Laboratory Supervisor

Bureau Veritas is a global leader in testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) services, operating across various industries to help clients manage risk, enhance performance, and ensure compliance with quality, health and safety, environmental, and social responsibility standards. 

As an accredited certification body, Bureau Veritas attests that management systems, services, and personnel comply with specific standards, facilitating market access and enhancing brand reputation. We offer tailored services across multiple sectors, including Buildings and Infrastructure, Agri-Food, Automotive and Transport, Marine and Offshore, and Power and Utilities. Our services include laboratory and on-site analyses to verify that products and commodities meet required properties, standards, and regulations and on-site evaluations to ensure that products, services, assets, and installations are manufactured or operating as intended, thereby controlling quality and verifying compliance with regulatory requirements. 

Bureau Veritas is a “Business to Business to Society” company aiming to foster trust among businesses, public authorities, and consumers. We integrate sustainability into our core strategy, offering services that help clients navigate challenges related to safety, environmental protection, social responsibility, and product or service quality throughout the supply chain.

Who we need

Reporting to the Department Manager, we are hiring a Laboratory Supervisor to lead a team within our environmental testing laboratory.

This is a hands-on leadership role that combines people management, operational oversight, data review, and quality assurance. You will be responsible for ensuring laboratory operations run efficiently, analytical results are accurate and defensible, and turnaround times are consistently achieved.

Leading a team of approximately five employees, you will work closely with laboratory staff, project managers, sample logistics, quality assurance, and other laboratory leaders to maintain productivity, support continuous improvement, and foster a collaborative team environment.

This is a fully onsite position located in Bedford, Nova Scotia.

What's in it for you

Lead with purpose. You will play a key role in delivering analytical data that supports environmental protection, public health initiatives, and critical environmental decision-making across Canada.

Grow your leadership career. This role is part of the organization's succession planning strategy and offers a clear pathway toward Laboratory Manager and other senior leadership opportunities.

Make an impact beyond the laboratory. You will influence operational performance, develop talent, improve processes, and contribute to the success of a high-performing environmental testing operation.

Join a collaborative team. You will work alongside experienced professionals in a supportive environment that values teamwork, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.

How you will make an impact

Support sample reception operations. You will receive, unpack, organize, and process environmental samples while ensuring accurate documentation and timely entry into laboratory systems.   

Lead and develop your team. Recruit, coach, mentor, and support employees while fostering engagement, accountability, and professional growth.

Drive laboratory operations. Manage daily workflows, monitor production targets, coordinate staffing priorities, and ensure turnaround times are achieved.

Ensure quality and accuracy. Review and validate analytical data, support quality systems, and ensure compliance with laboratory procedures and regulatory requirements.

Support continuous improvement. Identify opportunities to improve processes, efficiency, and productivity while contributing to the department's long-term growth strategy.

Champion safety and compliance. Promote a strong safety culture, ensure adherence to health and safety requirements, and support quality assurance programs and audits.

What you bring

• Technical expertise. You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science, or a related scientific discipline. Equivalent combinations of education and relevant laboratory experience will be considered.
• Laboratory systems & data analysis. You have experience working with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel. You are comfortable reviewing analytical data and working within established quality systems to ensure accuracy, reliability, and compliance.
• Quality & laboratory operations. You understand regulated laboratory environments and are familiar with laboratory workflows, quality standards, and production expectations. Experience with Statistical Quality Control (SQC), control charts, and environmental or pharmaceutical testing laboratories is considered a strong asset.
• Leadership in a lab setting. You bring leadership experience in a laboratory environment, whether formal, acting, project-based, or as a team lead. You are comfortable coordinating work, supporting peers, and contributing to smooth day-to-day operations.
• Professional skills & working style. You are a collaborative, proactive, and adaptable professional who thrives in fast-paced, production-driven environments. You combine strong organizational and prioritization skills with sound judgment and problem-solving ability. You communicate clearly, build strong working relationships, and contribute to a positive, team-first culture.

Why join us 

At Bureau Veritas, you will be part of a global team dedicated to making a meaningful impact on the world. With over 83,000 employees across 140 countries, we are committed to creating a safer, more sustainable future. Our mission goes beyond compliance—protecting lives, preserving the planet, and driving positive change. 

As a global leader in testing, inspection, and certification, we embrace innovation and strive for excellence. You will work alongside passionate experts shaping the future of environmental testing. Join a team united by shared values and a commitment to building a better tomorrow. Together, we are reimagining industries and leading the way in sustainability. Apply now If you have 70 percent of what we are looking for and 100 percent authenticity and passion, express your interest here.

What you can expect from our recruitment process

• A virtual interview with a Talent Advisor to express your interest in the role and share your experience. 
• An interview with the hiring team to discuss your leadership approach, laboratory experience, and ability to support a high-volume testing environment.
• Final hiring discussions and next steps.

• Artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be used to support parts of the recruitment and selection process; however, all hiring decisions are made by our hiring managers and talent acquisition team.

Bureau Veritas is firmly committed to diversity within its community and welcomes applications from racialized persons, Indigenous Peoples, veterans, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, and those who contribute to the diversification of ideas. We are committed to providing accessible employment practices. Please contact us at View email address on bureauveritas.applytojob.com if you require accommodations at any stage of the interview process.

*Effective June 1, 2026 the company will no longer be assisting with or approving any new requests for provincial nomination assistance. This policy is being implemented as a result of a change in our labour needs and a shift in the domestic job market.

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