Assistant Packaging Manager

Now Hiring: Assistant Packaging Manager

Location: Newry, Co. Down
Contract: Full-Time, Permanent
Company: Norbrook Laboratories

Norbrook Laboratories is recruiting for an Assistant Packaging Manager to support in overseeing day-to-day packaging operations, ensuring efficiency, quality, and safety across all packaging processes. You will be instrumental in managing packaging materials, coordinating teams, and ensuring strict adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and all relevant health and safety guidelines.

If you are a motivated individual with a focus on driving quality — we want to hear from you.

What You’ll Do

• Lead & Inspire: Supervise and coordinate the activities of packaging line operators, ensuring training, development, and a strong culture of safety and performance.
• Drive Quality: Ensure all packaging operations comply with GMP, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and relevant industry regulations.
• Operational Output: Monitor schedules, manage resources, and troubleshoot operational issues to meet customer demands and deadlines.
• Documentation & Reporting: Maintain accurate records and documentation related to production orders, materials usage, batch records, quality and training.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for process improvements to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and improve quality and safety

Essential Criteria

• 4+ years’ experience in a highly regulated manufacturing or packaging environment, with a minimum of 1 year providing supervisory support — such as leading shifts, overseeing tasks, or deputising for a supervisor/manager
• Experience in motivating teams.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent planning and resource management abilities.
• Strong working knowledge of GMP environments and health and safety requirements.
• Experience in training and developing less experienced team members.
• Proficient in all Microsoft packages (Excel, Word, Publisher etc)
• Flexibility to meet the needs of the business, such as changing shift pattern or providing cover in other areas/departments when required.

Desirable

• Experience in pharmaceutical industry
• Working knowledge of relevant IT systems and software
• Experience in controlling GMP documentation and processes.
• Experience in use of Root Cause Analysis tools.

 Additional Information

• Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
• Late applications cannot be accepted.

Why Join Norbrook?

• 32 days annual leave
• Free life assurance
• Company pension scheme
• Healthcare cash plan
• Company sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free on-site parking & canteen
• Employee perks & recognition schemes
• Well-being initiatives
• Wedding leave
• Career development pathways

Apply Today
Apply through the link below, or email your CV to recruitment@norbrook.co.uk

Norbrook Laboratories is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, and in line with our policy, particularly encourage applications from the Protestant community.