Dairy Manufacturing Shift Leader (4-on 4-off)

Yeo Valley Production Ltd; Uplyme; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

PPE provided

Competitive holiday allowance

Non-contributory pension scheme

Life cover

Healthcare cash back plan

Cycle to work scheme

Subsidised Yeo Valley products

Job summary

Yeo Valley Production Ltd is seeking a hands-on shift leader for a 4-on, 4-off permanent day shift (06:00–18:00) to drive safe, stable operations across a busy dairy site.

You will lead in a high-risk, high-velocity FMCG environment, embedding standards, and ensuring effective handovers, ownership, and continuous improvement across the team.

The role offers development of leadership capability while supporting site performance and maintaining quality and asset protection at scale.

Qualifications

• Essential: Short Shelf life/high risk / Dairy category experience preferred.
• Essential: Proven experience of lean/root cause in complex FMCG organisations.
• Essential: HACCP level 2.
• Essential: Food safety level 3.

Responsibilities

• Safe, stable, and well-controlled shift operations.
• Clear ownership, accountability, and escalation of issues.
• Strong handovers with no loss of critical information.
• Engaged, capable teams who understand expectations and standards.
• Continuous improvement actions identified, delivered, and sustained.
• Consistent delivery of plan while protecting people, quality, and assets.

Skills

Lean Principles

Root Cause Analysis

FMCG Experience

Dairy Industry

Education

HACCP Level 2

Food Safety Level 3

COSHH Qualification

Job description

Yeo Valley Production Ltd is seeking a hands-on shift leader for a 4-on, 4-off permanent day shift (06:00–18:00) to drive safe, stable operations across a busy dairy site.

You will lead in a high-risk, high-velocity FMCG environment, embedding standards, and ensuring effective handovers, ownership, and continuous improvement across the team.

The role offers development of leadership capability while supporting site performance and maintaining quality and asset protection at scale.