A leading poultry production operation in Muscat, Oman is seeking an experienced Laboratory Manager to oversee all laboratory operations within its production facility. This senior role is responsible for managing laboratory testing activities, ensuring compliance with quality and biosecurity standards, supporting disease surveillance and product quality programs, and maintaining accurate laboratory processes that underpin poultry health, food safety, and operational excellence.
About the Role — Poultry Plant Laboratory Operations
Environment: Commercial poultry production plant based in Muscat, Oman — a fully on-site operational role
Testing Scope: Poultry health, product quality, food safety, and biosafety compliance testing
Leadership Scope: Full supervision of laboratory personnel, resource allocation, and team management
Quality Focus: SOPs, calibration, maintenance, validation, and continuous improvement of laboratory processes
Cross-Team Collaboration: Close coordination with production, hatchery, veterinary, and quality teams
Why This Opportunity Stands Out
Specialist Niche: Poultry industry laboratory management is a high-demand, specialised career path across the Gulf and MENA region
Leadership Responsibility: Full accountability for laboratory operations, personnel, equipment, and reporting in one role
Regulatory Impact: Direct contribution to food safety and biosecurity compliance at a national production level
Growth Market: Oman’s poultry and food production sector continues to expand, creating strong long-term career stability
Position Overview
The Laboratory Manager role at this poultry production plant in Muscat, Oman is a senior, fully on-site position that sits at the critical intersection of poultry health, food safety, and quality assurance. This is a leadership-heavy role requiring proven experience managing laboratory operations specifically within the poultry industry — from daily testing management and biosafety compliance to equipment maintenance, SOP development, and strategic reporting to management on quality and compliance performance.
Why This Role Matters: As Lab Manager at this Muscat poultry production facility, you directly protect public health and food safety by ensuring every laboratory test — from poultry health surveillance through product quality assurance — is performed to the highest accuracy and compliance standards. You lead and develop a laboratory team, maintain critical equipment through calibration and validation, develop and own the SOPs that govern laboratory practice, monitor performance indicators to drive continuous improvement, and serve as the technical voice of the laboratory to production, veterinary, and quality leadership — a role of genuine operational and public health significance.
Key Responsibilities
Daily Laboratory Operations Management
- Manage all daily laboratory operations and ensure the timely and accurate execution of all testing activities
- Oversee laboratory testing related to poultry health, product quality, and food safety across all relevant programs
- Review and approve laboratory test results and all associated technical reports
Quality Compliance & Biosafety
- Ensure full compliance with laboratory quality standards, biosafety requirements, and applicable regulatory guidelines
- Develop and maintain laboratory procedures, quality documentation, and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Monitor laboratory performance indicators and implement continuous improvement initiatives to raise quality and efficiency
Equipment & Facility Management
- Maintain all laboratory equipment and ensure calibration, maintenance, and validation activities are performed on schedule
- Supervise laboratory personnel and allocate resources effectively to support operational priorities
Cross-Functional Coordination & Reporting
- Coordinate closely with production, hatchery, veterinary, and quality teams to support informed operational decision-making
- Prepare laboratory performance reports and provide actionable recommendations to management regarding quality, compliance, and laboratory operations
Qualifications & Requirements
Industry Experience
- Proven, demonstrable experience managing laboratory operations specifically within the poultry industry — this is a firm requirement
Educational Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Medicine, Microbiology, Animal Science, Poultry Science, Biotechnology, Food Science, Laboratory Sciences, or a closely related field
Essential Skills & Competencies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for interpreting complex laboratory data and identifying quality or compliance issues
- Strong leadership and team management capabilities, with experience supervising and developing laboratory personnel
- Effective communication and reporting skills, including the ability to present technical findings clearly to management
- Fluency in English, both written and spoken, for all professional communication and documentation
About the Laboratory Manager Opportunity in Muscat, Oman
This Laboratory Manager role is embedded within a commercial poultry production plant in Muscat, Oman — an industry sector that plays a critical role in the country’s food security and agricultural production landscape. The position requires a leader who understands the unique challenges of laboratory operations in a live poultry production environment, where biosecurity, disease surveillance, and rapid food safety testing are not merely administrative requirements but genuine day-to-day operational necessities.
Oman’s poultry sector is a growing and strategically important component of the national food supply chain, and experienced Laboratory Managers with a background in poultry production are consistently in strong demand across the Gulf region. This role offers a genuine opportunity to take full ownership of a specialist laboratory function, contribute meaningfully to food safety and public health standards, and build a senior career within Oman’s dynamic agricultural production industry.
Career Excellence: Lead laboratory operations at a Muscat poultry facility and make a real, measurable contribution to food safety, biosecurity, and operational excellence in Oman’s agricultural sector.
Who Should Apply?
- Poultry Industry Lab Managers: With proven experience managing laboratory operations specifically in a poultry production environment
- Veterinary or Microbiology Graduates: With relevant post-graduate industry experience in food safety or poultry health laboratory settings
- Food Safety Laboratory Leaders: Experienced in biosafety compliance, quality standards, and SOP development within food production facilities
- Laboratory Quality Specialists: With strong equipment calibration, validation, and performance monitoring experience in regulated environments
- Gulf-Based Lab Professionals: Seeking a senior laboratory management role within Oman’s growing poultry and food production sector
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