Lab Manager
4 days ago
**Key Responsibilities**
**1. Lubricant Development & Formulation**
- Develop & Formulate and test new lubricant blends by optimizing components to develop the best additive-base oil combinations, ensuring the highest quality at the most cost-effective price while maintaining compliance with required specifications.
- Improve existing formulations to enhance performance, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
- Ensure compliance with ACEA, API, JASO, ASTM, SAE, ISO, and OEM specifications as required.
**2. Testing & Quality Assurance**
- Conduct chemical and physical analyses of lubricant samples and raw materials to ensure quality and compliance with industry standards.
- Ensure that all purchased and manufactured products comply with industry safety, quality, and environmental standards.
- Perform all required tests, including viscosity, flash point, pour point, oxidation stability, and wear protection, to ensure product performance and compliance with specified standards.
**3. Research & Development (R&D)**
- Conduct laboratory experiments to evaluate components for developing optimal additives, ensuring compliance with the latest international formulations of ACEA, API, and JASO, to produce high-quality finished lubricants in a cost-effective manner.
- Analyze test data to enhance product performance and troubleshoot formulation issues.
- Stay updated on new industry trends, component, additives, and testing methods.
**4. Lab Management**
- Oversee day-to-day operations of the testing laboratory.
- Manage laboratory personnel, assign tasks, and ensure smooth workflow.
- Maintain and calibrate lab equipment to ensure accurate test results.
5. Technical Reporting & Documentation
- Prepare detailed technical reports, SOPs, and test documentation.
- Provide technical support to internal teams, customers, and regulatory bodies.
- Ensure proper record-keeping and compliance with industry regulations.
**Required Skills & Experience**
- Minimum 10 years of experience in lubricant formulation, testing, and analysis within UAE manufacturing plants or at laboratories of international high-level brands in blending manufacturing.
- Strong knowledge of lubricant chemistry, component ,additives, and base oil properties.
- Hands-on experience with ASTM, ISO, and other industry-standard test methods.
- Skilled in the use of various analytical instruments such as FTIR, viscometer, flash point tester, ICP, Karl Fischer titrator, cloud point tester, four-ball wear tester, and oxidation stability apparatus for comprehensive lubricant testing.
- Experience in R&D, problem-solving, and data interpretation.
- Strong leadership and lab management skills.
- Excellent technical writing and reporting abilities.
**Preferred Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering.
**Experience in a wide range of industrial lubricants, including**:
- Automotive lubricants
- Marine lubricants
- Mining, steel, and metal lubricants
- Cement industry lubricants
- Power plant lubricants
- Specialty lubricants
Expertise also includes lubricants for:
- Heavy machinery
- Hydraulic systems
- Gear oils
- Compressor oils
- All types of greases
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements such as REACH, API, ACEA, JASO, and OEM approvals.
**Experience**:
- Lab Manager: 5 years (preferred)
License/Certification:
- UAE Driving License (preferred)
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