Job ref: MS140526
Job type: Permanent
Location: Newry
Closing date: Monday 01 Jun 2026 09:00
MANUFACTURING SUPERVISOR
Location: Newry, Co. Down | Full Time, Permanent
Norbrook Laboratories is recruiting Manufacturing Supervisors to take a pivotal leadership role in our world-class sterile veterinary medicines facility. This is your opportunity to lead high-performing teams, drive operational excellence, and directly shape the quality of life-saving products used across the global animal health industry.
If you're a motivated, quality-driven leader with experience in highly regulated manufacturingwe want to hear from you.
WHY JOIN NORBROOK?
- Reward for Joining Our Team - £750 Sign-On Bonus
- 32 days annual leave (plus long service leave after 5 yrs service)
- Company sick pay
- Paid Bereavement Leave
- Enhanced Maternity / Paternity Pay
- Free life assurance
- Company pension scheme (salary sacrifice scheme)
- Healthcare cash plan
- Wedding leave
- Subsidised Canteen
- Free on-site parking
- E-Car Charging facilities on site
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee perks & recognition schemes
- Well-being initiatives
- Cycle to Work & Tech Purchase Schemes
- Employee Savings Scheme
- Career development and progression pathways
- Continental Shift Pattern - Work Smarter
Manufacturing Supervisors will work a continental shift pattern designed to give you more control over your time outside work. With 12-hour shifts and fewer working days, you'll enjoy:
- More days off to spend with family, pursue hobbies, or relax
- Predictable scheduling for easier planning
- Weekend flexibility in some weeks
- Fewer commuting days
What You'll Do- Lead & Inspire: Supervise and mentor Production Operatives, ensuring training, development, and a strong culture of safety and performance.
- Own GMP Standards: Maintain full compliance with GMP, regulatory expectations, and Norbrook's quality systems.
- Deliver Operational Excellence: Oversee compounding, raw material assembly, cleaning, and environmental monitoring to achieve production targets.
- Drive Quality: Review batch records, technical documents, and quality data with accuracy and accountability.
- Improve Processes: Lead continuous improvement initiatives, update SOPs, and enhance aseptic practices.
- Solve Problems: Manage deviations, troubleshoot effectively, and support CAPA actions to maintain smooth, compliant production flow.
Essential Criteria- Experience working in a manufacturing environment, ideally within a regulated or quality-critical industry (e.g. pharmaceutical, medical device, food, chemical).
- Experience leading or coordinating teams, either in a formal supervisory role or as a senior operator / team lead.
- Experience planning people, materials, or equipment to meet production targets.
- Familiarity with production documentation, quality systems, or GMP-style processes (full training provided on site-specific systems).
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to make sound decisions in a production environment.
- Ability to work collaboratively with other departments such as Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain.
- Comfortable using IT systems for reporting and documentation.
- Willingness to work a rotating shift pattern, including nights and weekends, with appropriate handover, support, and rota planning
Desirable Criteria- Experience in pharmaceutical manufacture.
- Knowledge of cross-contamination control.
Additional Information- Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
- Applicants from the last 6 months need not reapply.
- Late applications cannot be accepted.
Norbrook Laboratories is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, and in line with our policy, particularly encourage applications from the Protestant community.
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