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Job ref: MS24062026
Job type: Permanent
Location: Newry
Closing date: Friday 24 Jul 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.
To Apply Please forward your CV via the APPLY Now button below.
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Job Info:
- Company: Norbrook
- Position: Manufacturing Supervisor
- Work Location: Newry
- Country: GB
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