Supervisor Manufacturing

Bio Life Solutions is repeatedly named one of Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, a list curated by Seattle Business Magazine. We welcome you to apply to join our dynamic, high-energy team. Here you will find a performance-based, family-oriented environment where authentic communication and treating colleagues with respect are required. Our employees receive a competitive benefits package, which includes a 401k matching program.

Bio Life Solutions is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of class-defining cell and gene therapy bioproduction tools and services. Our solutions facilitate basic and applied research and commercialization of new therapies by maintaining the health of biologic source material and finished products during manufacturing, storage, and distribution. Our solutions offer commercial companies and clinical researchers significant improvement in shelf life and post‑preservation viability and function of biologic materials.

Our tools portfolio includes our proprietary, serum‑free and protein‑free, fully defined Cryo Stor® freeze media and Hypo Thermosol® shipping and storage media, and ThawSTAR® family of automated, water‑free thawing products. For more information, please visit:

The Manufacturing Supervisor  is a core team member of the Manufacturing Department. The Manufacturing Supervisor is responsible for monitoring and ensuring the day‑to‑day staff in executing the manufacturing processes in compliance with established SOPs. This position is accountable for the efficient operation of the manufacturing processes, collaborating with supervisors/team leads from multiple shifts to ensure accuracy of production and performing troubleshooting activities as needed.

The right candidate will exhibit the initiative and drive to accomplish department and company objectives while maintaining the highest quality standards.

60-70% of job duties will include management and indirect manufacturing support projects. This includes but is not limited to:

• Oversee cleanroom activities; ensuring team members adhere to work instructions and SOPs.
• Monitor and ensure team members follow proper aseptic technique and appropriate cleanroom behavior.
• Perform periodic 1 on 1s and performance reviews for team members.
• Develop/mentor team members to perform to expectations.
• Ensure all documentation in accordance to Bio Life’s Quality Management System is properly requested, completed, and filled out on time. This includes batch records, forms, log sheets, deviations, CAPA setc.
• Effectively address daily production issues and escape issues to management if necessary.
• Update or direct the updates of master documentation as needed.
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining tracking metrics for critical processing steps in order to anticipate problems real time.
• Responsible for scheduling all aspects of daily production to ensure proper team member rotations and adequate staff coverage for MFG activities.
• Ensure completion of pre‑production suite set up cleaning and post‑production cleaning and documentation.
• Oversee activities on the production floor ensuring all team members comply with Aseptic technique, SOPs, batch records and safety policies.
• Review production records for accuracy.
• Maintain open communication with Department Head to streamline flow of operations and effectively address daily production issues.
• Manage the training and development of additional production team members to maintain a fully staffed team.
• Oversee manufacturing materials inventory control and inventory maintenance and qualified cross‑functional manufacturing department.
• Perform preventive maintenance on manufacturing equipment.
• Perform root cause investigations for Quality issues.
• Perform validation activities as needed.
• Perform batch record and SOP revisions.
• Propose champions and implement process improvements.
• Supports training program sharing knowledge of process.
• Training new manufacturing team members and be a source of knowledge and information.
• Other projects and duties as required.

30-40% of job duties will be directly related to routine processes of bulk…