Senior Ops Leader, High-Volume Specimen Processing

Cielo Talent; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Quest Diagnostics is seeking an experienced operations leader to oversee a high-volume, fast-paced production environment. This role requires building, leading, and retaining large teams while driving continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Based in Pittsburgh, you will balance throughput, service levels, and safety, partnering with support functions to keep systems running smoothly and to deliver results in a metric-driven setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree is required.
• Experience in manufacturing or high-throughput environments.
• Hands-on automation and systems management experience.
• Proven staffing, retention, and workforce planning at scale.
• Recent experience leading large teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a high-volume production environment and ensure throughput targets.
• Lead, develop, and retain large teams while driving performance.
• Drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Partner with support functions to keep systems running smoothly and meet service levels.

Skills

Production experience

Automation & systems management

Labor force management

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Quest Diagnostics is seeking an experienced operations leader to oversee a high-volume, fast-paced production environment. This role requires building, leading, and retaining large teams while driving continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Based in Pittsburgh, you will balance throughput, service levels, and safety, partnering with support functions to keep systems running smoothly and to deliver results in a metric-driven setting.