Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Laboratory Team Leader is responsible for the day-to-day delivery of laboratory operations. You will lead part of the laboratory team, support effective resourcing and training, and ensure samples are extracted, analysed and reported safely, accurately and within agreed turnaround times.
This is a hands-on leadership role that combines operational benchwork with people leadership. You will work closely with the wider ARL leadership team, support teams and external partners to maintain accredited standards and improve efficiency, productivity and service delivery.
You are a practical people leader with sound laboratory experience and the judgement to make clear, timely decisions. A great team player who communicates well, takes accountability and enjoys coaching others to build capability. You can balance operational priorities, technical quality and customer service while maintaining a strong focus on safety and wellbeing.
You will be comfortable working in a matrix structure with a high level of independence and initiative, smoothly collaborating across laboratory teams and stepping into operational benchwork when required and appropriately trained.
In return for your skills, we offer a very competitive package that includes an array of insurances, and company clothing allowance, plus excellent training opportunities in a supportive cooperative environment.
How to apply: Create a profile and submit your CV and Cover letter.
Applications Close: 02 December 2026
Agnition builds on Ravensdown’s more than 40-year legacy of enabling smarter farming for a better New Zealand. Its nutrients, fertiliser, expertise and technology help more than 15,000 farmers reduce environmental impacts and optimise value from the land in a truly integrated way.
Finding, building and investing in high-potential opportunities to solve real world challenges in the ag sector.
Food production is becoming increasingly complex and its future less certain due to environmental, regulatory, financial and societal obligations. To ensure our farmers and growers are here for the long term, we need to bring smart, tested, practical solutions to market faster.
Agnition believes that with knowledge, creativity and partnership we can solve these challenges and secure a sustainable future for our farmers, growers, their communities and our motu.
Ravensdown is committed to a drug and alcohol free workplace. The successful applicant will be required to undergo a pre-employment drug and alcohol test.
Forged in 1977 from farmers’ determination to resist large corporations snapping up assets in the farming sector. Today, Ravensdown exists to enable smarter farming for a better New Zealand. As a farmer-owned co-operative, our products, expertise and technology help farmers reduce environmental impacts and optimise value from the land.
Whether it’s food grown for livestock or for humans, we are an integral part of the food creation process. We are the only co-operative on the planet that tests for, advises about, buys, ships, stores, spreads, measures and maps food-creating nutrients and fertiliser in a truly integrated way. We also provide products and services in environmental mitigation, agronomy and animal health sectors.
From scientists to sales staff, engineers to IT experts, the diverse team is focused on a common goal: to enable smarter farming for a better New Zealand by delivering quality agri-products, technologies and services.
When it comes to the growing prosperity of New Zealand, stronger rural communities and a progressive environmentally considerate agri-sector, Ravensdown is part of the solution.
