Night Shift Production Manager

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

Benefits offered by this job

Night shift allowance

Autonomy and responsibility

Job summary

The Sterling Choice is recruiting a Night Shift Production Manager in Lancashire. You will own the night shift operations, lead production teams and ensure safety, quality and efficiency targets are met in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

This role offers a £55,000 base plus a night shift allowance bringing total earnings to around £60,000–£65,000, with Monday to Friday, 10pm–6am. You’ll drive improvements, coach staff and balance hands-on leadership with strategic oversight.

Qualifications

• Experience managing production teams within food manufacturing is essential.
• Able to balance hands-on work with strategic operation leadership.
• Experience in high-volume food manufacturing, ideally supplying major UK retailers.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the night shift operation and ensure targets are met safely and efficiently.
• Lead, coach and develop teams, building a culture of accountability and high standards.
• Make decisions and resolve operational issues without constant direction.
• Drive improvements in efficiency, waste, downtime and overall production performance.
• Ensure food safety, quality, hygiene and health and safety standards are maintained.
• Manage labour, absence, training and people performance across the shift.

Skills

Food manufacturing experience

Night shift management

People management

Job description

Lancashire | £55,000 + Night Shift Allowance (£60,000–£65,000 Total) | Monday to Friday | 10pm-6am

When something goes wrong at 2am, everyone looks to the person running the shift.

And that's where a good Night Shift Production Manager earns their money.

Because running nights isn't just about keeping the factory ticking over until the day team arrives.

It's about making decisions, managing people, solving problems and making sure the operation delivers, even when there isn't a senior management team around to lean on.

We're recruiting a Night Shift Production Manager for an established food manufacturing business in Lancashire.

You'll be taking ownership of production performance across the night shift, leading your teams and ensuring the factory delivers against its targets for safety, quality, efficiency and cost.

This is a role for someone who enjoys responsibility, can think on their feet and knows how to get the best out of a production team.

What will you be doing?

• Taking ownership of the night shift operation, ensuring production targets are achieved safely and efficiently.
• Leading, coaching and developing your teams, building a culture of accountability and high standards.
• Making decisions and resolving operational issues without needing constant direction.
• Driving improvements in efficiency, waste, downtime and overall production performance.
• Ensuring food safety, quality, hygiene and health and safety standards are consistently maintained.
• Managing labour, absence, training and people performance across the shift.
• Working with Engineering, Technical and other departments to resolve issues and implement improvements.

What are we looking for?

Experience managing production teams within food manufacturing is essential.

You’ll need to understand the demands of a fast-paced food factory and be comfortable taking responsibility when things don’t go to plan.

We’re looking for someone who can balance being hands-on with actually managing the operation.

Someone who can make difficult decisions, challenge poor standards and develop the people around them.

You might currently be a Night Shift Manager, Production Manager or an experienced Shift Manager ready for more responsibility.

Experience within high-volume food manufacturing, particularly supplying major UK retailers, would be beneficial.

And if you’ve got examples of improving performance, reducing waste or turning around an underperforming shift, even better.

What's on offer?

• Night shift allowance taking total earnings to approximately £60,000–£65,000
• Monday to Friday – 10pm-6am
• An established food manufacturing operation
• Genuine autonomy and responsibility for the night shift
• The opportunity to develop your team and drive operational improvements

If you’re an experienced food manufacturing manager who can take ownership of a night shift and deliver results without needing someone looking over your shoulder, we’d like to hear from you.