Quality Engineering Lab Superintendent

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow's needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply!

Your Role at Cabot
Cabot is looking for a Quality Engineering Lab Superintendent to join their team in the Pampa, TX plant location. This person is responsible for developing and implementing programs that ensure quality analytical data is provided to both internal and external customers. Please consider the opportunity we have for you to join our team!

How You Will Make an Impact
* Ensure a safe work environment for all affected employees and PPE requirements are met
* Ensure procedures are safe, current, adequate, maintained and followed
* Ensures that testing of raw material, in-process, and finished material samples is carried out accurately and efficiently to produce high quality test results that meet customer expectations of timeliness and accuracy
* Ensures that current methods are being used by all personnel to help reduce test variation
* Ensure incidents and near misses are reported and investigated and the causes are addressed
* Ensure employees are properly qualified, produce quality results and staffing levels are appropriate
* Ensure employees are trained and competent in performing necessary test procedures
* Ensures appropriate documentation and reporting of procedures and test results
* Conduct performance appraisals
* Manage the employee schedule, ensuring bucking room and assay laboratory coverage is maintained
* Ensure that analytical equipment is in good operating condition. This can be achieved either by in-house PMs, OEM PMs, or by services available on site.
* Conduct discussions with Manufacturers and Suppliers to procure equipment, supplies, and services
* Contributes to the resolution of customer complaints through analytical work
* Contributes toward overall quality by continuous monitoring of quality levels and through close cooperation with manufacturing management. Recommends improvements to standard procedures
* Maintain adequate QA/QC programs
* Maintain the Radiation Safety Program to ensure compliance with Federal Regulations
* Analyzes, evaluates and plans methods to resolve varied technical problems. Works to the resolution of customer problems. Tracks and investigates details behind external customer complaints and internal non-conformances to assure effective root cause determination and communicate this information appropriately.
* Implements sound quality practices in manufacturing and in the laboratory, including Statistical Process Control and Statistical Quality Control. Implements methodologies to ensure adequate monitoring and control of critical process variables and test methods that impact product properties, specifications, and performance (at customer locations).
* Supports and implements local site for improvements regarding QA, QC and laboratory activities in the plant, target with manufacturing and regional quality group specific quality goals/gaps and identify/prioritize statistical methods to resolve problems. Leads continuous improvement activities in the lab.
* Monitors and reports efforts to resolve customer complaints. Develops and maintains operation of the Corrective Action Request System. Develops plan to teach and monitor the use of manufacturing statistical tools for problem solving and decision-making in the plant.
* Provides leadership to Quality department to achieve quality and plant goals.
* Supports Quality Manager in ISO audits (internal and external).
* Supports efforts to implement and maintain the Responsible Care Management System in line with the requirements of the RC14001 technical specification, as applicable to the site/region.
* Monitor monthly Laboratory costs and Variance Reports along with any other reports as required.

What You Will Bring to Cabot
* Comprehensive understanding of laboratory safety issues. knowledge of accident/near-miss investigation/reporting procedures.
* Knowledge and understanding of Cabot's Visions and Values
* Capable of working with consultants and customers to develop new product testing protocols
* Capable of managing personnel scheduling and workload flow so customer requirements are met
* Accuracy / Attention to Detail. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills in order to gather, analyze and draw well-reasoned conclusions.
* Knowledge in QA/QC testing procedures and techniques, laboratory procedures and equipment; Statistical Process Control. Understanding of product uniformity/variation. Knowledge of laboratory equipment safe use, calibration and maintenance. Knowledge of Lab Information Management systems (LIMS); material safety data sheets; ISO compliance.
* Bachelor's degree in technical discipline (STEM)
* Minimum 5 years relevant experience
* 2 years supervisory experience preferred
* Proficiency with - MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, )

How We'll Support Your Success
* Dynamic, Flexible, Hard Working, Team Environment - We are busy, collaborative, growing, and we are doing really meaningful work.
* Growth - Great training, great peer coaching and support, and the ability to personally grow your influence, your position, and your compensation.
* Meaningful Work that is Valued - The work we do is visible, and is helping to create a more abundant, affordable, and cleaner energy future. It is an awesome feeling to know you're making a living by making a positive impact in the world; and to be able to say, "I was a part of that."
* Benefits, Vacation, Etc. - We offer a competitive package of benefits.
* Feedback - we are committed to giving and receiving feedback in a direct and open fashion.
* Support - you are part of a team and deserve to feel encouraged and supported. Our employees are the lifeblood of our business. You will be part of a team that cares about you personally and professionally. Our success depends on your success.

At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.

Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, "Creating for Tomorrow," we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability - today and into the future.

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled/RC14001
Realizing we function better together than individually, Cabot Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that embraces our differences and to empower employees to achieve exceptional results, without consideration of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employees' and applicants' disabilities or religious beliefs and practices, in accordance with applicable law.

Cabot is committed to supporting and maintaining a safe and environmentally focused working environment. All employees are expected to uphold this commitment in every position.

Nondiscrimination Policy with Respect to Discussion of Pay
This is to advise that it is the policy of Cabot Corporation not to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This policy, however, shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as part of that employee's essential job functions (such as in payroll or HR) discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless that disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or other action, including an investigation conducted by Cabot, or otherwise as required by law.

Pre-Employment Drug Testing and Background Checks
Cabot is proud to operate as a drug-free workplace. All applicants conditionally offered a position must (a) complete and pass a background check and (b) complete a drug test and receive an acceptable test result. For certain manufacturing, quality and production positions, a pre-employment physical may be required.