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Laboratory Supervisor roles in the U.S. qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship when the position requires a relevant bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline. The E-3 is renewable every two years with no lottery, making it well-suited for Australian lab professionals building long-term careers in U.S. research, clinical, or industrial settings.
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WSP is currently initiating a search for a Geotechnical Laboratory Supervisor to support our Construction Materials Testing (CMT) and Geotechnical practice in our Louisville, KY office. This position will be responsible for leading the daily operations of an accredited geotechnical and construction materials testing laboratory, ensuring quality, efficiency, and compliance with applicable ASTM, AASHTO, client, and agency requirements.
The successful candidate will bring strong technical expertise in soils, aggregate, and asphalt testing, along with demonstrated experience supervising laboratory personnel, managing quality systems, maintaining accreditation requirements, and delivering high-quality testing results. This role requires exceptional organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities while maintaining strict adherence to quality, safety, and accreditation standards.
Our laboratory is accredited through AASHTO resource and operates under a comprehensive quality management system to maintain the highest standards for testing, documentation, reporting, and equipment management.
Your Impact
- Manage day-to-day laboratory operations and workflow for soils, aggregate, and asphalt testing programs.
- Supervise laboratory technicians and provide technical leadership, mentoring, training, and performance support.
- Assign workloads and monitor schedules to ensure project deadlines and client deliverables are achieved.
- Promote and maintain a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, laboratory procedures, and applicable regulations.
- Oversee sample receipt, logging, storage, tracking, and disposition activities.
- Maintain chain-of-custody procedures and accurate sample identification records.
- Manage laboratory information systems, databases, and testing records.
- Coordinate testing priorities to support project schedules and client requirements.
- Ensure laboratory testing is performed in accordance with applicable ASTM, AASHTO, client, and agency specifications.
- Maintain compliance with AASHTO resource quality management requirements.
- Support proficiency sample programs, accreditation assessments, internal audits, and corrective action initiatives.
- Review laboratory data and reports for technical accuracy, completeness, and compliance prior to release.
- Oversee laboratory equipment calibration, verification, maintenance, and repair programs.
- Maintain calibration records and documentation required to support accreditation requirements.
- Coordinate acquisition, replacement, and maintenance of laboratory equipment and testing resources.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously while monitoring priorities, budgets, schedules, and deliverables.
- Coordinate testing activities with project managers, engineers, field personnel, and clients.
- Support invoicing, billing documentation, and laboratory production reporting.
- Assist with proposal development, scope preparation, and laboratory resource planning efforts.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- High-school diploma or GED
- 8+ years of laboratory testing experience in geotechnical, aggregate, asphalt, or construction materials testing.
- 3+ years of laboratory leadership, supervisory, or management experience.
- Experience working within an accredited laboratory environment.
- Strong working knowledge of ASTM, AASHTO, and quality management systems.
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects and competing priorities.
- Proficiency with laboratory information management systems (LIMS), Microsoft Office Suite, and electronic reporting systems.
- Excellent written, verbal, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Proven commitment to safety, quality assurance, and continuous improvement.
- Soil Classification Testing (ASTM D2487 / D2488)
- Moisture-Density Relationships: Standard Proctor and Modified Proctor
- Grain Size Analysis / Gradation Testing
- Atterberg Limits
- Specific Gravity Testing
- California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
- Moisture Content Testing
- Soil, Aggregate, and Asphalt Sample Preparation and Processing
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Geology, Construction Management, or related discipline.
- Experience supporting AASHTO resource accreditation programs and audits.
- Participation in proficiency sample programs and laboratory quality initiatives.
- Relevant certifications such as NICET, WAQTC, ICC, ACI, DOT certifications, or equivalent agency credentials.
- Experience with laboratory budgeting, billing support, and resource planning.
About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
This Opportunity
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Geotechnical Laboratory Supervisor to support our Construction Materials Testing (CMT) and Geotechnical practice in our Louisville, KY office. This position will be responsible for leading the daily operations of an accredited geotechnical and construction materials testing laboratory, ensuring quality, efficiency, and compliance with applicable ASTM, AASHTO, client, and agency requirements.
The successful candidate will bring strong technical expertise in soils, aggregate, and asphalt testing, along with demonstrated experience supervising laboratory personnel, managing quality systems, maintaining accreditation requirements, and delivering high-quality testing results. This role requires exceptional organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities while maintaining strict adherence to quality, safety, and accreditation standards.
Our laboratory is accredited through AASHTO resource and operates under a comprehensive quality management system to maintain the highest standards for testing, documentation, reporting, and equipment management.
Your Impact
- Manage day-to-day laboratory operations and workflow for soils, aggregate, and asphalt testing programs.
- Supervise laboratory technicians and provide technical leadership, mentoring, training, and performance support.
- Assign workloads and monitor schedules to ensure project deadlines and client deliverables are achieved.
- Promote and maintain a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, laboratory procedures, and applicable regulations.
- Oversee sample receipt, logging, storage, tracking, and disposition activities.
- Maintain chain-of-custody procedures and accurate sample identification records.
- Manage laboratory information systems, databases, and testing records.
- Coordinate testing priorities to support project schedules and client requirements.
- Ensure laboratory testing is performed in accordance with applicable ASTM, AASHTO, client, and agency specifications.
- Maintain compliance with AASHTO resource quality management requirements.
- Support proficiency sample programs, accreditation assessments, internal audits, and corrective action initiatives.
- Review laboratory data and reports for technical accuracy, completeness, and compliance prior to release.
- Oversee laboratory equipment calibration, verification, maintenance, and repair programs.
- Maintain calibration records and documentation required to support accreditation requirements.
- Coordinate acquisition, replacement, and maintenance of laboratory equipment and testing resources.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously while monitoring priorities, budgets, schedules, and deliverables.
- Coordinate testing activities with project managers, engineers, field personnel, and clients.
- Support invoicing, billing documentation, and laboratory production reporting.
- Assist with proposal development, scope preparation, and laboratory resource planning efforts.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- High-school diploma or GED
- 8+ years of laboratory testing experience in geotechnical, aggregate, asphalt, or construction materials testing.
- 3+ years of laboratory leadership, supervisory, or management experience.
- Experience working within an accredited laboratory environment.
- Strong working knowledge of ASTM, AASHTO, and quality management systems.
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects and competing priorities.
- Proficiency with laboratory information management systems (LIMS), Microsoft Office Suite, and electronic reporting systems.
- Excellent written, verbal, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Proven commitment to safety, quality assurance, and continuous improvement.
- Soil Classification Testing (ASTM D2487 / D2488)
- Moisture-Density Relationships: Standard Proctor and Modified Proctor
- Grain Size Analysis / Gradation Testing
- Atterberg Limits
- Specific Gravity Testing
- California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
- Moisture Content Testing
- Soil, Aggregate, and Asphalt Sample Preparation and Processing
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Geology, Construction Management, or related discipline.
- Experience supporting AASHTO resource accreditation programs and audits.
- Participation in proficiency sample programs and laboratory quality initiatives.
- Relevant certifications such as NICET, WAQTC, ICC, ACI, DOT certifications, or equivalent agency credentials.
- Experience with laboratory budgeting, billing support, and resource planning.
About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
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Translate your Australian credentials for U.S. employers
A three-year Australian bachelor's degree in science or a related field is generally accepted as equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree for E-3 visa purposes. Get a credential evaluation from a NACES-approved agency before your first interview to remove any employer hesitation upfront.
Target labs with active DOL LCA filing history
Search the DOL's Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data to identify employers who have filed LCAs for Laboratory Supervisor or related titles. Prior LCA filings signal that the employer already understands the E-3 sponsorship process and won't stall at the paperwork stage.
Find E-3 sponsoring employers through Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork once you have an offer. Migrate Mate surfaces employers with E-3 sponsorship history for lab roles, so your job search skips the time lost on employers unfamiliar with the visa.
Clarify specialty occupation status for supervisory lab roles
Some Laboratory Supervisor positions emphasize managerial duties over technical ones, which can complicate E-3 specialty occupation eligibility. Frame your role around hands-on scientific responsibilities and ensure your job offer letter specifically ties the position to a degree requirement in a scientific field.
Ask your employer about LCA timing before accepting an offer
The employer must file a certified LCA with the DOL before you can apply for your E-3 visa. Confirm your prospective employer knows this step falls on them and ask about their internal HR timelines, since delays here directly push back your consulate appointment and start date.
Prepare a degree-to-role narrative for your visa interview
Consular officers assess whether your specific degree field connects directly to the Laboratory Supervisor role. Prepare a clear, one- to two-sentence explanation of how your qualification in chemistry, biology, or your relevant discipline is a prerequisite for the duties listed in your offer letter.
E-3 Visa Laboratory Supervisor: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Laboratory Supervisor jobs in the U.S. that offer E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is the most direct way to search for Laboratory Supervisor roles where employers are already open to E-3 sponsorship. Because the E-3 requires the employer to file an LCA with the DOL, targeting employers with prior LCA history for lab and scientific roles significantly improves your chances of reaching an offer without educating the hiring team about the visa from scratch.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Laboratory Supervisor role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3 visa?
Laboratory Supervisor roles typically qualify when the position requires at minimum a bachelor's degree in a specific scientific discipline such as chemistry, biology, or medical laboratory science. Roles that blend supervision with hands-on technical responsibilities are stronger candidates than positions framed primarily as people management. Your offer letter should explicitly state the degree requirement to support the E-3 application.
How does the E-3 visa compare to the H-1B for Australian laboratory professionals?
The E-3 is available only to Australian citizens and has no lottery, so you can apply any time of year once you have a certified LCA and a job offer. The H-1B visa subjects most applicants to an annual lottery with no guarantee of selection. For Laboratory Supervisor roles, the E-3 is a faster and more predictable path, with two-year renewable periods and no cap on how many times you can renew.
Can I transfer my E-3 visa to a new laboratory employer if I change jobs?
Yes, but the process starts fresh with the new employer. They must file and receive a new certified LCA from the DOL before you can update your E-3 status. You'll also need a new visa stamp if yours has expired or if you travel internationally before the new employer's paperwork is complete. Coordinating the timing carefully avoids gaps in your work authorization.