Lab Manager- Construction Chemicals Engineering

Candidate will be Responsible for providing necessary assistance to the construction team with respect to all materials submittals, approvals, testing, sampling, etc. Responsible for field testing, acceptance of used materials, checking and accepting all remedial and corrective measures. Specialized in the production of high-quality dry mix products for the construction industry, a range of liquid additives that enhance the performance and durability of construction materials and manufacture high-quality epoxy products for specialized construction and industrial applications.

Main Responsibilities:

• Development of new products in construction chemical, liquid & dry Including eco-friendly product development to meet sustainability trends.
• Evaluate new products, process technology and business opportunities and participate in the implementation of such.
• Focus on technologies compliant with international standards like ASTM, EN, and BS.
• Capabilities of back engineering similar products.
• Designing of products as per the standard procedures and Produce cost effective design components.
• Lead the team in quality assurance test, new product development and research to support the company's growth.
• Conducting various tests on raw materials as per the standard procedures.
• Conducting trials & obtaining third party approvals.
• Collaborate with external laboratories using advanced testing methods (e.g., FTIR, HPLC, TGA).
• Liaise with government bodies, external laboratories.
• Maintaining quality control system for all PMC site activities.
• Prepare quality Audits at sites and monitor site inspection and testing.
• Maintaining leadership position in quality and customers excellence and integrate customer feedback to refine quality control processes.
• Managing daily technical aspect, assess & providing them technical support.
• Consider enhancing customer complaint resolution with Proactive on-site technical support where necessary.
• Conduct project meetings and report on quality issues.
• Directly supervise a team of relevant discipline engineers.
• For contractors, EPC is made responsible for all the activities of the project to the owner.
• HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) policy should be applicable for all the projects and staff training.
• Supervising and monitoring of all the production functions.
• Efficient utilization of available resources.
• Checking regularly various operations of the plants and providing proper maintenance so as to avoid break downs.
• Monitor the quality management system in project execution.
• Making pricing, Tendering, Cost controller & Quotations as per project specifications.
• Handling entire technical department and providing them proper feedback.
• Enhance quality audits and their implementation in all projects.
• Optimize company profitability & profit growth by pursuing sound and consistent technical & commercial judgment.
• Monitoring the QA-QC activities in the laboratory as per the integrated management system.
• Setting commercial and technical problems as and when they arise.
• Monitoring of raw materials at regular intervals.
• Ensure alignment with LIMS (Lab Information Management Systems) for digital traceability (e.g. IMS, ISO system).
• Preparing the mix design as per the project specification.
• Discussing in detail the technical aspects with consultants, clients and contractors and providing them proper feedback.
• Checking various parameters at regular intervals to satisfy all the customers.
• Checking customers complains and respond them with suitable clarifications.
• Proper selection of raw materials, admixtures to make sure that all the customers are satisfied with the quality products and services.
• Maintaining the proper documentary record of all the activities performed on daily, weekly and monthly basis as per the standard test procedure and their references.
• Managing daily technical aspects, assess and providing them proper technical support.
• Regularly visiting independently laboratories and discussing with them on various issues.
• Technical visit to the sites to make sure that all the quality control procedure is adopted.

Qualifications & Requirements Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil/Chemical Engineering
• Minimum Ten years of experience in similar industry.
• Fluency in Arabic and English Reading and writing.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Able to work within tight deadlines.
• Very Good knowledge of Microsoft office.