Night Shift Production Manager

The Sterling Choice; Lancashire; Presencial; GBP 55.000 - 65.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Sterling Choice is recruiting a Night Shift Production Manager for a Lancashire-based food manufacturing operation. You will take ownership of the night shift, drive targets for safety, quality and cost, and lead your team to deliver consistent performance.

With experience in high-volume production, you will balance hands-on leadership with strategic oversight, resolve issues at night, and foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement across the shift.

Formación

• Experience managing production teams within food manufacturing.
• Ability to balance hands-on leadership with operational management.
• Experience with high-volume production, ideally supplying UK retailers.
• Night shift experience is advantageous.

Responsabilidades

• Own the night shift operation, ensuring targets are met safely and efficiently.
• Lead, coach and develop teams to maintain high standards.
• Make decisions and resolve issues without constant direction.
• Drive improvements in efficiency, waste, downtime and overall performance.
• Ensure food safety, quality, hygiene and health & safety standards.
• Manage labour, absence, training and people performance across the shift.
• Collaborate with Engineering and other departments to implement improvements.

Conocimientos

Team leadership

People management

Decision making

Problem solving

Safety awareness

Descripción del empleo

Night Shift Production Manager

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?

• £55,000 basic salary

• 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