Shift Manager

Hilton Foods; Brantford; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Hilton Foods Canada is hiring a Shift Manager in Brantford, Ontario, on-site. You will lead production teams to meet quality and cost targets, champion health and safety, and develop staff to ensure continuity and readiness for future needs.

The role emphasizes staff coaching, adherence to SOPs, and effective line leadership to deliver the production plan while maintaining GMP standards.

Qualifications

• Fluent English required.
• Level 3 Food Safety in Manufacturing is desirable.
• Relevant safety qualification is preferred.
• Computer literacy required for production systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive safety and safe work practices across shift teams.
• Lead a no-acceptance safety culture.
• Provide training to ensure task competence and safety.
• Produce product to required specifications.
• Ensure sufficient trained staff to meet production plan.
• Manage teams and backups for other Team Managers.
• Develop line leaders and machine operators.
• Set objectives and review performance.
• Hold monthly 1-to-1 coaching sessions.
• Enforce company policies and site discipline.
• Ensure CCP checks are performed and escalated when needed.
• Address issues to maintain materials, operators, and assets availability.
• Coordinate changes to demand or ingredients with feedback to materials and customer departments.
• Oversee cleaning and maintenance of production assets to GMP standards.
• Coordinate with Engineering for maintenance/breakdowns.
• Manage plan changes communicated by Scheduling efficiently.
• Control materials/ingredient budgets.
• Complete required documentation on time.
• Reduce customer complaints and participate in NCF investigations.
• Attend NPD trial meetings and address challenges.
• Attend DRM 2 meetings and escalate as needed.

Skills

English fluency

Food Safety Level 3

Safety qualification

Computer literacy

5 years supervisory/management

Lean Six Sigma

GMP knowledge

Communication skills

People management

Problem analysis

Education

General education standard

Job description

Job Title: Shift Manager

Salary Range: CAD$70,395– CAD$85,995.

Working Type: On-Site

Our Shift Manager will ensure that Products are manufactured by your team to the required quality and cost as per the production plan, be a champion of H&S, Quality & Delivery. Ensure that staff development is a priority to ensure succession where required, well-trained, well-motivated staff are developed and retained. Be a passionate advocate of our products and role model for HFG Behaviours and review areas and make and implement suggestions as to how departmental performance can be improved to deliver higher quality and reduced cost.

Key Accountabilities

• Drive and support behavioural safety within shift teams & ensure all safe systems at work are adhered to.


• Lead a \"no acceptance\" culture of H&S


• Provide training, instruction, guidance and advice to ensure the competence of employees and ensure that allocated tasks are within their skills, knowledge and ability to perform safely to relevant SOPs


• Produce product to required specification.


• Ensure an appropriate number of trained staff are available to deliver the production plan.


• Responsible for managing agreed teams & backup for other Team Managers.


• Develop and effectively use your line leaders and Machine Ops so they effectively perform their roles


• Manage performance by objective setting and review using the HFG Joint agreement process and development training as required


• Hold regular monthly 1 to 1 's with to team to aid their development and provide coaching and support as required


• Manage staff via agreed company policies and procedures, ensure Site Discipline procedures is adhered to.


• Ensure all CCP checks are performed by the line team, in line with company policies and procedures and that the line team escape to you and the technical team in a timely fashion


• Actively manage any issues which occur in the team area, taking full responsibility & accountability of actions to ensure the availability of materials, operators and functioning assets to deliver the required production demand.


• Ensure that changes to demand/product or ingredients within the programme are implemented and co-ordinated effectively with effective feedback to materials supplies and to customer departments.


• Manage the cleaning and maintenance of all production assets, including building fabric to meet site GMP standards. This asset maintenance involves both operations and engineering


• Work closely with the relevant Engineering Coordinator to ensure asset maintenance and breakdowns are effectively dealt


• Ensure all changes to plan as notified by Scheduling department are managed in the most time and cost-effective way making certain that all relevant people are aware of the change


• Manage (or ensure) effective materials and ingredient control budget.


• Ensure relevant documentation is completed in a timely and accurate manner in their assigned process


• Reduce customer complaints and attend NCF meeting to review investigations and root cause and take accordingly.


• Attend NPD trial meetings, own and assign actions accordingly. Identify and elevate any required challenges


• Attend/Lead DRM 2 meetings, escalating where appropriate.

Key Experience, Knowledge And Skills

• English language fluent


• Demonstrable good standard of education


• Level 3 Food Safety In Manufacturing - desirable


• Relevant Safety qualification


• Computer literate


• 5 Years experience in a supervisory / management role in the Food Industry


• Experience of managing teams in a complex food manufacturingenvironment


• Ability to deliver work requirements in a timely and efficient manner


• Dynamic Decision Maker who is prepared to take responsibility for decisions


• Knowledge and understanding of GMP standards for major retailers and to BRC accredited standards


• Direct experience of implementing & managing TPM / Lean / Six Sigma - desirable


• Good Communicator


• Demonstrable People Management skills


• Ability to analyse problems / issues and come up with novel workable solutions to improve department performance

Hilton Foods Canada is committed to building a culture of diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees. At Hilton Foods Canada, we welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. If you require an accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise the HR representative. All requests for an accommodation and the accommodation measures will be handled in a confidential manner at all times.