Supervisor, Quality Lab

Entegris, Inc.; Aurora (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Entegris is seeking a Quality Lab Supervisor for the CMP Pads Manufacturing team at the Aurora, IL facility. The role leads Quality Lab Technicians, ensuring safe, compliant, and timely lab execution on the 2:00pm–10:00pm shift, Monday through Friday onsite.

You will drive safety, quality, and continuous improvement, coach staff, manage performance, and ensure proper documentation across COA and LIMS, with weekend support as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent manufacturing quality lab experience.
• 5+ years of quality laboratory or manufacturing experience with team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead Quality Lab Technicians on 2:00pm–10:00pm shift to ensure safe, compliant lab execution.
• Model safe work practices and maintain cleanliness and EHS compliance.
• Communicate goals and priorities; align with engineering and management.
• Train, coach, and develop lab staff; manage performance reviews and corrective actions.
• Record test results, COAs, and LIMS records accurately and traceably.
• Identify and escalate nonconformances and support containment and root‑cause analyses.
• Apply Lean and Six Sigma tools to improve efficiency and workflow.
• Prepare for internal or external audits and implement corrective actions.
• Pursue safety improvements, 6S, waste reduction and process improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Quality control

Laboratory supervision

Lean Six Sigma

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry/ Biology/ Engineering/ Quality or related field

Tools

LIMS

Audits

Job description

Job Title:

Supervisor, Quality Lab

Job Description:

The Role:

Entegris is seeking a driven and collaborative Quality Lab Supervisor to join the CMP Pads Manufacturing team at the Aurora, Illinois facility. In this role, you will be accountable for safe, compliant, and timely day-to-day laboratory execution for the shift by leading Quality Lab Technicians who perform visual inspection and testing for manufacturing, product development, engineering, and customer‑failure analysis. Your role will ensure a strong focus on safety, quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement while fostering an environment where teamwork, innovation, and accountability thrive. This 2nd Shift position is onsite, Monday through Friday, leading a team that operates 2:00pm to 10:00pm, with extended shift support and weekend oversight as business needs require.

What You'll Do

• Model safe work practices and monitor quality areas to ensure cleanliness, housekeeping, and EHS procedures are followed; support plant safety and housekeeping initiatives as assigned

• Provide clear communication regarding goals, expectations, and daily priorities; collaborate with other supervisors, engineering and management to ensure alignment and escalat

• Train, certify, coach, and develop laboratory technicians; address performance issues with proper documentation and manage performance reviews and corrective actions in a timely manner

• Provide day-to-day direction and respond to shift-level concerns, including safety incidents, quality issues, and personnel matters

• Ensure test results, Certificates of Analysis, and Laboratory Information Management System records are complete, accurate, timely, and traceable

• Ensure technicians recognize, contain, document, and elevate product, instrument, method, and quality‑standard deviations or nonconformances in a timely manner

• Support corrective action and nonconformance investigations, including containment, data collection, root‑cause analysis, effectiveness checks, and documentation of results

• Apply Lean and Six Sigma concepts, including Kanban, 6S, PDCA, and visual management, to improve resource planning, schedule attainment, workplace organization, and daily execution.

• Prepare the laboratory for internal, customer, and external audits and ensure identified actions are completed

• Identify and pursue opportunities for safety improvements, 6S, labor, cost reduction, waste elimination, improved material flow, and greater equipment and process efficiency.

What We Seek

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, Quality, or another related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant manufacturing quality laboratory experience

• Typically 5 or more years of quality laboratory or manufacturing experience, including demonstrated experience leading a team