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Laboratory Manager (80-100%)
- 10 April 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Wabern
Job summary
Join METAS, the Swiss National Metrology Institute, as a Lab Leader.
Tasks
- Lead and inspire a team in metrology research and development.
- Ensure future-oriented calibration infrastructure in the lab.
- Facilitate relationships with key customers and partners.
Skills
- Requires a degree in science or engineering with leadership experience.
- Strong leadership and team development skills.
- Proficiency in metrology and measurement techniques.
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About the job
Laboratory Manager (80-100%)
Workplace Wabern, Lindenweg 50 - Bern region - SwitzerlandCategoryPositionOccupation rate
80% - 100%
Job Startimmediately or by arrangementPublished26 March 2026The Federal Institute of Metrology METAS is the reference institute for measurements and measuring instruments in Switzerland. To ensure that a liter is always a liter (e.g., when refueling), METAS performs calibrations, conformity assessments, and consulting for business, research, and administration. Measurement accuracy builds trust, especially at the societal and political level, and is indispensable in many areas: road traffic, electricity billing, time transmission, environmental and health measurements, etc. At METAS, various disciplines come together and complement each other – and this has been the case since 1862.
Due to upcoming retirements, we are looking for three leadership personalities for the laboratories Direct Current and Low Frequency, High Frequency as well as 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 professionally represent the laboratory 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, specifically promote employees, and create a work environment based on trust, clarity, and collaboration
- You bring enthusiasm and solid 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
Technical information is gladly provided by 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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