Shift Supervisor

Role overview

This opportunity is with a long-established and expanding manufacturing business in Ireland, focused on engineering and fabrication. The company is seeking a Shift Supervisor who is comfortable working hands-on on the production floor and can lead teams while keeping safety, quality, and output firmly on track.

What the role involves

In this position, you will have full responsibility for your shift and will guide production teams across several manufacturing areas. The role is centred on delivering daily targets, maintaining strong standards for safety and quality, and helping build a capable, adaptable workforce. The working pattern is rotating shifts.

Key duties

• Ensure daily production goals and customer delivery timelines are met.
• Run shift meetings, handovers, and KPI discussions at the start and end of each shift.
• Coordinate labour, workflow, and available resources across manufacturing teams.
• Maintain compliance with SOPs, quality controls, and safety procedures.
• Support and lead lean manufacturing and continuous improvement activity.
• Coach, train, and manage team performance where needed.
• Handle operational HR matters such as attendance, leave, and disciplinary issues.
• Promote Health & Safety practices and 6S standards throughout the factory.
• Make sure production and quality records are completed accurately.

Candidate profile

The ideal candidate will bring manufacturing experience from an engineering or fabrication setting, along with at least five years in a supervisory or people-management role. A solid understanding of engineering drawings and production methods is important, as is familiarity with lean manufacturing. Experience with MIG, TIG, blast, and paint processes would be an added advantage. Crane and forklift experience is also useful. The role calls for a confident communicator who can make decisions quickly and lead a team effectively.

Additional information

This is a full-time onsite role based in County Louth, Ireland. The schedule follows a rotating shift pattern.