Senior Production Supervisor

CWK Food Processing Limited, trading as “Kilbride Classic Cuisine” is a well established Irish family-owned food manufacturing company specialising in high quality chilled, fresh and frozen ready-made meals for the retail and foodservice

sectors. Based in Dublin, we have been producing premium Irish foods since 1988 and

continue to grow through a strong focus on quality, efficiency and continuous

improvement.

Role Overview

• We are seeking an experienced Senior Production Supervisor to take a key leadership
• role in planning, organising, directing and coordinating manufacturing production
• activities and resources.
• This is a senior operational management position responsible for ensuring efficient,
• cost-effective and high-quality production output in line with customer requirements,
• food safety standards and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Liaise with other managers (Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance andSales) to plan overall production activity and daily manufacturing schedules.
• Set and maintain quality standards for production output; estimate timescales, labour and material costs for production runs and projects.
• Manage and direct production operations to ensure all orders are completed on time, to specification, and in full compliance with customer and regulatory requirements (including HACCP, BRC and FSAI standards).
• Monitor production processes, yields, efficiencies, downtime and costs on an ongoing basis; prepare accurate production reports, KPIs and records for senior management.
• Oversee the supervision of production lines and staff; ensure targets for output, quality, safety and efficiency are consistently met.
• Plan and allocate resources (personnel, equipment and materials) effectively to optimise manufacturing performance.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, process optimisation and cost-control measures across production.
• Ensure full compliance with health & safety, food safety, hygiene and environmental regulations.
• Support the development, training and performance management of production supervisors and teams.
• Contribute to longer-term production planning, capacity management and operational strategy.