Calibration Manager

About Us

We are an international organization dedicated to ensuring measurement systems across industrial, manufacturing, laboratory, engineering, quality, and operational domains are accurate, reliable, traceable, and compliant. Our multidisciplinary teams work closely with various departments like Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing, Maintenance, Laboratory, Production, Safety, Metrology, Procurement, and IT, as well as external calibration laboratories, to uphold measurement standards that support product quality, regulatory compliance, and process control.

Role Overview

Seeking a knowledgeable Calibration Manager to spearhead calibration strategy, oversee metrology operations, manage measurement systems, coordinate calibration scheduling and equipment qualification, and drive compliance and continuous enhancement initiatives. The ideal candidate will manage a comprehensive calibration program encompassing diverse measuring instruments, test devices, laboratory and production measurement systems, inspection tools, sensors, and monitoring equipment.

Key Responsibilities

• Formulate and apply a robust calibration strategy aligned with quality, manufacturing, engineering, laboratory, regulatory, and business needs.
• Create policies, standards, procedures, governance frameworks, and technical calibration requirements.
• Develop risk-based calibration approaches prioritizing critical measurement instruments based on risk, usage, performance history, and regulatory mandates.
• Administer the full calibration program spanning multiple facilities, departments, and equipment categories, ensuring maintenance of schedules, frequencies, methods, and acceptance criteria.
• Implement calibration plans on annual, quarterly, monthly, and weekly bases coordinating with Production, Maintenance, Engineering, Laboratory, Quality, and Operations to minimize operational interruptions.
• Oversee scheduling of internal and external calibrations, coordinating resource availability including technicians, laboratories, vendors, and equipment.
• Supervise calibration execution for diverse categories such as pressure, temperature, flow, dimensional, electrical, torque, mass, force, humidity, timing, laboratory instruments, process sensors, and test systems.
• Maintain controlled inventories of measurement and test equipment with detailed records on identification, serial numbers, location, ownership, calibration status, intervals, history, due dates, results, measurement range, and accuracy specifications.
• Establish identification and status-labeling protocols to readily determine calibration states, preventing unauthorized usage of uncalibrated or out-of-date equipment.
• Set controls for various calibration statuses including calibrated, due, overdue, failed, out of service, under repair, reference standard, and retired equipment.
• Lead metrology standard setting and practice development ensuring measurement accuracy, repeatability, reproducibility, and traceability across systems.
• Ensure calibration results are traceable to national/international standards, maintain documentation, and verify reference standard control.
• Manage storage, handling, environmental controls, calibration frequency, protection, traceability of reference standards to prevent deterioration or unauthorized use.
• Track key performance indicators such as calibration compliance, on-time calibrations, overdue rates, backlog, out-of-tolerance occurrences, failure rates, gauge R&R performance, measurement uncertainty, turnaround times, cost metrics, vendor performance, audit outcomes, technician competencies, digitalization adoption, and continuous improvement savings.

Candidate Profile

• Proven expertise in managing calibration or metrology programs within industrial, manufacturing, laboratory, pharmaceutical, energy, aerospace, automotive, electronics, or similarly measurement-intensive sectors.
• Strong grasp of calibration concepts including traceability, uncertainty, standards, methods, and system performance.
• Experience overseeing calibration across varied instruments (electrical, dimensional, pressure, temperature, flow, force, torque, mass, humidity, laboratory equipment).
• Knowledgeable in risk-based calibration and interval optimization techniques.
• Experience coordinating internal calibration labs, external providers, or metrology services.
• Familiarity with ISO/IEC 17025, ISO 10012, ISO 9001, and other relevant standards.
• Hands-on with measurement system analysis methods like Gauge R&R, bias, linearity, stability, repeatability, and reproducibility.
• Experienced in troubleshooting out-of-tolerance calibration results with product/process impacts.
• Skilled at reviewing calibration certificates, traceability evidence, uncertainty statements, and technical records.
• Competent in using CMMS, EAM, laboratory information management, and calibration management systems for asset oversight.
• Data-driven approach using calibration history and measurement data to optimize strategies.
• Experienced in managing calibration budgets, contracts, vendors, labs, and technical personnel.
• Advantageous skills: digital calibration management, electronic certificates, mobile calibration, automated data capture, connected measurement systems, predictive analytics, AI, condition monitoring, or automated calibration solutions.
• Strong understanding of equipment lifecycle management, obsolescence, procurement, repair, replacement, and asset tracking.
• Knowledge of calibration safety, environmental controls, equipment handling, and lab practices.
• Leadership abilities managing calibration engineers, technicians, coordinators, and service teams.
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, project-management, analytical, and communication skills.
• Familiarity with UAE and GCC industrial, regulatory, laboratory, and quality environments is preferred.
• Relevant academic qualifications in Metrology, Mechanical/Electrical/Instrumentation Engineering, Measurement Science, Physics, Industrial or Quality Engineering, or related disciplines.
• Certifications in metrology, quality, calibration, laboratory management, or Lean Six Sigma considered a plus.
• Strong command of English in verbal and written communication; additional languages beneficial.
• Technical leadership with an ability to convey measurement risks into practical quality, engineering, and operational controls.
• Capability to balance precision, compliance, availability, cost, operational continuity, and risk.
• Adept at independently managing complex calibration operations in a fully remote, globally distributed context.
• Attributes: technically precise, quality-focused, data-oriented, compliance-conscious, proactive, collaborative, and results-driven mindset.