Production Manufacturing Supervisor - Weekend Shift

Joining Oxoid Remel Microbiology, you’ll play an active part in helping deliver products that support accurate disease identification, targeted treatment, food and beverage safety, and pharmaceutical manufacturing integrity.

Joining Oxoid Remel Microbiology, you’ll play an active part in helping deliver products that support accurate disease identification, targeted treatment, food and beverage safety, and pharmaceutical manufacturing integrity.

As a Production Supervisor - Plates Manufacturing, you’ll provide hands-on leadership for our Plates production area, helping ensure manufacturing operations are performed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with established quality requirements and production schedules.

You’ll lead and develop Manufacturing Operators and Lead Operators while partnering closely with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Materials, Planning, and other teams to solve problems, improve performance, and keep production moving.

The Production Supervisor is responsible for the day-to-day leadership and execution of manufacturing activities within the Plates production area.

You’ll coordinate staffing and production priorities, monitor operational performance, support quality and manufacturing investigations, and ensure employees are trained and qualified to perform their assigned work.

This role requires someone who is comfortable being visible on the manufacturing floor, making timely operational decisions, developing employees, and balancing safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and business needs.

• Production Leadership & Execution
• Provide daily leadership and direction to Manufacturing Operators and Lead Operators within the Plates production area.
• Ensure manufacturing activities are executed according to established production schedules and business priorities.
• Assign personnel and adjust staffing based on production requirements, employee availability, and operational needs.
• Monitor daily production performance, workflow, equipment status, and schedule attainment.
• Coordinate production startups, shutdowns, line clearances, changeovers, and job transitions.
• Coordinate responses to equipment failures, process interruptions, material shortages, and other production constraints.
• Ensure effective shift-to-shift communication regarding production status, staffing, equipment issues, quality concerns, and outstanding actions.

• Provide coaching, feedback, training support, and performance management for assigned employees.
• Ensure employees are appropriately trained and qualified to perform assigned manufacturing activities.
• Establish clear expectations and reinforce accountability for safety, quality, productivity, and performance.
• Support employee development while building a collaborative and high-performing manufacturing team.
• Promote a culture of safety, quality, accountability, teamwork, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

• Ensure employees follow applicable SOPs, work instructions, Device History Record (DHR) requirements, GMP practices, safety procedures, and site policies.
• Review manufacturing documentation and support timely and accurate completion of DHRs and associated production records.
• Ensure appropriate material control, product identification, traceability, reconciliation, and documentation practices are maintained.
• Support the investigation and resolution of manufacturing deviations, nonconformances, quality events, and documentation issues.
• Participate in root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement activities.
• Maintain strong attention to quality and documentation while supporting production objectives.