Job Title: Quality Control Supervisor
Job Location:Avon Lake Ohio
Job type: Fulltime
Type of role: Onsite
About Lubrizol
The Lubrizol Corporation a Berkshire Hathaway company is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928 Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities sales and technical offices around the world and has about 8000 employees. For more information visit .
We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent unbiased and transparent recruitment process Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.
Join Our Thriving Team at Lubrizol as a Quality Control Supervisor
Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol were transforming the specialty chemicals market and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world and want to make a real impact we want you on our team.
What Youll Do:
Quality is a critical element of the Lubrizol Vision and a longterm customer commitment. Our mission is to reliably deliver products that consistently meet our customers quality expectations.
What Were Looking For:
- Ensure a culture of quality and safety awareness in the laboratory
- Supervise daytoday activities in the QC laboratory
- Maintain all lab ISO documentation including lab specific procedures and calibration records
- Ensure that instruments are maintained per ISO requirements
- Support new manufacturing authorizations from QC testing perspective for products
- Support the LifeScience Polymer business by ensuring all requirements are in place for medical polymers
- Aid with risk assessment analysis
- Participate and prepare for customer audits
- Participate on the internal auditing team at the plant
- Maintain product sample retention requirements for industrial and medical products
- Initiate and circulate product specifications for approval
- Maintain product specifications
- Understand equipment operation to assist when necessary to identify problems to correctly identify root cause to reduce future occurrences
- Ensure that all necessary lab supplies are available including the preparation and standardization of necessary reagent/solutions
- Monitor lab output in SAP to ensure inventory availability
- Review and approve laboratory results as needed
- Troubleshoot OOS results
- Support supply chain to fulfill customer orders control nonconforming products and effectively manage MA product release
- Coordinate testing from the pilot plant and R&D for commercial and experimental work
- Responsible for assessment of Lab Technician performance establish/maintain training systems and set work performanceexpectations. Document and address any work performance issues.
- Ensure appropriate staffing levels based on manufacturing needs.
- Work with relief technicians to develop working schedule and manage overtime for all technicians
- Identify and drive continual improvement projects that improve costs quality service and/or HSES performance.
- Assist management in developing and improving test methods to ensure consistency and effectiveness.
- Investigate perform required testing and drive solutions to customer complaints. Prepare responses to customers as needed.
- Interface with all corporate commercial supply chain customer experience and lab / operations personnel as needed.
Skills That Make a Difference:
- Fouryear college degree chemical or technical degree preferred
- 3 years experience in a lab setting
- Experience with physical property testing & advanced instrumental analytical techniques
- Knowledge of safe lab practices lab techniques and quality management principles
- Knowledge of ISO 9001 and medical requirements
- Strong leadership and supervisory skills
- Excellent organizational skills verbal/written communication skills & attention to detail is necessary
- Advanced critical thinking skills and the ability to make competent independent decisions in a timely manner
- Ability to effectively manage multiple and or changing priorities with minimal to no supervision
- Strong MS Office products knowledge and skills
- Must possess the ability to interact effectively and professionally with internal customers external customers vendors and various stakeholders
- SAP experience QM module preferred and experience with LIMS considered a plus
- Experience with Statistical Quality Control methodologies considered a plus
Perks and Rewards That Inspire:
- Competitive salary with performancebased bonus plans
- 401K Match plus Age Weighted Defined Contribution
- Competitive medical dental & vision offerings
- Health Savings Account
- Paid Holidays Vacation Parental Leave
- Flexible work environment
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Ready for your next career step Apply today and lets shape the future together!
Its an exciting time to be part of is not staying put. We are continually learning and passion delivers our success not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees customers and communities.
As a diverse global team we work together to solve some of the worlds most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver and we never stop pushing to do it better.
One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and same commitment is only stronger than that we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be no matter their race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status or any other characteristic.
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Required Experience:
Manager