Production Teamlead

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

This is a rare opportunity to work for a trusted household brand with a proud heritage and growing international presence. Our client is now seeking to recruit a confident production supervisor/teamlead who enjoys leading people, solving problems, driving standards, and delivering results in a fast-paced food production environment.

YOUR NEW JOB

You will be a critical member of the Operations team, responsible for ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production while leading and developing a high-performing team. This role offers the opportunity to make a direct impact on operational performance, continuous improvement, and the success of a well-established and growing food manufacturing business.

Production & Operational Leadership

• Lead day-to-day production activities to deliver production plans, output targets, quality standards, and operational KPIs.
• Coordinate staffing, workflow, and production schedules to maximise efficiency and minimise downtime.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency, and operational performance.
• Allocate work, set priorities, and ensure performance standards are consistently achieved.
• Support Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives and encourage team participation in process improvement activities.
• Ensure safe working practices at all times and maintain strong safety focus at all times.

Quality & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with all food safety, quality, hygiene, allergen control, and GMP requirements.
• Monitor product quality throughout the manufacturing process.
• Work closely with Quality teams to investigate and resolve quality issues.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR

• Minimum 5 years' experience in a similar position in a medium to large manufacturing organisation.
• Knowledge and experience of BRC, FSSC 22000, or ISO 9001.
• Product compliance experience.
• Continuous Improvement / operational Excellence experience beneficial.
• Supervisory experience in a shift-based manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work effectively and independently in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Experience within food manufacturing, FMCG, or regulated production environments will be highly advantageous.

SHIFT INFORMATION

This is a shift position as part of the production team onsite.

Candidates must be resident in Ireland.