Shift Manager

Diageo; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rewards and Benefits package

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Diageo is seeking a Shift Manager for Baileys Mallusk to lead end-to-end operations on a shift basis, ensuring safe, compliant production and top-quality outputs. You will drive performance, coach the team, and support continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

You will develop team members, maintain strong safety standards, and work with the training department to ensure effective skill development, ultimately contributing to Diageo’s manufacturing excellence strategy.

Qualifications

• Experience leading shift teams in manufacturing environments.
• Strong commitment to Health & Safety and safe production practices.
• Proven ability to coach, mentor and develop team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end operations on shift, ensuring safe, compliant production.
• Drive quality and hygiene standards across shifts; address issues per SOPs.
• Deliver world-class performance by following manufacturing excellence principles and supporting changeovers.

Skills

Health & Safety leadership

People management

Coaching & mentoring

Shift leadership

Continuous improvement

Job description

Job Description :About usWith over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, Diageo is home to some of the world’s most iconic drinks. From Johnnie Walker and Guinness to Tanqueray, Smirnoff and Don Julio, we craft brands chosen for life’s moments — from everyday connections to landmark celebrations.Bring your talent, curiosity and ambition, and strive for your personal best alongside people who challenge, support and learn from each other. Together, as one outstanding team, we keep learning, improving and raising the bar for our brands, our business and each other.Join us and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.About the FunctionAbout the role As the Shift Manager at Baileys, you will provide leadership to the End-to-End operations on shift basis with specific responsibilities in several key areas listed below.You will ensure the production of top-quality products in a safe and hygienic environment, maintaining compliance standards.This role includes leading shift teams to meet all key performance targets, including Health & Safety, Customer Service, Quality, Cost, Flexibility, and People Development.You will develop team members to reach their full potential, crafting successful teams through effective mentor and facilitation skills.Additionally, you will drive production performance to world-class levels by continuously setting high standards and targets for continuous improvement, and support the rollout of the manufacturing excellence strategy.You will be responsible for: Health and Safety:· Demonstrate personal commitment to Health & Safety and drive improvements in the safety culture across the production team.· Continuously reduce the number of accidents and environmental incidents, ensure thorough accident/incident reporting and investigationQuality:· Uphold and drive quality standards across shifts, taking ownership of compliance with standards, supporting root cause analysis of quality issues, achieving world-class hygiene standards, completing line quality checks as per SOPs, and addressing customer and supplier concerns.Performance:· Deliver extraordinary levels of performance across the site by ensuring shift teams adhere to manufacturing excellence principles and standards, supporting line teams during changeovers and line cover, and leading material suppliers effectively.People Performance:· Achieve high performance through excellent engagement, coaching, and mentoring, challenge and manage poor performance, foster a high-performance coaching culture, ensure 100% completion of individual 1:1s and Personal Development Plans, and deploy people management processes consistently. You will also maintain positive relationships with team members, trade unions, and the wider site team, work closely with the training department to ensure appropriate training.Experience / skills requiredWorking with UsFlexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:Our purpose is crafting iconic drinks chosen for life’s moments. And it’s our people, with their different experiences, perspectives and talents, who make that possible.We value diversity in its broadest sense and want everyone to feel they can belong, contribute and strive for their personal best. You’ll work alongside people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives — challenging, supporting and learning from one another as one outstanding team.Together, we’re constantly learning and improving, combining the strength of our people, capabilities and iconic brands to raise the bar, grow and win.Wherever you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute, make an impact and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.Ready to bring your best? This could be your opportunity.If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you capture this information when you submit your application.Recruitment Scam WarningProtecting candidates is very important to us. All communications regarding your application will come from an email address ending in @diageo.com. In our recruitment process, we'll never ask for money.Worker Type :RegularPrimary Location:Baileys MalluskAdditional Locations :Job Posting Start Date :2026-10-26