Manufacturing Shift Manager - Newton Abbot

Yeo Valley Organic; Highweek; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading British dairy producer is seeking a Manufacturing Shift Manager for the day shift at their Newton Abbot site in Devon. The role involves leading operational aspects in a fast-paced environment, managing large teams, and ensuring compliance with safety and hygiene standards. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership skills, experience in FMCG manufacturing, and necessary food safety qualifications. Exceptional benefits include holidays, a pension scheme, and development opportunities.

Benefits

22 days' holiday including bank holidays

non-contributory pension scheme

life cover

healthcare cash back plan

cycle to work scheme

subsidised products

preferential rates with partners

annual bonus based on performance

learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong leadership abilities in managing teams effectively.
• Good communication skills to liaise with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience in fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) manufacturing required.
• Knowledge of Lean and root cause analysis principles.
• Food safety certifications are mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Manage operational plans to meet production and hygiene standards.
• Ensure effective handovers and escalate issues appropriately.
• Adhere to financial budgets while driving continuous improvement.
• Lead investigations for safety and quality breaches.
• Maintain training compliance and record-keeping for the shift.

Skills

Exceptional people leadership qualities

Excellent communication skills

Experience in FMCG manufacturing environments

Proven experience with Lean/root cause principles

Education

Food Safety Level 3

HACCP Level 2

Tools

COSHH qualification

Job description

So, what will I be doing?

We are looking for our next manufacturing shift manager to take over our day shift at our Newton Abbot site in Devon where we produce our Desserts and Ice Creams.

As a Shift manager you will be accountable for all operational aspects of the Newton Abbot site whilst on shift, so management of large teams in a manufacturing environment is essential.

Our shifts are 12 hour, 6am to 6pm, 4 days on and 4 days off.

Key Responsibilities

• Meeting operational plans (both production and hygiene)
• Ensuring satisfactory handover of information to following shift, and escalating where appropriate
• Financial budget adherence
• Driving continuous improvement culture across the shift team, identifying improvement activities and following through to completion
• Working with other shifts and stakeholders realising improvement activities
• Leading investigation/identification of root cause for health and safety breaches, food safety or quality breaches, or mechanical breakdowns
• Sharing learnings and amending procedures to prevent reoccurrence
• Maintaining shift training compliance and record keeping
• Ensuring all relevant Job Breakdown Sheets (standard operating procedures) are maintained
• Site contact for external hygiene chemical supplier, ensuring maintenance of chemical stock levels are maintained

You will work a 4 on 4 off permanent day shift pattern, beginning work at 0600 and finishing at 1800.

Sounds interesting, what do I need?

The Important Things

• Exceptional people leadership qualities
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of working in FMCG manufacturing environments
• Proven experience of working with Lean / root cause principles
• Food Safety Level 3 / HACCP level 2

Even Better If

• You have dairy experience
• Experience of hygiene processes in food manufacturing environments
• COSHH qualification

Why should I join the family?

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.

We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:

• 22 days’ holiday including bank holidays
• non-contributory pension scheme
• life cover
• healthcare cash back plan
• cycle to work scheme
• subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
• preferential rates with our partners
• annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
• learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can.

So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!

Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.

Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.