Plant Shift Lead: Safety, Quality & Continuous Improvement

Ball Corporation; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Ball Corporation in Milton Keynes is seeking a Shift Manager to run a 12-hour shift, driving safety, quality, production and spoilage targets across the line. You will lead a team, ensure safe working practices, coach staff, and collaborate with engineering to minimise downtime while maintaining product quality and lean improvements.

Experience in high-speed production and the food and drink sector is desirable; fluent English is required.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-speed production, preferably in food & drink industries.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Run a 12-hour shift and drive safety, quality, production and spoilage targets.
• Enforce safe practices and housekeeping; improve safety awareness.
• Meet production, quality, spoilage and environmental targets set by senior leaders and CI teams.
• Investigate defects and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Drive continuous improvements to minimise costs and downtime; coordinate with engineering for maintenance.
• Standardise equipment settings to achieve required specifications and product quality.
• Identify training needs; provide training to ensure shift team competency.
• Monitor team performance; take corrective action for equipment and operations issues.
• Minimise waste and optimise material usage across the plant.
• Lead and encourage shift team ideas; drive change through continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with other shifts to manage overall plant performance.
• Lead on-site leadership and maintain industrial relations.
• Lean six sigma, 5s and kaizen desirable.
• Fluent in English language.

Skills

Leadership experience

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Influencing skills

Computer skills

English fluency

Lean Six Sigma

5S Kaizen

Job description

Ball Corporation in Milton Keynes is seeking a Shift Manager to run a 12-hour shift, driving safety, quality, production and spoilage targets across the line. You will lead a team, ensure safe working practices, coach staff, and collaborate with engineering to minimise downtime while maintaining product quality and lean improvements.

Experience in high-speed production and the food and drink sector is desirable; fluent English is required.