What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Lead - Toxicology position at houstonforensicscience?
Job Description:
Under the general direction of the Toxicology Manager, the Technical Lead will provide an oversight of the section’s analytical operation and is responsible for establishing and maintaining standard operating procedures and coordinating research projects. The Technical Lead will perform development and validation/verification studies of analytical methods and technical review of casework. The Technical Lead may independently perform routine to complex chemical analyses of biological specimens for research and validation/verification purposes, coordinate with Quality Division regarding the section’s quality assurance and quality control programs and supervise interns and fellows. Specific duties may include, but are not limited to, performing the following:
- Designs, supervises, and performs experiments to troubleshoot analytical issues and to develop and validate analytical methods.
- Ensure the analytical methodology and procedures established and practiced in the section are in compliance with the section’s standard operating procedures and applicable quality standards.
- Conducts technical review of analytical batches.
- Establishing standard operating procedures.
- Provides technical guidance, trains Forensic Scientists on analytical procedures and laboratory practice, and assists in competency/proficiency testing of the Scientists.
- In partnership with the Toxicology management, ensure the training program follows the section’s training manual and applicable quality standards.
- Performs and coordinates research projects and present/publish the findings.
- Prepares accurate and precise notes and analytical batches.
- Maintains and calibrates scientific instruments and follows quality control measures to ensure instruments meet required performance standards
