Manufacturing Supervisor, Instruments

Manufacturing Supervisor, Instruments - 2

Published on:
Jun 18, 2026

Country:
United States

Location:

Austin, Texas

Company:
Luminex Corporation

Job Category:
Operations

Employment type:

Regular Full Time

• Assume principal ownership of defined Manufacturing sections and/or product lines with responsibility for supervising associated manufacturing staff of moderate to high span of control and/or skill level.
• Delivering manufacturing requirements according to production schedules for those products including manufacturing requirements for support of new product integration, process development, equipment validations, and process validations.
• Leads and engages production team employees, plans, coordinates, and supervises the daily activities of their assigned Manufacturing section and/or product lines to ensure efficient production. Setting the daily schedule, priorities, and task delegation and managing resources to execute the production schedule.
• Manufacturing environment is a high complexity, small/large run production environment. Responsible for standard and custom Luminex instrument product lines manufactured in an environment that is ISO certified and includes products that are FDA regulated.

• Coordinate (developing and implementation) the daily work schedule, priorities, and task delegation within a work section.
• Supervise associated manufacturing personnel.
• Establish, execute and maintain appropriate role-specific training plans; ensure that each team member is properly trained on systems, processes and equipment.
• Deliver manufacturing requirements and attainment of production schedule for responsible Manufacturing section and/or product lines, qualification/processing of incoming materials, production intermediates, and stability samples.
• Deliver timely completion of manufacturing sections of process documentation and related business system transactions.
• Oversee section cycle counts; deliver timely completion of cycle counts and physical inventory.
• May oversee specific calibration and maintenance of manufacturing equipment and infrastructure.
• Document non-conformances and participate in Material Review Board.
• Participates in the integration of new products and processes into the Manufacturing organization; participates in validation and integration of new products and processes; participates in design transfer teams as required.
• Identify process improvements to improve quality and efficiency. Participate in sustaining projects for improvement of manufacturing processes, cleaning processes, product specifications, process/test equipment/fixtures, analysis tools, and business systems.
• Participate in/execute equipment and process validations.
• Participate in or lead investigations and resolution of findings impacting the Instrument Manufacturing Organization identified through audits, non-conformances, corrective/preventive actions, or customer complaints escalation.
• Develop and/or updates of work instructions for new and/or improved processes.
• Maintain cleanliness and integrity of manufacturing and storage areas.
• Lead and/or participate in departmental and interdepartmental training; maintain current training to standard operating procedures per matrix, work instructions, and applicable changes affecting the Manufacturing departmental training compliance.
• Interface with other departments as required; represents the department on internal committees and project teams as assigned.
• Maintain personal compliance and facilitate departmental compliance with the Quality Management System.
• Adhere to safety, disposal, and/or gowning requirements; facilitate departmental compliance.
• Perform change control review as required to support change requirements including Engineering Change Orders, Document Change Control, and Deviations. Take ownership of section task-specific and change control training.
• Drive document change control and basic engineering change control activities specific to Manufacturing section and/or product lines.
• May manage Manufacturing section and/or product line specific labor routings and lead times for optimal accuracy; facilitate definition of labor routings and lead…