Shift Manager - Days | Bridgend

Centric Talent; Newton-le-Willows; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Centric Talent is seeking a Shift Manager for the AM shift in Bridgend, South Wales. The role oversees production and warehouse operations, manages people, and drives efficiencies to hit targets.

You will ensure health, safety and environmental compliance, plan workloads, develop staff, and deliver KPI targets while maintaining quality and cost controls.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the entire production and warehouse facility in terms of people, training, and efficiencies, ensuring that manufacturing operations are carried out in a timely and cost‑effective manner while maintaining quality standards.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations in all production areas.
• Enable the Production Support team to deliver against production targets and optimize production capacity.
• Ensure daily/weekly workload planning and volume forecasting routines are delivered.
• Produce and deliver operational performance against agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Identify and drive operational and functional productivity and process improvements.
• Manage, deliver, and ensure a safe, secure, clean, and fair work environment for all team members.
• Recruitment and selection.
• Ensure compliance to standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safety policies & processes.
• Manage costs and identify cost saving opportunities.
• People Management: team building, employee engagement, managing performance.
• Training, succession planning, development, appraisals, and feedback.
• Problem Solving Skills: process improvement techniques, problem analysis, and resolution.
• Demonstrable decision making, workload planning, and organisational skills.
• Active hands‑on leadership.
• Change management.
• Action escalated incidents accordingly in line with company policies and procedures.

Job description

Shift Manager - AM Shift

Hours: 6am-2pm

Salary: £35k - £40k

Location: Bridgend, South Wales.

Reporting to: Production Manager

Job Purpose: To oversee the entire production and warehouse facility, people and efficiencies. Responsible for delivering production and efficiency targets in one of the UK's fastest growing and innovative recycling companies.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Oversee the entire production and warehouse facility in terms of people, training, and efficiencies, ensuring that manufacturing operations are carried out in a timely and cost‑effective manner while maintaining quality standards.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations in all production areas.
• Enable the Production Support team to deliver against production targets and optimize production capacity.
• Ensure daily/weekly workload planning and volume forecasting routines are delivered.
• Produce and deliver operational performance against agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Identify and drive operational and functional productivity and process improvements.
• Manage, deliver, and ensure a safe, secure, clean, and fair work environment for all team members.
• Recruitment and selection.
• Ensure compliance to standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safety policies & processes.
• Manage costs and identify cost saving opportunities.
• People Management: team building, employee engagement, managing performance.
• Training, succession planning, development, appraisals, and feedback.
• Problem Solving Skills: process improvement techniques, problem analysis, and resolution.
• Demonstrable decision making, workload planning, and organisational skills.
• Active hands‑on leadership.
• Change management.
• Action escalated incidents accordingly in line with company policies and procedures.