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Founded in 1925 and headquartered in Akron, Ohio. Smithers is a multinational provider of testing, consulting, information and compliance services. With laboratories and operations in North America, Europe and Asia, Smithers supports customers in the transportation, life sciences, packaging, materials, components, consumer and energy industries. Smithers delivers accurate data, on time, with high touch by integrating science, technology and business expertise, so customers can innovate with confidence.

In this role you will be part of a supportive and passionate team who work within a fast paced environment who safeguard the continuous work flow of the department.

The objective of this role is to lead the management of day to day operations of testing workflow in the Food Contact Testing Laboratory; to manage and prioritise resources against client and management requirements in order to deliver workflow and revenue against plan; to supervise and lead a capable team; to lead continuous improvement activities relating to laboratory environment and testing processes.

 This role would suit someone who enjoys problem solving, being hands on and has a passion for chemistry.

The successful candidate would ideally have a Chemistry degree degree but candidates with hands on experience of working within a testing enviroment, ideally in a chemistry lab enviroment. 

This is an exciting time to join the Food Contact Testing Department and to be part of a world class team.

As a global employer we offer a generous benefits package to all our employees incorporating private healthcare, pension, 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays per annum as well as flexible working hours.

Smithers MSE Ltd is an equal opportunities employer