Manufacturing Manager (Nights)

The Sterling Choice; Bilsthorpe CP; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in Bilsthorpe is seeking a Manufacturing Manager for night shifts. The role involves managing a 500-strong operation and ensuring quality within a high-care environment. The ideal candidate will have night-shift experience in food manufacturing and a proven track record in leadership. If you are ready to make a significant impact and shift the company culture, this is the opportunity for you. Join a developer-oriented team that promotes growth and advancement.

Qualifications

• Experience managing night shifts in a high-care food environment.
• Proven ability to lead a large team effectively.
• Capacity to make impactful decisions quickly.

Responsibilities

• Run a 500-strong night operation efficiently.
• Oversee Operations, Quality, and Engineering management.
• Shift culture and reset team behaviours towards collective goals.

Skills

Night-shift management

High-care food manufacturing

Team leadership

Job description

Manufacturing Manager (Nights)

Nottinghamshire

Food Manufacturing

£60,000-£65,000

Overview

You know those night‑shift roles everyone claims are “rare opportunities”? This one actually is. Because there aren't many night operations in UK food manufacturing that run at this scale, and even fewer looking for someone who can do more than just stop the place catching fire. You’ll be running a 500‑strong operation. And yes, that's exactly as big, messy and politically interesting as it sounds. If you're the kind of manager who hides in an office, this isn't for you. If you're the kind who can shift a culture, reset behaviours and get a team pulling in the same direction, even at 3 a.m., then you'll fit in fine. It suits two types of people:

• A seasoned Nights Manager who's ready for a site that will actually stretch them.
• An emerging Manufacturing/Operations Manager who wants a genuine step closer to site leadership, not the pretend version some companies promise and never deliver.

Responsibilities

You’ll have Ops, plus dotted‑line responsibility for Quality and Engineering. Translation: you’ll need to know what “good” looks like in a high‑care environment and be credible enough that people listen when you say it.

Qualifications

Night‑shift experience helps. High‑care food experience is essential. Being able to land on your feet and start making an impact quickly… even more so.

About the Team

They’re a group known for developing their best people. Which is great, assuming you plan to be one of them.

Next Steps

If this sounds like a move worth exploring, hit apply and we'll have a confidential chat.