Shift Manager: Safety, Quality & Continuous Improvement

Ball Aerospace; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Ball Corporation in Milton Keynes is seeking a Shift Manager to run a 12-hour shift, with a focus on safety, quality, production and spoilage control. You will lead the shift team and coordinate with maintenance and engineering to optimise daily performance.

Key activities include enforcing safe practices, meeting production targets, investigating defects, driving continuous improvement, reducing waste and ensuring consistent equipment settings and training for the team.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-speed production, preferably in food and drink.
• Strong leadership, delegation, communication and organizational skills.
• Training in management systems.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Lead the shift on a 12-hour cycle, ensuring safety, quality, production and spoilage targets are met.
• Enforce safe working practices and maintain high housekeeping and safety standards.
• Investigate equipment and process defects and drive corrective actions.
• Drive continuous improvement to reduce costs and minimize downtime.
• Standardize equipment settings and ensure training for the shift team.
• Monitor performance and communicate results to stakeholders; take corrective action as needed.
• Manage material usage to minimise waste and organise shift training and feedback.

Skills

Management systems training

High-speed production experience

Leadership and communication

Lean Six Sigma

5S and Kaizen

English proficiency

Job description

Ball Corporation in Milton Keynes is seeking a Shift Manager to run a 12-hour shift, with a focus on safety, quality, production and spoilage control. You will lead the shift team and coordinate with maintenance and engineering to optimise daily performance.

Key activities include enforcing safe practices, meeting production targets, investigating defects, driving continuous improvement, reducing waste and ensuring consistent equipment settings and training for the team.