Production Supervisor

Company: Willowbrook Foods
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Location: Newtownards
Job Description:

Overseeing manufacturing and production processes and ensure all aspects of operations are optimized and maximum productivity is achieved at all times

Support all shifts within your department (dayshift and nightshift) and ensure all 7 production days are adequately covered

Creating and execute daily, weekly, and monthly production resourcing schedules

Ensuring factory production equipment is in good working order and monitored on a daily basis

Striving to reduce inefficiencies and increase productivity across all product lines

Maintaining hygienic conditions for both employees and the factory itself

Implementing all the companys procedures and policies

Communicating any problems or obstacles to senior management

Monitoring productivity rates, standards and quality control

Monitor and record breakdowns and downtime per line

Training and coaching Factory Operators to enhance and increase performance and productivity

  • Maintaining accurate and adequate records as appropriate, both manual and / or computerized, collating data, preparing reports and presenting information as appropriate.
  • Encourage and promote a sense of working together as one shift one team ( dayshift & nightshift ) supporting each others teams when necessary

Establish, manage and lead production teams to create products in line with the companys environment, health and safety standards while complying with all external regulations

Devise, drive, communicate and measure appropriate key performance indicators (KPIs) for the area of responsibility

  • Be vigilant in observing that all company guidelines i.e. health and safety, personnel management (e.g. Time Keeping, attendance, disciplinary matters, cost etc.), quality issues, food hygiene standards are being professionally and routinely carried out as normal practice
  • Making decisions on corrective actions, non-conforming product, process deviations, finished product release, document control & customer complaints
  • Conferring with others to co-ordinate operations and activities within departments or between departments
  • Immediately reporting any accidents or incidents, which may occur, to the person responsible for Health and Safety, or H.R., assisting with associated investigations and seeing that all accidents or incidents are recorded in the accident book and any team member requiring First Aid treatment is directed to a First Aider

Skills:Optimise Production team player Organised attention to detai

Benefits:Transport possibly provided

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Posted: July 13th, 2026