronics, or any other related discipline.
• Demonstrated background in the WC industry plus eight years of directly related experience in laboratories or cable manufacturing, including at least five years of relevant management/leadership experience.
• Preferably demonstrated experience in the UL Cable certification process.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and coach staff.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects while maintaining high quality and exceptional customer service.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully partner with Engineering and other Laboratory personnel to complete projects in a timely manner with high quality.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze special testing needs.
• Demonstrated Advanced English skills (MUST) to understand and establish a conversation with native English speakers

What you'll experience working for ULS
UL Solutions has been pioneering change since 1894 and we're still leading the way. From day one, we've blazed a trail protecting the planet and everyone on it. Our teams have influenced billions of products, plus services, software offerings and more. We break things, burn things and blow things up. All in the name of safety science.
That's where you come in - because none of it could happen without you. It takes passion to protect people, problem-solving to safeguard personal data and conviction to make the world a more sustainable place. It takes bold ideas and brilliant minds to build a better world for future generations across the globe.
This is more than a job. It's a calling. A passion to use our expertise and play our part in creating a more secure, sustainable world today - and tomorrow. As a member of our safety science community, you'll use your ideas, your energy and your ambition to innovate, challenge and ultimately, help create a safer world.
Everyone here is unique. But we're also a global community, working together to help create a safer world. Join UL Solutions and you can connect with the brightest minds in the business, all bringing their distinct perspectives and diverse backgrounds together to deliver real change.
Empowering our customers to keep the world safe means thinking ahead. It means investing in training and empowering our people to learn and innovate. At UL Solutions, we help build a better future - one where everyone benefits.
Join UL Solutions to be at the center of safety. To learn more about us and the work we do, visit UL.com
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ABOUT US
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Our global network of 80+ laboratories is constantly evolving, because the world around us is always changing. We embrace this - we invest in improving our equipment and our skills so we're one step ahead of the market. One day we could be setting up a burn test and the next, simulating a tornado. And because we're always evolving, your career will evolve alongside us, whether you're working on brand new technology or connecting with experts around the globe. Join our team, drive the growth of our organization and deliver real change - in a changing world.