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We operate a network of over 2,500 laboratories and business facilities across 115 countries, supported by a team of 99,500 dedicated professionals. With over 145 years of service excellence, we combine the precision and accuracy that define Swiss companies to help organizations achieve the highest standards of quality, compliance, and sustainability.\n PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES\nSupervise routine analytical technique related to the established Fire Assay. Assist with the coordination of progress of jobs and results between sections and other departments relating to fore assay work and results.\nSPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES\nSupervise the FAS Floor ( weighing , fluxing , fusion , cupelling and dissolution of prills using either digestion or parting process) exactly to the relevant Competence Modules set ( Weighing in Geochem Fire Assay , Fluxing in Geochem Fire Assay , Fusion , Cupellation , Digestion of Ag and Pd prills)\nPunctuality at all times (15min earlier to start time or 15 min later from knock off time depending on handover).\nEnsuring proper handover during shift change ensuring team leaders are following the proper hand over process (day night & weekend shifts)\nAssist in the effective and optimum utilization of staff, equipment and facilities within the department.\nLiaise with the Team leaders/Operators to ensure customer requirements are achieved with regard to the turnaround time commitments.\nReport daily production figures to Section Manager, and reasonable explanations and evidence for targets not achieved.\nProduction figures must be accurate and traceable to job numbers.\nInstitute the necessary company corrective measures against subordinates for actions that are contrary to company rules & procedures by reporting to Section Manager.\nAssist in the investigation of any irregularities/non conformances within the fire assay process including the Improvement Requests and Client’s\nDrive good housekeeping practices and ensure that the work areas are surrounding environment is kept clean.\nComply and Conform to the QHSE policy of the company\nMust have full understanding of the LIMS system.\nMust comply and conform to the Quality Management System ( ISO17025 and SANAS requirements)\nAttend to client queries promptly with appropriate feedback to the Manager with regards to resolutions.\nInstitute appropriate root cause analysis for all problem investigations and formulate appropriate technical conclusions.\nTraining of new Laboratory employees on the application of fire Assay techniques, processes, procedures and working instructions.\nProfiling and batching of jobs scheduled for day to day shifts\n Must be willing to work overtime/flexible hours when necessary.\nOvertime submission sheets must be properly checked) Section Manager( Name , employee number , correct hours claimed ) before handing in to Section Manager for approval.\nCo-ordinate and Supervise the production team\nAssist in the completion of production report.\nEvaluate and report analytical results.\nStanding in for other Senior staff durin his/her absence(meeting , trainings , sick leaves and annual leave)\nParticipate and form part of Operational Integrity project and campaigns\nApply Check status process and use the Stop Work Authority whenever the control of risks is not clearly established and understood\nAdhere to all quality and safety requirements of the SGS management system.\nPerform any other reasonable tasks as assigned y direct line manager.\nCOMPLIANCE & AUTHORITY\nAssist with production coordination with specific collaboration with FAS and Instrumentation departments.\nAssist with the training and verification of Fire Assay staff\nPlan leave in such a way that overtime is kept to a minimum\nCheck daily staff attendance and address any problem timeously and pro-actively.\nEnsure that there are sufficient Staff members on shift\nEnsure that required consumables and inventory stock levels/PPE for Fire Assay are monitored and maintained\nCarryout monthly stock counts within the department.\nEnsure the maintenance of the laboratory instruments and apparatus is performed and maintain equipment records, logbooks, files and registers accordingly.\nCease the use of any equipment that may be deemed to constitute a safety hazard or enter hazardous environments without the necessary knowledge and protection and report the situation to higher authority to take action.\n Cease to carry on with work that may affect the quality (integrity) of services and report the situation to higher authority to take action.\nInitiate a formal improvement request when a deviation of the system occurs, possible improvements are identified or when nonconformity is identified.\n Education\nNational Diploma/Degree in Analytical Chemistry and /or proven years of laboratory, knowledge, skills and experience sufficient to recognized as qualification through - Recognition of Prior Learning.\nGrade 12, with Mathematics and Science\nExperience\nMinimum of 5 years’ experience in a relevant discipline/analytical laboratory.\nSupervisory experience\nKnowledge of Laboratory Quality Management System.\nREQUIRED SKILLS\nCompetent in technical knowledge of fire assay analytical process\n Must have full understanding of the LIMS system\n Supervisory experience\n Able to work with technical and management staff\n Able to work independently and to coordinate several activities simultaneously\nGood communication and interpersonal skills\nAssist with trouble shooting and problem solving\nCan fluently communicate in English\n All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5658,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"Upper-Intermediate (B2)","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Annual leave"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Biotechnology","Cybersecurity","Environmental Science","Testing, Inspection & Certification"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-05T13:17:27Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":5,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.185,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":343,"expected_fill_days":33,"reasons":["conf:2","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-10T06:52:35Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/sgs-shift-supervisor-fire-assay","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/sgs-shift-supervisor-fire-assay.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-10T23:22:33Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1799,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3634},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3634"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsgs-shift-supervisor-fire-assay"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsgs-shift-supervisor-fire-assay"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsgs-shift-supervisor-fire-assay"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/sgs-shift-supervisor-fire-assay\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsgs-shift-supervisor-fire-assay"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":276633}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"sgs.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":276633},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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