Evening Manufacturing Team Lead: Safety & KPIs

Manpower - Ireland; Galway; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Manpower - Ireland in Galway is seeking a Team Lead for the Evening Shift to coordinate and support manufacturing operations. The role combines hands-on production support with team leadership, safety ownership, training, KPI management, and continuous improvement initiatives.

The ideal candidate has 1–2 years in a manufacturing leadership role, knowledge of soldering and electronic components, and strong planning and time-management skills.

Qualifications

• Leaving Certificate is required; third-level qualification advantageous.
• 1-2 years experience in a manufacturing leadership role.
• Knowledge of soldering and electronic components.
• Strong coordination, planning and organisational skills.
• Self-motivated with ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Hands-on leadership style with ability to motivate others.
• Strong delegation and time management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate team members across all manufacturing activities within production cells.
• Champion safety and act as first point of contact for evening shift.
• Monitor on-time delivery performance and department KPIs.
• Support production activities including electronics assembly, testing, soldering, and light mechanical assembly.
• Ensure production orders are completed on schedule and ready for dispatch.
• Lead daily team huddles and communicate production and material updates.
• Support inventory counts and materials management.
• Coordinate with customer service on delivery improvements and order issues.
• Coordinate training activities and maintain training records.
• Compile KPI data for management review and maintain training matrices.
• Support 6S, continuous improvement, audits, and shift handovers.
• Drive yield improvements and timely management of non-conforming materials.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing ops

Soldering

Planning

Time management

Independent work

Team motivation

MS Word

MS Excel

Education

Leaving Certificate

Third-level qualification advantageous

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Manpower - Ireland in Galway is seeking a Team Lead for the Evening Shift to coordinate and support manufacturing operations. The role combines hands-on production support with team leadership, safety ownership, training, KPI management, and continuous improvement initiatives.

The ideal candidate has 1–2 years in a manufacturing leadership role, knowledge of soldering and electronic components, and strong planning and time-management skills.