Laboratory Kenyan Jobs
Vacancy: Laboratory Supervisor
Department: By-Products Development
Reports to: By-Products Development Engineer
Company Description:
Sanergy is an award-winning social venture, based in Nairobi, Kenya, that makes hygienic sanitation accessible and affordable in Africa’s urban slums for everyone, forever.
Our systems-based approach to solving the sanitation crisis involves five key steps: we build a dense network of franchised micro-entrepreneurs, who operate low-cost, high-quality waterless sanitation facilities – called Fresh Life – as small businesses. We provide critical support services – such as access to finance, training, marketing and business analytics.
We collect the waste every day and safely remove it from the community.
We convert the waste into valuable by-products, such as organic fertilizer and renewable energy. Finally, we sell the byproducts to Kenyan farmers.
Role & Responsibilities
- We seek a laboratory supervisor to take on a four-month contract.
- The Laboratory Supervisor will be responsible for overall operations and administration of the laboratory including establishment of sampling procedures, supervision of general workflow, maintenance of equipment, quality control, environmental, health and safety, development and implementation of laboratory methods to analyze feces, urine, compost and other samples of human waste products for physical, chemical and microbiological parameters and routine analysis of samples.
Key duties / responsibilities of the Laboratory Supervisor shall be to:
- Organize and manage the daily workflow in the laboratory
- Develop weekly work plans and work with and provide supervision to the laboratory technician to ensure that tasks are performed efficiently and according to quality and safety standards
- Maintain and develop laboratory manuals and procedures and SOP’s, research new laboratory procedures and techniques and implements these if required
- Develop and continuously improve methods for analysis of physical, chemical and microbiological parameters for feces, urine, compost and other human waste products
- Conduct risk assessments of the laboratory and ensure that local Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) requirements are fulfilled
- Conduct regular EHS Audits and ensure staff compliance with Health and Safety regulations
- Develop and implement work instructions, laboratory manuals, quality control measures and health and safety guidelines
- Maintain laboratory equipment performance by establishing quality standards, developing operations, quality and troubleshooting procedures and developing preventive monitoring schedules
- Monitor results and ensure quality by making adjustments in methods and procedures, generating reports and maintaining records.
- Maintain laboratory supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies.
- Ensure laboratory is kept in good tidy order and equipment is well functioning by certifying instrument performance, and arranging for equipment replacement, service, and repair.
- Evaluate and complete performance appraisals, promote the continuing professional development of staff and oversee the training of new staff
- Interpret, document and manage data, provide reports on results (including third party laboratory results) to the respective departments
Requirements & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Microbiology, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering graduated with Upper Second Class Honours; a Masters degree in the same disciplines will be desirable
- Mechanical competency and experience in maintenance of laboratory equipment
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to lead and direct others
- Ability to work independently
- Proactively addresses problems while providing solutions
- Detail and results oriented and an analytical thinker
- Willingness and enthusiasm to conduct laboratory analysis on a wide range of samples
- Enthusiasm for working in an innovative, dynamic and fast paced Start-Up environment!
We welcome your application-cover letter and CV-on HERE
HERE ARE LATEST SIMILAR POSTS
1. Medical Laboratory Jobs Kenya (4 Posts)
2. KNH Medical Laboratory Jobs in Kenya
Dont Miss any Job Or Article Subscribe to Career Point Kenya by Email FOR FREE CLICK HERE
The post Laboratory Supervisor – Sanergy appeared first on Career Point Kenya.Click on the TITLE link for the original.
0 comments:
Post a Comment