Technical Laboratory Manager

Lighthouse Lab Services is currently seeking a dynamic and people‑centered Technical Lab Manager to join and lead a Quality organization during a period of continued growth and transformation for an established and growing full‑service calibration laboratory.

The Laboratory Technical Manager serves as the company's senior technical authority for calibration laboratory operations, measurement science, NAVSEA/clean room compliance, accreditation support, and capability development. This position provides technical leadership across laboratory programs and ensures continued compliance with ISO/IEC 17025
, customer requirements,
NAVSEA requirements, controlled‑environment expectations, and applicable regulatory standards.

The Laboratory Technical Manager is responsible for technical oversight of calibration activities, measurement uncertainty analysis, scope of accreditation development, technical reviews, certificate signatory authority, clean room technical compliance, and laboratory data integrity. The position directly supervises Quality Assurance personnel and partners with Production Management to ensure technical excellence, measurement integrity, compliance discipline, and operational effectiveness throughout the organization.

This role serves as the company's designated Technical Manager under ISO/IEC 17025 and acts as a key technical liaison for accreditation bodies, customers, auditors, and industry organizations.

• Serve as SCI’s primary technical authority for calibration methodologies, measurement science, traceability, NAVSEA requirements, clean room technical compliance, and laboratory technical operations.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to laboratory personnel in calibration practices, uncertainty analysis, clean room expectations, and accreditation requirements.
• Review, approve, and maintain technical procedures, work instructions, calibration methods, and controlled‑environment technical documentation.
• Serve as Certificate Signatory for calibration certificates and approve technical revisions as required.
• Conduct technical reviews and final inspections to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with accreditation, customer, and NAVSEA requirements.
• Maintain technician proficiency programs and competency assessments.
• Manage technical records and technical competency documentation.

• Support development, implementation, and oversight of NAVSEA laboratory requirements and controlled environment programs.
• Provide technical guidance related to clean room operations, contamination control, environmental monitoring, personnel practices, and documentation requirements.
• Partner with Quality and Production leadership to ensure clean room activities are performed in accordance with customer, NAVSEA, and internal procedural requirements.
• Review clean room discrepancies, support impact evaluations, and recommend corrective or preventive actions.
• Serve as a technical lead for clean room and controlled environment initiatives as assigned.

• Develop, validate, maintain, and periodically review all laboratory uncertainty budgets.
• Establish and justify Calibration and Measurement Capabilities (CMCs) for accredited services.
• Lead development and implementation of new calibration capabilities.
• Evaluate new equipment, standards, and measurement systems for inclusion within SCI’s scope of accreditation.
• Perform technical feasibility assessments and support accreditation body submissions for scope expansions.
• Ensure measurement traceability is maintained in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 and applicable industry standards.

• Partner with the Quality Manager to ensure continued compliance with ISO/IEC 17025 and customer‑specific requirements.
• Perform technical impact assessments when laboratory standards or measurement systems are identified as out of tolerance.
• Support internal audits, accreditation assessments, customer audits, and corrective action investigations.
• Perform trend analysis of technical discrepancies and recommend…