Maintenance Shift Supervisor

Mayo, Mayo County
2 weeks ago
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Maintenance Shift Supervisor

Team Horizon is seeking a Maintenance Shift Supervisor for a leading manufacturing company in Mayo.

We are looking for a Maintenance Shift Supervisor to support the day-to-day maintenance requirements of Manufacturing Operations. This position reports to the Associate Director, Maintenance and has circa. 8 direct reports. The Maintenance Shift Supervisor lead and manages a team of engineers and technicians to ensure the continuity and effectiveness of manufacturing. To be successful in this role, you need to be self-motivated and enjoy working with a high level of autonomy. The successful candidate will work Monday to Friday, from 4pm to 12 midnight.

Why you should apply:

• This is an excellent opportunity to join a world class manufacturing operation, with an outstanding track record of reliably delivering high-quality medicines to patients around the world suffering serious illnesses.

• There is a strong culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the company to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people’s lives.

• Our client is developing the capability to produce all its medicines, helping to ensure continuity of supply of our medicines as they expand internationally.

What you will be doing:

• Responsible for continuity across shifts, throughout the week, including handovers. Typically there will be two hand over meetings, one at the start of the shift (evening hand over) and one at the end of the shift (night handover or weekend handover).

• Responsible for timecard review and approval for all PSEs.

• Ensure adherence to training schedule, delivery of toolbox talks, WO coordination, WO reviews.

• Complete weekly review of PH sheets for accuracy and completeness.

• Arrange shift cover for A/L, approval of A/L requests.

• Set goals, performance management and development of all direct reports.

• Input to weekly planning meeting.

• Represent Engineering shift support at meetings.

• Resolve manufacturing escalations in a timely manner.

• Coordinate resources including outside contractors/services engineers and commissioning engineers, division equipment engineers etc.

• Work closely with Technical Shift Leaders/Operation Supervisors to ensure interdepartmental activities are planned and executed safely.

• Responsible for engineering compliance with all safety, environmental and quality related BOPs.

• Adhere to and follow all procedures policies and guidelines ensuring compliance with cGMP and HPRA/FDA regulations and company policies, procedures and guidelines.

• Documentation of all activities in line with cGMP requirements.

• Cross train within the team and train new team members.

• Maintain the overall cGMP of the pharmaceutical processing areas.

• Build an ethos of Right First Time.

• And any other duties as assigned.

What you need to apply:

• Diploma/Trade qualification in suitable science/engineering course and/or suitable experience.

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a highly regulated industry in a similar role.

• Detailed functional knowledge of a wide range of manufacturing equipment is required.

• Proven instrumentation/troubleshooting ability.

• Strong interpersonal skills are essential as you will interact with external vendors, auditors, inspectors and other external parties

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