Team Leader – Nutritional Chemistry

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DTS Food Assurance are a leading partner to the Food Industry for over 60 years, supporting businesses with the widest range of analytical services and expertise within one organisation. Supporting our customers supply chain and brands. The team at DTS have developed robust quality systems, invested in comprehensive equipment, assets and services to ensure that our facility is a world class operation.

DTS is seeking to appoint a Team Leader (Nutritional Chemistry section) who will be directly responsible for co-ordinating the day to day work and leading a team of approximately 10-15 team members, ensuring effective workplace relationships and maintaining competency of team members.

You will be responsible for the day to day implementation of the DTS policies and procedures and support the operational plan of the business unit, including risk management.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintaining a safe working environment
• Ensuring all work practices within the area are performed to the relevant standards and procedures
• Applying the quality and continuous improvement system processes
• Assisting with writing and reviewing laboratory documentation such as standard operating procedures and induction for new team members 
• Authorising the release of test results, evaluating control charts and accepting and rejecting results based on sound scientific judgement, and monitoring the quality of test results
• Ensuring that Laboratory Investigations are raised where applicable and closed out in a timely manner
• Overseeing / providing training to the team
• Implementing workplace learning by; setting team member training and performance goals and ensuring team members are trained, competent, performance reviewed and supported in their career development 
• Coordinating with Internal and External clients
• Promoting innovation
• Implementing the operational plan by managing staffing levels, labour hours and overtime, annual leave and sick leave, identifying Key Performance Indicators and contributing to risk management and contingency planning
• Overseeing the maintenance of Laboratory equipment
• Managing Laboratory stocks and consumables

RELEVANT EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Diploma or Degree in Science or related discipline
• A minimum of 3 years laboratory experience
• A minimum of 1 year experience in a supervisory role within a laboratory environment
• NATA delegated signatory 
• Ability to prioritise work in order to meet daily deadlines
• Excellent communication and reporting skills
• Capacity to work effectively as part of a team
• Demonstrable knowledge of OHS requirements within a laboratory
• Strong customer focus
• Demonstrated problem solving and negotiation skills
• Strong team building and leadership attributes

Please include a Cover Letter outlining why would you like to work for DTS and a CV indicating your suitability against the requirements of the role.

Please note that some positions may require weekend and afternoon shift work and should this be the case it would be discussed at the interview stage. Only applicants with the right to live and work unrestricted in Australia can be considered on this occasion.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.  If you do not hear from us formally within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful and accept our thanks for your interest in working at DTS.