Team Lead / Stores Support

Laboratory Team Leader

Celbridge, Co. Kildare - Full Time

• Permanent Full time
• 39 hours per week
• Flexibility needed for early starts and late finishes.
• €16.45 per hour
• Opportunities for career development
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee high standards of laboratory support, cleaning, and day-to-day operational activities.
• Manage laboratory supplies, inventory, stock control, deliveries, and waste collection processes.
• Support laboratory operations by restocking materials, maintaining equipment, and responding to ad-hoc operational requests.
• Handle administrative tasks including audits, compliance checks, staff records, timesheets, incident reports, and SOP documentation.
• Supervise and support staff by organising schedules, monitoring performance, managing discipline, and encouraging teamwork and training.
• Maintain strong customer and client relationships by delivering professional service and resolving issues promptly.
• Ensure full compliance with health & safety procedures, including inspections, risk assessments, PPE management, and incident reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience in Laboratory Support, Stores, Cleaning Operations, or Facilities Services environments.
• Previous team leadership or supervisory experience needed.
• Experience using operational equipment and inventory systems.
• Strong reliability, flexibility, and organisational skills.
• Flexibility to work alternative hours, shift patterns, weekends, and additional hours when required.

This role will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Garda Vetting.

Benefits

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big-brand retailers
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

Equal Opportunities

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We are a Disability Confident Leader employer, committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications.