PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
The ICP Specialist is responsible for outlining the responsibilities and authorities in relation to post requirements of managerial, technical, and key support personnel
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conduct research into and develop new ICP methods and procedures for the group in order to address analytical anomalies, client requests, and changing customer requirements
- Support all operations within Geochem throughout Africa.
- Keep up to date with new and novel developments in the analytical field of expertise in order to institute time savings, reliability, and efficiency improvements
- Solve analytical problems with respect to sample preparation, sample digestion and instrumental troubleshooting
- Conduct sample analysis using complicated and novel analytical methods
- Ensure that new staff members are continuously trained, job observations performed, and staff verified as competent
- Provide all the required technical support to enable the laboratory to function effectively whilst adhering to correct quality procedures and health and safety guidelines
- Ensure that laboratory tests are performed in order to produce reliable and precise results to meet client requests and requirements
- Carry out routine tests accurately and follow strict SGS methodologies
- Operate and maintain standard analytical laboratory equipment
- Calculate, verify, record, interpret, and report results to present to management and clients
- Ensure strict adherence to SGS Health, Safety, Quality procedures, protocols, and requirements.
- Maintain effective participation in proficiency testing schemes, maintain and monitor performance excellence, and report to agreed schedules
- Timeously address and close out non-conformances, corrective actions, and improvement requests.
- Conduct customer complaint Investigations as required and provide technical solutions to solve the problems
- Responsible for sample routing, formulating changes, improving workflow, and maximum utilization of resources in the departments.
- Coordinate Method Development and Method Validation
- Responsible for effective and appropriate use of equipment and facilities
- Assist with results evaluation
- Determine accreditation requirements and implement and monitor
- Fulfils the role of Technical Manager as per SANAS ISO17025 requirements
- Ensure that company policies are adhered to by the staff
- Available to travel throughout Africa.
- Adhere to all quality and safety requirements of the SGS management system
- Perform any other reasonable tasks as assigned by the direct line manager