Supervisor, Manufacturing 2nd Shift
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Summary
As a Supervisor, Manufacturing, you will guide and develop a high-performing team while ensuring excellence in safety, quality, and production efficiency. You will have approximately 30 direct reports and coordinate department activities across shifts to meet production schedules and equipment efficiency requirements while maintaining strict adherence to cGMP standards.
Job description
How You Will Make an Impact
As a Supervisor, Manufacturing, you will guide and develop a high-performing team while ensuring excellence in safety, quality, and production efficiency. You will have approximately 30 direct reports and coordinate department activities across shifts to meet production schedules and equipment efficiency requirements while maintaining strict adherence to cGMP standards.
This role combines people leadership with strategic operational oversight to deliver important products that help our customers make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.
Working closely with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, and other support functions, you will lead continuous improvement initiatives, optimize workflows, and cultivate a culture of safety and quality excellence.
You will manage daily production activities, conduct performance reviews, provide coaching and training, and ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements while maintaining optimal cost-benefit ratios.
Schedule
Monday – Friday | 2:30 -11pm. Flexibility to work varying shifts and schedules as business needs require is also required.
What You Will Do
- Lead, coach, and develop a manufacturing team of approximately 30 direct reports.
- Coordinate department activities across shifts to meet production schedules and equipment efficiency requirements.
- Ensure strict adherence to cGMP standards, quality systems, SOPs, and regulatory requirements.
- Partner closely with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, and other support functions.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives and optimize production workflows.
- Promote a strong culture of safety, quality, accountability, and operational excellence.
- Manage daily production activities and ensure production goals are achieved efficiently.
- Conduct performance reviews and provide ongoing coaching and training to team members.
- Analyze production data and metrics to identify opportunities for process improvement.
- Support production planning, scheduling, and workflow optimization.
- Lead investigations, CAPAs, and change control processes.
- Implement and sustain standard work and 5S practices.
- Maintain an optimal cost-benefit ratio while meeting production and quality expectations.
- Collaborate effectively across functions to resolve issues and build consensus.
Minimum Requirements
- Advanced degree with 3+ years of manufacturing operations experience, or Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of manufacturing operations experience, including 1+ years in a leadership role.
- In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role. (HS Diploma Required)
- Experience in a GMP, ISO, or other regulated manufacturing environment.
- Leadership experience managing teams of 15–25 people.
- Strong understanding of Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Expertise in production planning, scheduling, and workflow optimization.
- Ability to analyze data and metrics to drive process improvements.
- Experience with quality systems, SOPs, and regulatory compliance.
- Proficiency with ERP systems and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Flexibility to work varying shifts and schedules as business needs require.
- Physical ability to perform manufacturing floor activities and work in cleanroom environments.
- Experience leading investigations, CAPAs, and change control processes.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across functions and build consensus.
- Experience implementing standard work and 5S practices.
Requirements
- Advanced degree with 3+ years of manufacturing operations experience, or Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of manufacturing operations experience, including 1+ years in a leadership role.
- HS Diploma Required
- Experience in a GMP, ISO, or other regulated manufacturing environment.
- Leadership experience managing teams of 15–25 people.
- Strong understanding of Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Expertise in production planning, scheduling, and workflow optimization.
- Ability to analyze data and metrics to drive process improvements.
- Experience with quality systems, SOPs, and regulatory compliance.
- Proficiency with ERP systems and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Flexibility to work varying shifts and schedules as business needs require.
- Physical ability to perform manufacturing floor activities and work in cleanroom environments.
- Experience leading investigations, CAPAs, and change control processes.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across functions and build consensus.
- Experience implementing standard work and 5S practices.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Health Incentive Programs
- Employee Assistance Program
- Family Support Programs
- Commuter Benefits
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Accident Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-term Disability
- Long-term Disability
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Company overview
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. The company's mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. With over 100,000 employees globally, Thermo Fisher provides an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience, and pharmaceutical services through its industry-leading brands including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon, and PPD. The company serves customers across healthcare, life sciences, applied markets, and pharmaceutical sectors, offering solutions that accelerate research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics, and increase laboratory productivity. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Thermo Fisher operates globally, delivering critical scientific products, services, and workflow solutions that support researchers, organizations, and companies in addressing some of the world's most pressing issues.