About this role
Job title: Manufacturing Clean Room Operations Supervisor
About the Role As the Manufacturing Clean Room Operations Supervisor, you will lead the day-to-day production activities within a controlled clean room environment, ensuring products are built to exacting quality, safety, and contamination-control standards. You will supervise a team of operators, drive throughput and yield, and champion a culture of ownership and continuous improvement. This role may require supporting a shift-based schedule to maintain continuous operations.
What You'll Do
- Supervise, coach, and develop a team of clean room production operators to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives
- Ensure strict adherence to clean room protocols, gowning procedures, ESD controls, and contamination-control standards
- Plan and prioritize daily production schedules to meet customer demand and on-time delivery
- Monitor key performance indicators (safety, yield, throughput, scrap) and lead corrective actions when targets are missed
- Partner with manufacturing engineering and quality to troubleshoot process issues and implement improvements
- Enforce compliance with EHS, quality system, and standard-work requirements, including lockout/tagout and documentation practices
- Lead shift start-up meetings, staffing, and cross-training to maintain flexible, capable teams
- Support audits and inspections by maintaining clean room compliance and accurate records
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean and structured problem-solving
What We're Looking For
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 3+ years of manufacturing experience, including 1+ year in a lead or supervisory capacity
- Experience working in a clean room, controlled, or regulated production environment
- Ability to read and interpret work instructions, specifications, and quality documentation
- Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and hold a team accountable to standards
Nice to Have
- Experience in electronics, semiconductor, medical device, or aerospace/defense manufacturing
- Familiarity with ISO clean room classifications, ESD controls, and contamination-control practices
- Working knowledge of Lean manufacturing, 5S, and continuous improvement tools
- Experience with ERP/MES systems and production reporting
- Supervisory or leadership training/certification