Laboratory Manager

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Lucas James Talent Partners is recruiting on behalf of UL Research Institutes. We have an exciting opportunity for a Laboratory Manager at UL Research Institutes, Electrochemical Safety Research Institute (ESRI) based in our Houston, Texas facility.

The Laboratory Manager will be responsible for overseeing the utilization and maintenance of the Electrochemical Safety Research Institute laboratory that includes equipment, systems, space and safety, and administration to ensure compliance in all facets of laboratory operations. The Laboratory Manager reports to the Director of Laboratory Operations, ESRI and will work closely with other leaders, researchers and colleagues across the research organization to advance operational excellence.

The Laboratory Manager also provides oversight to Laboratory Technicians and Analytical Chemists, ensuring alignment of day-to-day technical support, analytical operations, and compliance with ESRI research priorities.

At UL Research Institutes (ULRI), we expand the boundaries of safety science to create a more secure and sustainable world. For more than a century, we have studied the unintended consequences of innovation, designed solutions to mitigate risk and shared our findings with academia, scientists, manufacturers, and policymakers across industries. We identify critical safety and sustainability issues, asking the tough questions because we believe a safer world begins with knowledge.

Build a safer, more secure, and sustainable future with us. Join us and work with our Electrochemical Safety Research Institute, teams who conduct the research required to produce that knowledge and put it into practice.

The Electrochemical Safety Research Institute investigates the safety and performance limits of energy technologies. Through our discovery-driven research, we innovate, test, model, and lay the foundation for electrochemical energy storage that is both safe and reliable. Our scientific research helps everyone in the energy storage and battery value chain — from cell and battery manufacturers, suppliers, and original equipment manufacturers to recyclers, shippers, and consumers — understand and thereby help minimize the various safety risks associated with batteries in various applications, including electric vehicles and renewable energy storage systems.

Collaborating with a wide variety of partners to help meet the world’s energy safety needs, we disseminate information by convening a diverse group of stakeholders at events such as global battery summits and webinars to find data-driven solutions to new and emerging energy storage risks.

• Oversee operation, calibration, and maintenance of laboratory and analytical equipment, ensuring quality standards and arranging repair/replacement when needed. This includes advanced instrumentation such as GC-MS, FTIR, SEM, XRD, TGA/DSC, ARC, potentiostats, Arbin cyclers, glove boxes, and thermal chambers, coordinated through Analytical Chemists and Laboratory Technicians.
• Supervise research staff compliance with lab safety training, technical procedures, instrumentation use, and data handling practices.
• Manage laboratory supplies by monitoring inventory, ordering, verifying receipt, and ensuring safe handling/disposal of hazardous materials.
• Maintain lab productivity by prioritizing tasks, monitoring workload, adjusting staffing, and supporting timely task completion.
• Ensure quality assurance and data integrity through ESRI programs, data reviews, proficiency surveys, and policy/procedure updates.
• Maintain and improve laboratory information systems, including testing, documentation, training, and ensuring security/confidentiality.
• Communicate regularly with facility managers and supervisors regarding requests, activities, and issues requiring special attention.
• Lead daily task run-throughs with lab staff, assessing progress at the end of each day.
• Implement new programs, tests, instrumentation, and procedures by evaluating alternatives, preparing proposals, and monitoring…