Shift Lead (NI)

B&Q Limited; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Award-winning pension scheme

ShareSave options

6.6 weeks holiday

Payroll giving

Employee Assistance Programme

Shopping discounts

Colleague wellbeing benefits

Job summary

B&Q is hiring a Shift Lead in Belfast for a permanent full-time, part-time, or job-share arrangement. The role supports a 6.6 weeks holiday and a pension, with shifts from 6am to 10pm. You will oversee the shift, deploy colleagues, and ensure a safe, welcoming store environment for customers and teammates.

You’ll be the first point of contact, drive smooth operations, and maintain high standards of safety and service. This is a leadership role with autonomy and pace.

Qualifications

• Customer focused and do the right thing for customers.
• Able to see the bigger store picture beyond one area.
• Safety conscious with attention to detail.
• Enjoy collaborating with colleagues in a team.
• Bring energy to each day and motivate others.
• Confident to make autonomous decisions for customers.

Responsibilities

• Be the heartbeat of the store day-to-day and ensure operations run smoothly.
• Deploy colleagues effectively to serve customers across the shift.
• Be the first point of contact for customers and colleagues.
• Keep the store safe at all times.

Skills

Customer focus

Big picture thinking

Safety awareness

Team player

Energetic

Decision autonomy

Job description

Overview

Shift Lead

Full time, Part time or Job Share - 36.75 & 18.5 Hours per week

Permanent Contract

Full-time equivalent £27,709.50 per annum + Pension + 6.6 Weeks Holiday

B&Q Holywood Exchange

This is a keyholder position, with shifts ranging from an earliest start time of 6am to a latest finish time of 10pm

Every day, we give our millions of customers theideas, advice, tools and confidence they need to create a home they’ll love. Join us as a Shift Lead and you’ll be a big part of this.

What's the job?

Your role as a Shift Lead is pivotal in ensuring a safe working and shopping environment. You’re the person who will oversee your shift to cultivate a great experience for both colleagues and customers daily. It’s B&Q’s ambition to make every customer count, so you’ll strive to ensure B&Q is a place colleagues love to work, and customers love to shop. In this role you will:

• Be the heartbeat of the store day-to-day and ensure operations are running smoothly.
• Make sure colleagues are deployed correctly to ‘make every customer count’ throughout your shift.
• Be the first point of contact for customers and colleagues.
• Make sure our stores are safe at all times.

What we need:

Our shift leads are key to running our business through their teams. In this role, we’re looking for the following qualities:

• Passionate about customers and doing the right thing for them.
• Like to have a global view and not be constrained to specific areas of the store.
• Safety conscious and use an eye for detail to spot compliance opportunities.
• Enjoy interacting with colleagues and working in a team.
• Like to bring energy to each day and motivate those around you.
• Confident to have autonomy and trust to make decisions for the customer at pace.

What's in it for me?

As part of a great team, you’ll be valued for who you are.We’re committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities. You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business.

We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you. As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes

• Award-winning pension scheme
• ShareSave options
• 6.6 weeks holiday
• Payroll giving
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Shopping discounts
• Colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more

If you require any additional support or reasonable adjustments to help you complete your application or throughout the recruitment process, please let us know. If you would like to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme please contact us at [e-mail]. If you meet the minimum criteria for the role, we'll consider your application in line with our Disability Confident commitments.

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