Laboratory Team Lead

7 months ago


Waikato, New Zealand Synlait Full time

Hands on Chemistry laboratory team leadership
- North Waikato/South Auckland base + free car parking + echarging
- Experienced people manager role + dairy/food industry

**The Role**

This is a wonderful opportunity to further your career and utilise your experience as a Team Leader at Synlait’s state of the art Pokeno site.

Working in our Chemistry laboratories this is a hands on role providing strong guidance and leadership to a newly established team in a multi-department and multi-site environment across the business.

The role reports to the Chemistry Manager and its responsibilities includes
- Leadership of 8 direct reports
- Ensuring the laboratory is operating efficiently, maximising resources and ensuring continuity of service
- Research and Implementation of new process and practises for your team to implement continuous improvement solutions.
- Providing daily results, notifications to the manufacturing and management teams

Key to your success will be your proactive response to leadership and your ability to build strong and supportive relationships with internal and external teams.

**Skills and Experience**

Please be aware this is a Monday to Friday role that looks after a team of direct reports on a working 2 days, 2 nights, 4 off roster.

To be considered for this role will require
- Proven Team leadership/supervisory experience
- Strong experience in regulated laboratory environments
- Knowledge of laboratory testing and equipment calibration and hygiene practise
- The ability and enthusiasm to lead and learn proactively
- Pride in your work and the accomplishments you achieve

A tertiary education in Science or Technology is highly regarded in this role

Please be advised you will need to have the ‘Right to Work’ in New Zealand to be considered for these roles.

**About Us - The Synlait Way**

Synlait is a dynamic, purpose-led milk nutrition company that is Doing Milk Differently for a Healthier World We pride our organisation as being different and allowing our spirit to drive our success. shifting perceptions and driving value through new thinking and a new attitude.

You’ll be joining down-to-earth, authentic people working together to create the very best in milk nutrition as we combine expert farming with innovative thinking and state-of-the-art processing to produce a range of nutritional milk products for our global customers.

We will challenge you providing the opportunities you’ve been seeking to expand your career; we believe that everyone brings unique experiences and perspectives to the table so are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and embrace diversity to drive innovation and business success.

Together we create a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute their best

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