- Overall Marketing, Commercial and Technical responsibility of the branch
- Oversees tidy office, laboratories, camp and staff house environment
- Oversees the maintenance of all equipment, vehicles, training apparatus, documents, books, manuals and inventory allocations.
- Overall responsibility of the implementation of Quality Systems (including calibration)
- Oversees the implementation of all health and safety adopted procedures
- Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet schedules and deadlines
- Oversees and controls time and testing records
- Sets in coordination with GM the yearly objectives for the Branch and ensures the achievement of these objectives
- Prepares yearly budgets and ensures the achievement of the budgets as approved by the GM
- Performs close cost control on the branch operation at all levels and ensures that expenses are within the yearly approved budgets
- Assists in recruitment and approves the enrollment of new recruits
- Evaluates and assists in the procurement of equipment and other purchases as needed in the laboratory and other divisions
- Follows-up legal issues as stipulated in the laws of the local government and ensures that the company is in line with these laws
- Analyzes and resolves, or assists workers in solving work problems and provides moral assistance and support for their personal problems
- Signs laboratory technical reports
- Writes and reviews technical reports issued by the laboratory
- Prepares tenders, quotations and estimates for laboratory works and reviews and approves quotations issued by other divisions in the branch