Production Shift Manager

Major Healthcare; Evesham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in fresh food manufacturing is seeking a Production Shift Manager in Evesham. This hands-on leadership role involves driving performance, ensuring food safety, and supporting a dynamic team. The position offers excellent career progression opportunities and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Career progression opportunities

Health & wellbeing programme

Free on-site parking

Access to a full-size on-site tennis court

Qualifications

• Experienced professional with strong leadership skills.
• Ability to engage and motivate teams.
• High knowledge of food safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Drive performance and ensure food safety.
• Support team to meet production targets.
• Promote continuous improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Problem Solving

Food Safety Knowledge

Lean Manufacturing

Job description

Job Title: Production Shift Manager
Location: Evesham WR11 8JS
Salary: £20.54 per hour – Paid Weekly
Shift Pattern: Sunday-Tuesday alternate Wednesday 06:00 – 18:00

About the Workplace:
Located in a modern facility in Evesham leading UK manufacturer of fresh stir-fry vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, dressings, sauces, and noodles. The site offers excellent working conditions, experienced teams, and long-term career opportunities for those seeking stability and growth.

About the Role:

We’re looking for an experienced Production Shift Manager to join a fast-paced food manufacturing site in Evesham. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll be responsible for driving performance, ensuring food safety, and supporting your team to meet production targets.

If you’re passionate about continuous improvement, know how to get the best out of people, and thrive under pressure – we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:
– Ensure your team are working in line with any HSE policies and procedures.
– Deliver food safe, high-quality product to customers always.
– Follow plans to ensure achievement of the Production objectives.
– Drive performance using positive and negative trends in SIC & T1 meetings.
– Provide leadership, support, and development to your team, to increase knowledge, share best practice and ensure professional standards are met.
– Set high personal standards that cascade through the team.
– Understand and be part of a team that deliver department budgets.
– Effective root cause analysis, eliminating negative trends in performance.
– Promote the lean manufacturing journey, ensuring continuous improvements are identified and actioned in the meeting processes.
– Provide clear and concise communications to your team.

What You’ll Need:
– An experienced professional with the ability to apply strong, leadership skills to deliver Production targets and objectives.
– A team builder able to partner with managers to implement improvements that result in improved performance.
– Strong communication and team working skills.
– Strong leadership qualities with the ability to engage and motivate teams.
– Ability to deal with conflict in the team and understand when to escalate.
– High level of professionalism, integrity, and ethical awareness.
– Customer service, food safety and quality are high on the agenda.
– High knowledge and understanding of food safety requirements.
– A good understanding of Lean Manufacturing & can drive changes through a continuous improvement culture.

Employee Benefits
– Career progression opportunities.
– Health & wellbeing programme.
– Free on-site parking.
– Access to a full-size on-site tennis court.

Apply Now

We offer a quick and easy recruitment process with the opportunity for permanent employment. Join our team as a Production Shift Manager in Evesham WR11 8JS and become part of a supportive and dynamic workplace!