Manufacturing Shift Leader | £45k-£46k | 4 on/6 off

Adecco; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term career progression

Stable manufacturing environment

Leadership responsibility

Supportive management team

Job summary

Adecco is seeking a hands-on Shift Supervisor for a busy manufacturing site in Greater Manchester. You will lead a shift team to achieve production targets while upholding safety, quality and continuous improvement standards.

The role emphasizes developing employees, promoting a positive safety culture, and delivering site performance through effective supervision, coaching, and collaboration with engineering and quality teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing leadership roles such as Shift Supervisor or equivalent.
• Experience across manufacturing sectors (chemical, pharmaceutical, FMCG, food production or process manufacturing).
• Strong leadership with ability to develop and coach team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate production teams on shift.
• Ensure health, safety and environmental standards are met.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives on site.
• Manage operational performance and production targets.
• Coordinate resources and labour requirements.
• Assist incident investigations and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with engineering, quality and operations teams.
• Conduct effective shift handovers and communications.
• Coach and develop team members.

Skills

Shift Supervisor

Shift Manager

Production Supervisor

Manufacturing Supervisor

Operations Supervisor

Production Team Leader

Manufacturing Team Leader

Job description

Adecco is seeking a hands-on Shift Supervisor for a busy manufacturing site in Greater Manchester. You will lead a shift team to achieve production targets while upholding safety, quality and continuous improvement standards.

The role emphasizes developing employees, promoting a positive safety culture, and delivering site performance through effective supervision, coaching, and collaboration with engineering and quality teams.