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About this Laboratory Operations Manager role at Universal Business Team

Universal Business Team · Hurn, Hurn, United Kingdom

We’re hiring a hands-on Operations Manager to bring structure, pace, and performance to a fast-growing physical testing lab.

We are supporting a growing specialist laboratory delivering physical testing of protective equipment, whose work supports manufacturers and regulators to ensure products meet critical safety and performance standards.

 

As they continue to scale, we’re looking for a hands-on Operations Manager to bring structure, drive improvements, and lead the lab testing engineering team .

You’ll take ownership of work scheduling, team performance, and operational processes, ensuring projects are delivered efficiently, safely, and to a high technical standard. Alongside this, you’ll oversee quality systems and support accreditation activities.

If you enjoy organising teams, improving processes, and making operations run smoothly, this is a role where you can make an immediate impact.

What you’ll own:

·       Day-to-day scheduling and planning of lab work

·       Leading a small team of engineers

·       Driving process improvements and efficiency

·       Implementing KPIs and performance tracking

·       Supporting audits and overseeing accreditations

 

Requirements

We’re looking for someone who:

·       Has led technical or lab-based teams

·       Is highly organised and confident managing workloads

·       Enjoys improving processes and driving results

·       Brings a hands-on, pragmatic leadership style

·       ISO experience highly desirable, especially ISO 17025

Benefits

Salary £50-60,000

Training opportunities

Bonus

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How this Operations Manager salary compares

This role pays $80,447/yrbelow the typical range for Operations Manager roles.

$77,750 median $140,000 $199,375

Typical range $104,106–$168,000/yr, from 1,187 comparable Operations Manager listings on JobsRadar (pay annualized to USD). See Operations Manager salary insights →

About Universal Business Team

Universal Business Team (“UBT”) is a global enterprise spanning 19 countries across the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, Central America and Australasia. UBT, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, is a diversified business consultancy that supports clients with business-advisory and group-buying services with the objective to help businesses develop a competitive edge.

UBT was launched in 2009 in response to the Global Financial Crisis to support client organisations that were either in distress or looking to improve their competitiveness and financial performance. Currently, UBT turns over $500M (AUD) and has aspirations for significant growth over the next three to five years. A recent decision was made to bring four separate global regions together under the one global brand and leadership team.

UBT’s business advisory services comprise corporate training, consulting, recruitment, accounting, and group buying services. UBT facilitates leadership and business excellence for our client’s in their respective industries. Through the group buying function, UBT nurtures mutually-beneficial relationships between member businesses and world-leading providers of business goods and services. The outcome to which we strive is a “win-win” for small-to-medium enterprises and big business alike.

UBT provides services and products to approximately 3,000 independent, family-owned businesses globally with combined annual revenues exceeding $12B (AUD). The majority are small to medium sized enterprises with typical annual revenue ranges between $5m-$20m. However, there are also some larger businesses with annual revenues in the range of $100m-$250m.

UBT supports clients by providing products, services and support designed to increase their profitability and growth. The after-tax profits generated by UBT are reinvested into community initiatives, predominantly through schools and charities.,

UBT Recruitment are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We will apply a rigorous, objective selection process using non-discriminatory criteria, as far as possible on behalf of all the businesses we recruit for.
To view our policy in full please contact uk.recruitment@ubteam.com

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