Night Shift Supervisor

Recreo Global; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Recreo Global in the Sheffield area is seeking an experienced Night Shift Supervisor to lead a skilled fabrication team on a busy shop floor. You will ensure safe, organized operations and on-schedule production during the night shift.

Ideal candidates will come from welding, fabrication or heavy engineering, with proven people management skills and a hands-on approach to quality and continuous improvement. This permanent role offers ownership of a shift and real impact on output.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising a fabrication or manufacturing team.
• Strong practical knowledge of welding and fabrication processes.
• Experience reading and working from engineering drawings.
• Ability to coach and develop shopfloor staff.
• Excellent organisation and problem-solving abilities.
• Hands-on management style with attention to quality and output.
• Ability to make decisions independently on night shift.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate welders and fabricators on night shift.
• Allocate work and monitor progress throughout the shift.
• Ensure components are made to drawings and specs.
• Maintain high standards of quality, safety and workmanship.
• Identify bottlenecks and resolve production issues.
• Support and develop shopfloor team members.
• Ensure smooth handovers between night and day shifts.
• Communicate progress, labour needs and issues to management.
• Maintain housekeeping and safe working practices.
• Drive continuous improvement across production.

Skills

Team Leadership

Welding & Fabrication

Engineering Drawings

Quality & Safety

Problem Solving

Night Shift Management

Job description

We are working with an established and growing engineering manufacturer in the Sheffield area to recruit an experienced Night Shift Supervisor to lead a skilled fabrication team.

This is a hands-on shopfloor leadership role within a busy manufacturing environment producing large, bespoke fabricated assemblies for industrial customers.

The successful candidate will ideally come from a welding, fabrication or heavy engineering background and will be comfortable managing people, maintaining production standards and dealing with the day-to-day challenges of running a night shift.

The Role

You will take responsibility for the effective running of the fabrication team during the night shift, ensuring production remains safe, organised and on schedule.

• Leading and coordinating a team of Welders and Fabricators


• Allocating work and monitoring progress throughout the shift


• Ensuring components and assemblies are manufactured in line with technical drawings and specifications


• Maintaining high standards of workmanship, quality and safety


• Identifying production issues and resolving bottlenecks where possible


• Supporting and developing members of the shopfloor team


• Ensuring effective handovers between night and day shifts


• Communicating production progress, labour requirements and operational issues to management


• Maintaining good housekeeping and safe working practices across the fabrication area


• Supporting continuous improvement across production

About You

We are particularly interested in candidates who have worked within fabrication, structural steel, heavy engineering, sheet metal or a similar manufacturing environment.

• Previous experience supervising or leading a manufacturing or fabrication team


• A strong practical understanding of welding and fabrication processes


• Experience working from engineering drawings


• Confidence managing experienced shopfloor employees


• Good organisational and problem-solving skills


• A practical, hands-on management style


• A strong focus on quality and output


• The ability to make decisions independently during a night shift

Candidates currently working as a Fabrication Supervisor, Welding Supervisor, Production Supervisor, Manufacturing Supervisor, Night Shift Supervisor, Chargehand or Senior Fabricator may be particularly suitable.

The Opportunity

This is a permanent position with a well-established engineering manufacturer experiencing continued demand and investment across its manufacturing operations.

It would suit an experienced fabrication professional looking for a role where they can take genuine ownership of a shift, lead an established workforce and have a direct impact on production performance