Quality Control Supervisor

Job Title: Quality Control Supervisor

Job Location: Avon Lake, Ohio

Job type: Full-time

Type of role: On-site

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 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.

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 we're 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 You'll Do:

Quality is a critical element of the Lubrizol Vision and a long-term customer commitment. Our mission is to reliably deliver products that consistently meet our customers’ quality expectations. 

What We're Looking For:

• Ensure a culture of quality and safety awareness in the laboratory
• Supervise day-to-day 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 non-conforming 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 performance-expectations.  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:

• Four-year 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 performance-based 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

Learn more at benefits.lubrizol.com!

Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together!

It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our 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 world’s 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 respect. That same commitment is only stronger today. More 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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