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Laboratory Production Supervisor

Teledyne

Knoxville, TNFull-timeSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
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Location
Knoxville, TN
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Security clearance, required

Job overview

The Laboratory Production Supervisor develops and implements activities in laboratory production areas to meet production, quality, and cost objectives. The role prioritizes schedules, plans procedures and budgets, and selects and develops personnel. It coordinates laboratory workflow, reporting, equipment maintenance, procurement, documentation, and training, while overseeing production personnel and laboratory operations.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Workflow Coordination, nice to haveProduction Scheduling, nice to haveLaboratory Reporting, nice to haveDatabase Queries, nice to haveGM Tube Calibration, nice to haveLaboratory Procedure Validation, nice to haveProcurement, nice to haveEquipment Maintenance, nice to havePersonnel Management, nice to haveTraining Management, nice to haveHazardous Material Transportation, nice to haveEnvironmental Control Management, nice to haveERP Software, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience, required3+ Years Related Experience, requiredUS Citizenship, requiredAbility to Attain Security Clearance, requiredAbility to Travel 10%, required

Full job description

US - Knoxville, TN

Full time

REQ37883

Be visionary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

Job Summary:

Responsible for the development and implementation of activities in laboratory production area(s) to meet production goals, quality and cost objectives. Prioritizes production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency and materials supply. Plans and administers procedures and budgets. This job will make budgetary recommendations on capital expenditures and direct/indirect labor. Selects and develops personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the laboratory production areas and develops schedules and manpower requirements for assigned areas. Teledyne may, at its discretion modify or add further duties not currently listed in the general job description. Assignments tend to be of moderate complexity, diversification or expense. Receives assignments in the form of objectives with goals and process to meet goals outlined. Normally does not receive instructions on routine work, detailed instructions provided on new projects or assignments.

Detailed Description:

Coordinate workflow activities between all laboratory sections.

  • Supervise and assign duties for Process Specialist(s), Separations, Loading and Measurements Technician(s) as required.

  • Data Production and Reports

  • Supervise or prepare, QC and transmit both legacy sample reports for AFTAC headquarters.

  • Oversee or perform QC and research for sample information request and report results to AFTAC.

  • Produce ad hoc reports and database queries as required.

  • Manage and maintain GM tube supply.

  • Tube receipt, warranty repair, calibration schedule and tube maintenance.

  • Supervise and track/analyze bias in GM tubes and counting channels.

  • Laboratory Documentation

  • Develop, revise, review and validate laboratory procedures.

  • Procurement

  • Supervise or perform procurement activities, (Reqs, PO’s and contracts)

  • Track LN2 consumption.

  • Equipment

  • Ensure PMR and calibration schedules are established and followed.

  • Monitor GM-tube performance.

  • Maintain adequate compressed gas cylinder inventory.

  • Coordinate the troubleshooting and maintenance of AFTAC laboratory equipment.

  • Manage Production Laboratory Personnel

  • Manage your own personal actions and distinguish those from one needed to be delegated.

  • Delegate assignments appropriately.

  • Develop career progressions for your team.

  • Perform employee Timesheet approval.

  • Manage Laboratory Training

  • Program Documentation

  • Training Records

  • Tasks Evaluations

  • Quarterly Records Review

  • Ensure good laboratory housekeeping standards are maintained.

  • Ensure End-of-Day Safety/Security procedures are performed.

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university in a related positions and 3-5 years of directly related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Other Skills and Abilities

  • Hazardous Material Transportation

  • Offsite transportation environmental control manager

  • Knowledge of specific software (design, analysis, ERP…)

Other Qualifications

  • US Citizenship with ability to attain/maintain government security clearance.

  • Ability to travel (domestically/internationally) approximately +/-10_%

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

You may not realize it, but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day .

Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense, transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets, including aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, energy, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

How this job compares

Set against the 448 open Laboratory Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$80–122K/yr112 salary ranges
  • US median$20–24/hr150 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 448 open Laboratory Operations jobs across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Laboratory Operations postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (279 postings).
Education
91 of the 448 open Laboratory Operations jobs (20%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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