Team Lead – Microbiology Laboratory
Job Description
Operational supervisor for the Microbiology section, ensuring daily workflow execution, resource allocation, review of results, compliance with quality systems, and section-level performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan, allocate, and monitor microbiological testing activities to ensure timely completion and adherence to defined TATs.
- Oversee technical review processes, ensuring reviews are performed by authorized personnel and reviewer competency is maintained within the section.
- Ensure availability, suitability, and proper management of laboratory equipment, media, cultures, reference strains, reagents, and consumables.
- Monitor compliance with SOPs, GLP, biosafety requirements, aseptic practices, and laboratory quality systems.
- Lead daily operations, track performance metrics, investigate deviations, OOS/OOT results, contamination events, and customer complaints, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Manage training, competency assessments, and performance evaluation of microbiology personnel, including new joiners.
- Oversee quality assurance activities, including IQC, PT/ILC participation, environmental monitoring, culture maintenance, and trend analysis.
- Lead method development, verification, validation, and transfer activities for microbiological testing.
- Approve routine laboratory requisitions and support the evaluation, qualification, and procurement of laboratory equipment, consumables, and vendors.
Qualification: M.Sc. in Microbiology, Applied Microbiology, Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Food Microbiology, or a related discipline.
Experience: 8–10 years of experience in a Food Testing, Environmental Testing, Pharmaceutical, or NABL-accredited Microbiology Laboratory.