22 Laboratory Manager jobs in India

Position Overview

The Laboratory Manager will lead a specialized safety laboratory dedicated to evaluating process hazards and material risks within chemical manufacturing. This role ensures the safe design and operation of processes by overseeing laboratory testing, analyzing results, and providing technical recommendations. The manager will partner with chemists, engineers, and safety professionals, while also representing the company in industry forums such as DIERS (Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems).

Key Responsibilities

• Manage daily laboratory operations, ensuring safety, compliance, and efficiency.
• Supervise, train, and guide laboratory staff, setting performance goals and overseeing development.
• Design and oversee experiments to evaluate thermal and process safety hazards.
• Perform and review calculations for emergency relief venting, external fire exposure, and physical property estimations including National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 30 and API 520 methodologies.
• Analyze test data and prepare clear, actionable technical reports.
• Support process hazard analyses (PHAs), incident investigations, and worst-case scenario assessments.
• Maintain laboratory equipment, databases, and records; ensure calibration and reliability of instruments.
• Act as a technical liaison for DIERS and other external safety networks.
• Provide expert guidance to internal stakeholders on hazard evaluation practices.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Advanced degree or professional certification in process safety or chemical safety (preferred but not required).
• Experience in a laboratory management or process safety role.
• Knowledge of safety compliance standards, risk management methodologies, and industry guidelines (DIERS, NFPA, API).
• Strong technical background in process safety and hazard evaluation.
• Hands-on experience with laboratory testing and safety data analysis.
• Familiarity with emergency relief design (DIERS methodology) and regulatory standards such as NFPA 30 and API 520.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret complex data and translate findings into practical safety recommendations.
• Proven leadership skills with experience managing laboratory staff.
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and project management abilities.
• Strong communication skills to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Requirements

Chemistry. A degree in veterinary science/ food science and specialization in nutrition will be preferred.

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Traction Test Laboratory Manager in Coimbatore we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your technical expertise in managing test laboratories to a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside collaborative, detail-oriented, and innovative teammates.

You'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the efficiency, accuracy, and integrity of our Traction Test Laboratory. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (Engineering, Site Certification Validation, and Traction Control), liaise with external service providers and suppliers, and oversee laboratory performance metrics, such as customer satisfaction and profit and loss (P&L), among other responsibilities.

You’ll specifically take care of maintaining and developing testing methodologies and equipment, but also ensuring compliance with EHS (Environment, Health, and Safety) regulations and accreditation standards like EN 17025.

We’ll look to you for:

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

Things you’ll enjoy Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

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Position Overview

The Laboratory Manager will lead a specialized safety laboratory dedicated to evaluating process hazards and material risks within chemical manufacturing. This role ensures the safe design and operation of processes by overseeing laboratory testing, analyzing results, and providing technical recommendations. The manager will partner with chemists, engineers, and safety professionals, while also representing the company in industry forums such as DIERS (Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems).

Key Responsibilities

• Manage daily laboratory operations, ensuring safety, compliance, and efficiency.
• Supervise, train, and guide laboratory staff, setting performance goals and overseeing development.
• Design and oversee experiments to evaluate thermal and process safety hazards.
• Perform and review calculations for emergency relief venting, external fire exposure, and physical property estimations including National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 30 and API 520 methodologies.
• Analyze test data and prepare clear, actionable technical reports.
• Support process hazard analyses (PHAs), incident investigations, and worst-case scenario assessments.
• Maintain laboratory equipment, databases, and records; ensure calibration and reliability of instruments.
• Act as a technical liaison for DIERS and other external safety networks.
• Provide expert guidance to internal stakeholders on hazard evaluation practices.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Advanced degree or professional certification in process safety or chemical safety (preferred but not required).
• Experience in a laboratory management or process safety role.
• Knowledge of safety compliance standards, risk management methodologies, and industry guidelines (DIERS, NFPA, API).
• Strong technical background in process safety and hazard evaluation .
• Hands-on experience with laboratory testing and safety data analysis .
• Familiarity with emergency relief design (DIERS methodology) and regulatory standards such as NFPA 30 and API 520 .
• Demonstrated ability to interpret complex data and translate findings into practical safety recommendations.
• Proven leadership skills with experience managing laboratory staff.
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and project management abilities.
• Strong communication skills to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Overview

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Why Medpace?

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Overview

Medpace is a full-service clinical contract research organization (CRO). We provide Phase I-IV clinical development services to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Our mission is to accelerate the global development of safe and effective medical therapeutics through its scientific and disciplined approach. We leverage local regulatory and therapeutic expertise across all major areas including oncology, cardiology, metabolic disease, endocrinology, central nervous system, anti-viral and anti-infective. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, employing more than 5,000 people across 40+ countries.

Why Medpace?

People. Purpose. Passion. Make a Difference Tomorrow. Join Us Today.

The work we’ve done over the past 30+ years has positively impacted the lives of countless patients and families who face hundreds of diseases across all key therapeutic areas. The work we do today will improve the lives of people living with illness and disease in the future.

Medpace Perks

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