Night Shift Operations Manager

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

Job summary

The Sterling Choice is recruiting a Night Shift Operations Manager for a major East Yorkshire food manufacturing site. You will own the night operation, coach a team of Shift Managers and partner with Engineering, Hygiene and Quality to deliver safe, quality-focused output.

You’ll be the senior on nights, building leadership capability across the site, driving continuous improvement and ensuring the operation runs smoothly through the night with accountability for safety, service and

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in a food manufacturing environment.
• Proven ability to coach and develop managers.
• Track record of delivering safe, high-quality, productive nights.

Responsibilities

• Lead the entire night manufacturing operation.
• Coach and develop a team of Shift Managers to raise leadership capability.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Hygiene and Quality to maintain smooth operations.
• Drive performance across safety, quality, service and productivity.
• Build a culture of accountability, communication and continuous improvement.
• Make decisions that keep the site moving through the night.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Night shift

Manufacturing

Operational leadership

Job description

Night Shift Operations Manager

Food Manufacturing | East Yorkshire | £60,000 - £65,000

Most night shifts are about keeping the lights on.

This one isn't.

Thanks to significant investment, major restructuring and increasing customer demand, this food manufacturing site is entering its next phase of growth. Production volumes are increasing, the night operation is expanding, and for the first time, they're creating a dedicated Night Shift Operations Manager to take complete ownership of the site overnight.

This isn't a glorified Shift Manager role.

When the days leave, you'll be the senior operational leader on site.

You'll have around 100 people operating across production, with Shift Managers reporting directly into you and dotted-line responsibility across Engineering, Hygiene and Quality. Your job is to make sure every department is pulling in the same direction while developing the leadership team beneath you into a high-performing operation.

You'll inherit a business that's already invested heavily in its people, processes and facilities.

Now they need someone who can make the most of it.

What you'll be doing

• Leading the entire manufacturing operation throughout the night shift.
• Coaching and developing a team of Shift Managers to raise leadership capability.
• Working closely with Engineering, Hygiene and Quality to keep the operation running smoothly.
• Driving performance across safety, quality, service and productivity.
• Building a culture of accountability, communication and continuous improvement.
• Making decisions that keep the site moving when everyone else has gone home.

What they're looking for

You've already done this.

Not necessarily with the same job title, but you've been the senior operational leader on nights within a food manufacturing environment.

You'll know what it's like being the person everyone turns to when something goes wrong.

More importantly, you'll enjoy developing people rather than simply managing them.

You’ll probably have experience as a:

• Night Operations Manager
• Night Production Manager
• Operations Manager
• Manufacturing Manager
• Senior Shift Manager (with genuine site-wide responsibility)

Food manufacturing experience is essential.

Why this one?

There aren't many opportunities where you get to shape a growing night operation from the ground up without inheriting years of legacy problems.

The investment has already happened.

The business is growing.

The structure is in place.

Now they need the right leader to bring it all together.

If you're looking for another role where you simply maintain the status quo, this probably isn't for you.

As always, your application will be handled in complete confidence.