1st Shift Supervisor - Thermal/HVAC Lab
Vertiv · Columbus, OH
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 8 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor manufacturing role at Vertiv (industrial) in Columbus, OH. Plan, set up, instrument, and operate products and test facilities.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- 5S, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Production Supervisor roles in Ohio: typical posted base $75k–$97k.
Median of the low and high ends of 16 live postings that list pay, out of 94 production supervisor openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 63 other live manufacturing postings in Ohio.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 4+)
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 52%
- Tooling 45%
- Machining 34%
- Lean 30%
- CNC 25%
- ✓ 5S 25%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Vertiv in Columbus
1 other open role at this site.
- EHS & Continuous Improvement Specialist · Lean / CI · Specialist
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Position Summary
The Thermal Lab Supervisor leads a specialized team of Test Technicians performing design validation testing for Vertiv’s Thermal product portfolio at the Columbus, Ohio Thermal Lab facility. This role provides comprehensive oversight of laboratory operations, ensuring rigorous adherence to safety requirements, test quality standards, and facility excellence through Vertiv’s 5S methodology. This role will also work closely with New Product Development and Advanced Engineering groups to develop test plans, setups, and conduct Design Validation Testing. Prototyping is also a significant part of the Thermal R&D lab responsibilities. Working with internal and external Vertiv teams around the world will be necessary for supporting operations.
This position will be on 1st Shift at Vertiv's Columbus, OH - Dearborn Drive location.
Responsibilities
- ◆Set up test facility and instrumentation in response to general instructions.
- ◆Support and collaborate with engineers in activities to structure and develop system testing capabilities and products.
- ◆Analyze and improve existing processes & designs, as required
- ◆Plan, set up, instrument, and operate products and test facilities.
- ◆Ability to troubleshoot and correct issues.
- ◆Assist in development of solutions or workarounds to resolve defects.
- ◆Work with the engineering and Quality Assurance (QA) teams to fully understand the low-level functions within application software or products, as applicable.
- ◆May assist the QA team in understanding/developing low-level functional and system integration tests.
- ◆Conduct tests, analyze data and make modifications to units being tested within limits of intermediate nature.
- ◆Requires timely completion of assigned tasks.
- ◆Participate in 5S improvement programs
- ◆Other Duties as assigned
Requirements
- ✓Two-year Associate's Degree + 5 years OR at least 8 years' HVAC directly related experience
- ✓Supervisory experience preferred
- ✓EPA Universal Refrigerant Handling License.
- ✓Brazing, piping, basic wiring skills.
- ✓208/230/460V 3-phase 60 Hz wiring.
- ✓Instrumentation and low volt wiring.
- ✓General mechanical skills and ability to read mechanical drawings for prototype builds.
- ✓Must have good working knowledge and skills in testing related to temperature, pressure, and electrical property measurement.
- ✓Good planning, organizational, documentation, and communication skills are required.
- ✓Good attendance
- ✓MS Office experience helpful.
- ✓Must be team oriented.
The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
OUR CORE PRINCIPALS : Safety . Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.
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Our strategic priorities
- •High-Performance Culture
- •Customer Focus
- •Operational Excellence
- •Innovation
- •Financial Strength
Vertiv behaviors
- •Own it
- •Act with urgency
- •Foster a customer-first mindset
- •Think big and execute
- •Lead by example
- •Drive continuous improvement
- •Learn and seek out development
- •Promote transparent & open communication
About Vertiv
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.
Work Authorization
No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.