Night Shift Production Leader - Food Manufacturing

The Collective Network Limited; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Job summary

The Collective Network Limited in Hertfordshire is seeking an experienced Night Shift Production Manager to lead a busy food manufacturing operation on the night shift. You will own night-shift production, drive performance, coach your team, and ensure safety, quality and targets are met.

Key responsibilities include leading teams, improving OEE and efficiency, ensuring HACCP/GMP compliance, and delivering cost reductions while maintaining high safety standards.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Production Management within food manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, GMP and food safety.
• Experience leading and developing production teams.
• Understanding of production planning, KPIs, cost control and efficiency improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop night-shift production teams to create a high-performance culture.
• Drive OEE, labour efficiency, output and waste reduction.
• Maintain high standards of HACCP, GMP, food safety and quality.
• Manage production plans, KPIs and overall operational performance.
• Identify opportunities to reduce downtime, waste and production costs.
• Own health & safety agenda and ensure safe systems of work.
• Collaborate with QA and other departments to resolve issues and improve performance.
• Oversee performance, absence, training and development across the team.
• Apply Lean/continuous improvement tools to boost efficiency.

Skills

Leadership

People Management

Problem Solving

Communication

HACCP knowledge

Lean / CI

Job description

The Collective Network Limited in Hertfordshire is seeking an experienced Night Shift Production Manager to lead a busy food manufacturing operation on the night shift. You will own night-shift production, drive performance, coach your team, and ensure safety, quality and targets are met.

Key responsibilities include leading teams, improving OEE and efficiency, ensuring HACCP/GMP compliance, and delivering cost reductions while maintaining high safety standards.