Chemical Manufacturing, Production Supervisor - Ambler, PA, United States
$80,000 - $95,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 3 September 2026 by the employer.
Lead specialty chemical manufacturing operations at the Ambler site.
About the role
This working supervisor will lead specialty chemical manufacturing operations at the Ambler site and guide the production team while actively participating in chemical synthesis, purification, batch execution, and equipment operation.
What you'll do
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of chemists, technicians, and production employees.
- Set daily priorities and allocate resources to meet production schedules and customer commitments.
- Work alongside the team in chemical synthesis, purification, packaging, material handling, and batch execution.
- Operate and troubleshoot reactors, vessels, filtration systems, distillation equipment, ovens, rotovaps, and related process equipment.
- Support manufacturing processes such as polymerization, esterification, distillation, extraction, filtration, chromatography, crystallization, and vacuum drying.
- Monitor and improve safety, quality, throughput, yield, delivery, inventory, and cost performance.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- At least 5 years of manufacturing, operations, or specialty chemical production experience.
- At least 3 years of leadership or supervisory experience.
- Strong knowledge of chemical synthesis and purification processes.
- Experience in a manufacturing, laboratory, or regulated production environment.
- Ability to lead a team while remaining actively involved in daily manufacturing operations.
Nice to have
- Experience in specialty chemicals, semiconductor materials, pharmaceuticals, or advanced materials.
- Familiarity with ISO, GMP, or comparable quality systems.
- SAP, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or SPC experience.
- Mechanical aptitude and experience troubleshooting process equipment.
- Experience supporting process scale-up or commercialization.
Skills: manufacturing operations, specialty chemical production, process equipment, batch execution, continuous improvement, Lean Manufacturing
This role has been open 44 days — below the 52-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2523
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$96k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Entegris | All employers we track in this specialty (2523 roles · 80 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 225 | 2523 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 380 | 9874 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 37 d | 52 d (−15 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $96k |
Skills observed across this category: manufacturing operations, specialty chemical production, process equipment, batch execution, continuous improvement, Lean Manufacturing
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 398 open roles · median 78 d
- Applied Materials · 253 open roles · median 38 d
- Entegris (this employer) · 228 open roles · median 37 d
- Lam Research · 108 open roles · median 59 d
- Infineon Technologies · 90 open roles · median 57 d
- STMicroelectronics · 69 open roles · median 53 d
How we counted: 2523 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 80 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.
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