Shift Production Manager

Biffa Waste Services; Seaham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Shift Production Manager, where you will lead a dedicated team in a dynamic environment focused on health and safety excellence and operational efficiency. This role offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact in waste management, ensuring compliance with safety policies while driving continuous improvement across processes. With a competitive salary and a commitment to ongoing career development, this is a chance to grow your career while contributing to a sustainable future. Embrace the challenge and be part of a team that values diversity and innovation.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Ongoing career development

Generous pension scheme

Medical and dental scheme

Retail and leisure discounts

Holiday and travel discounts

Bike to work scheme

Qualifications

• Proven track record of working to clearly defined KPI’s.
• Experience in health and safety management in a multi-shift environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure health and safety compliance for all employees on shift.
• Manage processing activities and optimize performance of resources.
• Design and implement Standard Operating Procedures for operational efficiency.

Skills

Health and Safety Management

KPI Management

Team Leadership

Continuous Improvement

Communication Skills

Job description

Help us make a difference as a Shift Production Manager based from our site in Seaham.

We operate a 4 on 4 off shift pattern (2 days & 2 nights then 4 off.) 7-7.

Annual salary - £38,656.80 - £40,589 includes shift allowance.

A quick look at the role.

Biffa require a Shift Production Manager who will have full responsibility for all aspects of the process whilst on shift, the Shift Production Manager leads the team in achieving excellence in health and safety, product quality, asset performance and utilisation and communicate any problems or obstacles to senior management.

Your core responsibilities.

• Responsible for the Health & Safety of all employees working on your shift and ensure housekeeping and general cleanliness of the plant and equipment is maintained to a high standard
• Ensuring the workforce understand and are compliant with company safety policies and procedures. Provide a safe working environment by conducting risk assessments, manual handling assessments and COSHH evaluations.
• Encouraging and participating in near miss and hazard reporting, and deliver Tool Box Talks and other required health and safety training to assist Biffa Polymers achieve excellence in health and safety as well as meeting business KPI’s
• Managing the processing activities in the plant, ensuring optimum performance of all available resources including people and machinery
• Establishing operational KPI’s for your team and ensure that these are delivered through performance management and employee development, together with improvement to plant, processes and efficiencies to deliver product of the right quality
• In conjunction with fellow Production Managers design and implement Standard Operating Procedures to ensure all processes achieve uniformed optimum performance measures including Overall Equipment Efficiency and availability to meet business KPI’s and customer requirements

Our essential requirements.

• Proven track record of working to clearly defined KPI’s
• Good man management skills and be able to stay focussed in a tough and demanding environment.
• Proven track record of delivering continuous improvement within an operational environment
• Knowledge and understanding of the requirements of working within a time critical process environment.
• Experience of people and health and safety management within a multi-shift and industrial / processing environment.

• Proven track record of working to clearly defined service delivery KPI’s
• The ability to communicate with conviction, plan with precision and, most importantly, play well with others.

And here’s why you’ll love it at Biffa.

• Competitive salary
• Ongoing career development, training and coaching – because if you don’t grow, we don’t grow.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Medical and dental scheme.
• Retail and leisure discounts.
• Holiday and travel discounts.
• Bike to work scheme

Changing the way the people think about waste.

At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we’re turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It’s a view that’s shared by our 10,000+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull. And it’s why we’re the UK’s No. 1 choice for business waste management.

Dedicated to diversity.

At Biffa we believe different ideas, perspective and backgrounds are key to developing a creative working environment that delivers real results. It’s why you’ll find us championing diversity and equality at every turn.