Quality Lab Supervisor

Air Boss Rubber Compounding, 500 Air Boss Pkwy., Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America

Posted Friday, February 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM

The Quality Lab Supervisor’s role is to provide leadership to the lab technicians and to oversee daily Quality Lab operations, including the supervision of all aspects and testing.

• Communicate with and coach all Quality associates to ensure compliance with all plant, and Occupational Health & Safety policies.
• Perform all duties of a supervisor as outlined in the Internal Responsibilities section of the Air Boss Health & Safety program manual.
• Oversee and assist with milling, rheometer testing, physical testing, curing, and any other duties as needed.
• Provide guidance to lab technicians, and train new technicians.
• Serve as a resource for Quality Lab team. Communicate company policy, decisions, and change, positively and directly.
• Prioritize the workload within the lab and assign tasks to lab technicians.
• Coordinate with shift supervisors and the management team on quality issues.
• Maintain lab and finish specifications.
• Final decision making authority on releases, non-conformances, or any other issues arising on the shift.
• Ensure all shipping and related paperwork are complete.
• Before leaving at the end of each shift, ensure any required cleaning is completed, the lab is organized for the next shift, and all non-conforming batches are put on hold.
• Maintain calibrations of the Quality Lab equipment.
• Member of ISO Quality Core Team and participate as a Certified ISO auditor.
• Attend the 8:30 am production meeting from Monday through Friday.
• Discuss Quality Lab associate performance regularly, teaching, coaching where appropriate.
• Complete a formal performance evaluation for each Quality Lab Technician once per year.
• Additional duties as assigned.

• Post‑secondary technical training
• Good communication / Interpersonal skills