Night Shift Production Manager - High-Volume Food

MorePeople; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

MorePeople in Barnsley is seeking a Night Shift Production Manager for a high‑risk food manufacturing site. You will lead a 45‑person night team across 7–8 lines, delivering production plans, driving output and maintaining safety and quality standards.

This hands‑on leadership role requires strong experience in high‑volume food production, GMP, and cross‑functional collaboration with Engineering, Hygiene and Planning to ensure smooth handovers and continuous improvement on a night shift.

Qualifications

• Essential experience within high-risk food manufacturing or meat production.
• Proven experience leading sizeable teams in a fast-paced manufacturing or production environment.
• Strong understanding of production line management, ideally across multiple lines in a high-volume site.
• Confident managing safety, quality, hygiene, GMP and food safety standards on shift.
• A visible, hands‑on leadership style with strong communication, planning and problem‑solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop a night shift production team of approximately 45 people.
• Take ownership of production performance across 7 to 8 lines in a high-volume, fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Deliver the night shift production plan while ensuring output, efficiency, labour utilisation and quality targets are achieved.
• Maintain strong standards across food safety, hygiene, technical compliance and health and safety throughout the shift.
• Drive a proactive, visible management style on the factory floor, supporting teams to resolve issues quickly and keep lines running effectively.
• Monitor KPIs, investigate performance gaps and implement corrective actions to improve productivity, waste, downtime and right-first-time standards.
• Work closely with Engineering, Technical, Hygiene, Planning and Warehouse teams to ensure smooth shift handovers and operational delivery.
• Coach, support and engage your team to create a positive, accountable and performance-led night shift culture.
• Ensure effective communication across shifts, escalating issues where needed and maintaining clear standards for the team.
• Lead by example to maintain excellent housekeeping, hygiene and GMP standards across the production area.

Job description

MorePeople in Barnsley is seeking a Night Shift Production Manager for a high‑risk food manufacturing site. You will lead a 45‑person night team across 7–8 lines, delivering production plans, driving output and maintaining safety and quality standards.

This hands‑on leadership role requires strong experience in high‑volume food production, GMP, and cross‑functional collaboration with Engineering, Hygiene and Planning to ensure smooth handovers and continuous improvement on a night shift.