Quality Lab Supervisor (Manufacturing)

Location: Onsite in Cordova, Illinois, United States. Travel may include up to 10%. Relocation assistance is not authorized.

Salary: $95,591–$116,834 annually, including base pay and variable incentive pay if eligible.

Company

hirify.global develops products and technologies across global industrial, healthcare, safety, and consumer markets.

What you will do

• Oversee quality control and wastewater laboratory operations, including shift coverage and business continuity.
• Lead laboratory technicians and coordinate sample testing priorities with production and wastewater operations.
• Manage technician onboarding, qualification, training progression, and training documentation.
• Support safety, environmental, HRP, EHS audits, and compliance activities within the laboratories.
• Identify cost-reduction opportunities and improve the use of labor, materials, equipment, and external services.
• Lead Lean, 5S, standard work, daily audits, kaizen events, preventive maintenance planning, and laboratory improvement projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher and seven years of combined experience in manufacturing, quality, research and development, and/or laboratory work; or a high school diploma/GED and at least eleven years of relevant experience.
• Experience with routine test procedures, equipment validation, measurement systems, testing, and calibration.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, problem-solving, continuous improvement, and management skills.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship.
• Ability to work onsite in Cordova, Illinois, and support around-the-clock laboratory operational needs as required.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in science and/or engineering.
• Medical product or quality management system experience, including FDA Quality System Regulation or ISO.
• Previous experience supervising individual contributors.
• Experience leading continuous improvement projects and kaizen events.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment with colleagues across global locations, technologies, and products.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Health Savings Accounts and Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Disability, life insurance, paid absence, voluntary benefits, and retirement benefits.
• Safety and Environmental Health and Safety are core workplace priorities.