- Established NATA accredited lab that brings quality and excellence to clients
- If you love asbestos testing NATA standards & leadership, this one's for you!
- Base + Super + Great Team + Easy Location

The Company Be part of an established environmental and occupational hygiene consultancy helping businesses manage important workplace, environmental and safety challenges. Working across construction, property, development and commercial industries, its highly experienced team holds some of the most sought-after technical skills in the country and is regularly requested by name by major construction and development organisations.

Their work helps protect the integrity of sites nationwide, including hospitals, educational institutions, municipal councils and major commercial developments.

With a proud NATA-accredited laboratory specialising in asbestos fibre counting and identification, the business has built a reputation for technical excellence, reliable advice and responsive service.

Just as importantly, it genuinely values its people, creating a workplace where expertise is recognised and employees feel empowered, respected and supported.

The Role

If you're an experienced laboratory professional who takes pride in technical excellence and wants the chance to shape how a specialist laboratory operates, this is a chance to step into a role where your knowledge, judgement and experience will genuinely count.

You will have the opportunity to make this specialist laboratory your own, bringing your experience, ideas and technical knowledge to an operation where quality, accuracy and client confidence really matter.

It's more than laboratory management; it's a chance to influence standards, strengthen technical capability and play an important part in the continued success of the business.

If you enjoy being hands-on, take pride in exceptional technical standards and want the autonomy to make a difference, this could be a rewarding next move.

Bring your NATA experience, passion for quality and knowledge of asbestos testing to a business that values the expertise you bring.

Key Responsibilities





Lead Operations

- Take ownership of the day-to-day laboratory operations, overseeing sample receipt, logging, asbestos analysis, fibre counting and reporting.
- Ensure laboratory equipment, calibration, consumables and the LIMS are maintained to support accurate results and efficient turnaround times.

Own NATA accreditation and quality
- Take responsibility for maintaining NATA accreditation and the ISO/IEC 17025 Quality Management System, ensuring the laboratory consistently meets all required standards.
- Oversee audits, quality control programs, external proficiency testing, corrective actions and ongoing improvements to laboratory processes.

Provide technical leadership
- Act as the technical point of reference for asbestos testing and occupational hygiene methodologies, supporting consultants with appropriate sampling advice.
- Ensure testing practices meet relevant standards, including AS 4964 for asbestos bulk identification and requirements for airborne asbestos monitoring.

Train and develop the team
- Build technical capability across the team by delivering training in asbestos bulk identification and airborne fibre monitoring.
- Maintain competency and training records while ensuring Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and workplace health and safety standards are consistently followed.

Build relationships and maintain service standards
- Develop positive relationships with clients and work closely with internal consultants to ensure laboratory services meet project requirements.
- Champion accurate, reliable and timely results while maintaining the high technical and service standards expected of an accredited laboratory.

Qualifications & Experience





- Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Engineering or relevant tertiary qualification.
- Minimum five years' laboratory experience, ideally in asbestos testing, identification or occupational hygiene.
- Demonstrated experience maintaining NATA accreditation and an ISO/IEC 17025 Quality Management System.
- Experience as a NATA representative, technical manager or authorised signatory will be highly regarded.

Technical Knowledge
- Strong understanding of asbestos bulk identification (AS 4964), airborne asbestos fibre counting and relevant testing methodologies.
- Experience with laboratory quality control, proficiency testing, equipment calibration and accreditation requirements.
- Knowledge of laboratory procedures, GLP, workplace health and safety and continuous improvement practices.
- Familiarity with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and Microsoft Office.

Personal Attributes
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to technical accuracy and quality.
- Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to provide technical guidance and build client relationships.
- Highly organised, proactive and able to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- Collaborative approach, with the ability to work autonomously, support colleagues and develop technical capability

Remuneration and Advantages You will be rewarded with an attractive remuneration package commensurate with your experience, along with the best team culture you could ask for! All applicants must have the right to live and work in Australia.

They are proud of their safe and supportive culture, and welcome candidates from LGBTQIA+ communities to join our team and we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to also apply.

If this sparks your interest, and aligns to your skills, we would like to know more about you, please apply via the link.

For further information about this exciting opportunity, please confidentially apply to the link below or head to our website to apply directly at www.theprojectdiary.com

📌 Laboratory Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 The Project Diary / Intuitivity RPO
📍 Melbourne