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Wabern
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Laboratory Manager (80-100%)
- 10 April 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Wabern
Job summary
Join METAS as a Laboratory Leader (80-100%) in Wabern.
Tasks
- Lead and inspire the team with a clear vision.
- Ensure future-oriented metrological infrastructure.
- Identify R&D potentials and initiate new projects.
Skills
- Degree in natural or engineering sciences with leadership experience.
- Strong leadership and team-building skills required.
- Excellent communication in multiple languages essential.
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About the job
Laboratory Manager (80-100%)
Workplace Wabern, Lindenweg 50 - Bern region - SwitzerlandCategoryPositionOccupation rate
80% - 100%
Job Startimmediate or by arrangementPublished30 April 2026The Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology METAS is the reference institute for measurements and measuring instruments in Switzerland. To ensure that a litre is always a litre (e.g. when refuelling), METAS carries out calibrations, conformity assessments and consultancy for business, research and administration. Measurement accuracy builds trust, especially at societal and political levels, and is indispensable in many areas: road traffic, electricity billing, time transmission, environmental and health measurements, etc. At METAS, various disciplines converge and complement each other – and have done so since 1862.
Due to upcoming retirements, we are looking for three leaders for the laboratories Direct Current and Low Frequency, High Frequency and Photonics, Time and Frequency. You preferably bring in-depth technical expertise in one of these fields and take responsibility for the entire further development of one of these metrology laboratories.
Description
- You take strategic, technical and personnel responsibility for the laboratory. You lead and inspire your team with a clear vision and transformational leadership.
- You ensure that the metrological infrastructure for calibrations and tests in the respective laboratory is built, further developed and operated efficiently with a future-oriented approach.
- You identify R&D potentials, initiate new projects and promote a culture in which employees take responsibility and contribute new ideas.
- As the central contact person for customers and partners, you accompany the introduction of new services and position the laboratory as a reliable, competent and innovative partner.
- You represent the laboratory professionally externally and maintain and expand relationships with key industrial customers as well as leading research groups. You actively engage in national and international expert committees in the respective metrological fields.
Requirements
- You have a completed university degree in natural or engineering sciences or an equivalent qualification with several years of professional and leadership experience in an industrial environment
- You possess pronounced leadership skills, promote employees purposefully and create a working environment based on trust, clarity and collaboration
- You bring enthusiasm and sound knowledge in metrology and measurement technology
- You have experience in change management and enjoy guiding teams through change processes and actively shaping further developments
- Your solution-oriented attitude, quick comprehension, precise working method and interdisciplinary thinking distinguish you
- You communicate confidently in one official language and have very good knowledge of a second official language (B2 - C1), complemented by good English skills
We offer
- A responsible leadership role with scope for design, in which you actively shape the future of a technical-scientific laboratory. You work at the interface between industry and research, with a team at the highest professional level and in a collegial environment with attractive working conditions.
- METAS respects the different needs and life experiences of its employees and promotes their diversity. Equal treatment enjoys the highest priority.
Contact and Address
For technical enquiries, please contact Dr Marc-Olivier André, Head of Metrology in Physics I, Tel. No. 0041 (0)58 387 01 11.
miriam.weber@metas.ch
Phone
0583870227
Web
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