Laboratory Team Leader

2 weeks ago

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Goodman Fielder Full time
We are seeking an experienced and self-motivated people leader for our Meadow Fresh Christchurch laboratory team.
Reporting to the site Quality Manager, the Laboratory Team Leader is integral part of the dairy manufacturing site.

You will be responsible for leading and managing a multidisciplinary team of laboratory technicians delivering the food safety, quality, and compliance functions of the manufacturing site laboratory.

The laboratory team is responsible for microbiology, chemistry and organoleptic analysis of domestic market and export liquid milk products. You will be joining colleagues who pride themselves on producing delicious, high quality products.

You will proactively lead the laboratory function, to ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, meet the requirements of our 24-hour production environment and our external customers.


Key accountabilities of the role:

  • Lead and manage the onsite laboratory and staff on a daytoday basis
  • Proactively identify where Laboratory Quality Management Systems require improvement, with an eye to incorporating best practice innovation across both current and future needs
  • Support the implementation of the site quality strategy and changes to improve wider business results such as validation testing, improvements and testing plan optimisation
  • Support change and continuous improvement initiatives as requested and deliver projects on time, within budget, and to scope
  • Manage and coordinate activities of microbiological, physical, chemical, and sensory testing via internal and external laboratories in line with GMP and HACCP principles
  • Ensure precise and correct analysis to verify that products are compliant with specifications and legal requirements and released in line with requirements.
  • Provide training support to the manufacturing team in laboratory GMP, aseptic sampling and be part of any root cause analysis process.
  • Maintain IANZ accreditation
  • Communicate laboratory outcomes to stakeholders and ensure workflows in the laboratory are running smoothly and efficiently
  • Ensure availability of laboratory consumables and complete timely and accurate financial processing and reconciliation
  • Manage the external laboratory supplier relationships

We are looking for someone with:

  • A proven track record as an effective leader with experience in a people leadership role
  • Provides a work environment that encourages our people to perform and grow to their full potential
  • Strong science, technical knowledge and understanding of dairy microbiology and chemistry
  • Demonstrated ability to manage people, systems, budget, and resources to ensure service delivery of a high standard in an IANZ accredited laboratory
  • A highly competent user of business systems including SAP, LIMS, Kronos
  • A tertiary qualification in Science or Technology
  • Proficiency at microbiological bench methods and experience in a food laboratory that supports manufacturing operations
  • Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills
  • An ability to actively encourage continuous improvement by fostering openness and inquiry
  • Enthusiastic and willing to take on new challenges


You will be joining a driven team of professionals who genuinely enjoy working together, resulting in a highly collaborative environment.

In return for your passion and success, we will reward you with a competitive remuneration package and help you to achieve personal and professional growth and development.

At Goodman Fielder, we aim to be a destination employer in the food industry where we don't just offer jobs - we offer long term careers.

For more information about us or to learn about other roles available at Goodman Fielder, please visit our careers page and register your details so that we can notify you of jobs which interest you.

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