Shift Manager - County Waterford

Shift Manager - County Waterford.

Shift pattern: 2 days 7AM to 7PM followed by 2 nights 7PM to 7AM, then off for 4 days.

Position Summary:
• As Operations Shift Manager you will be responsible for maintaining production schedules and directing the activities of team members in line with operational, quality and health & safety work instructions, procedures and policies to ensure the production of quality product in a timely, safe, efficient and compliant manner.

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead & co-ordinates the day-to-day activities of the operations shift team to meet production targets for customer delivery, product quality & cost, ensuring a safe work environment at all times.
• Leads the use of lean tools to drive continuous improvement & process reliability.
• Creates a high-performing flexible team which achieves excellent results.
• Leads shift daily operations meetings reviewing production data , machine running status, escalations & corrective action to ensure shift targets are achieved.
• Ensures that there is regular communication with team through visual management systems & co-ordinate all operator training in order to perform assigned tasks across production cells.
• Responsible for ensuring that team is trained in their roles & also to support the development of standard work, documentation, training & work instruction activities where appropriate.
• Creates a high-performing cross-functional flexible team which achieves excellent results through coaching/mentoring & effective performance management.
• Plans all people, material & machine resources to support weekly production schedules.
• Ensure all injection moulding, tool & assembly changeover activities are completed as scheduled along with appropriate line clearance procedures to meet cGMP (current good manufacturing practice) compliance.
• Ensures that batches are manufactured within the validated set up at all times & the quality team are provided with samples for outgoing testing throughout the batch.
• Lead area 5S programme to ensure that housekeeping, cGMP & safety issues are resolved in a timely & systematic manner, thus meeting all company safety, environmental and quality initiatives.
• Ensures equipment & area cleaning, preventative maintenance, calibration schedules, inventory control & barcoding systems are adhered to as per cGMP requirements.
• Implementation of company policies , adherence to all Corporate EHS and cGMP policies.
• Support all company safety and quality programs and initiatives.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with GMP in all practices, recording of events and processes.
• Ensure compliance with all learnings from all GMP training events.

Interested applicants should have:
• Level 7 or 8 HETAC Science / Engineering qualification in a relevant discipline desirable
• Level 7 management/relevant supervisory management qualification desirable
• At least 3-5 years' injection moulding or automated assembly experience is essential
• At least 5 years' supervisory/leadership experience essential
• Qualifications & experience in Lean (Green belt level) desirable

• Excellent lean operations leadership, organisational and communication skills.
• Performance and results driven.
• Ability to motivate self and others.
• Excellent initiative and decision-making capability.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• High level of cGMP, safe working practices and awareness.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, MS Project & ERP systems.