Site Duty Manager - Aylesbury

Arla Foods; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Arla Foods' Aylesbury Dairy is seeking a Site Duty Manager to lead day-to-day operations across production, maintenance, logistics, scheduling and engineering, reporting to Gary Norton. You will be a key contact for operational performance, safety, quality and site continuity.

You will promote a strong safety culture, supervise manufacturing activities to hit targets while upholding quality, coordinate site personnel, and identify improvements to reduce downtime and waste.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years’ experience in a factory/manufacturing environment.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• English communication aligned with Arla’s requirements.

Responsibilities

• Promote and maintain a strong safety culture by ensuring safety protocols are followed, supporting regular safety audits and responding promptly to concerns.
• Supervise and coordinate manufacturing activities to help achieve site targets while maintaining quality standards and compliance with safety regulations.
• Coordinate site personnel, supporting a positive working environment and ensuring teams are aligned on priorities throughout the shift.
• Identify and implement process improvements to optimise site efficiency, minimise waste and reduce operational downtime.
• Monitor site performance, inventory levels, quality checks and operational issues, preparing updates and escalating actionable solutions where needed.

Skills

Safety leadership

Production coordination

Team leadership

English communication

Decision making under pressure

Job description

Shift Based Role

At Arla, our Aylesbury Dairy plays an important role in producing food that is loved by millions. As Site Duty Manager, you will help lead day-to-day operations across the site, working closely with teams across production, maintenance, logistics, scheduling, engineering and process to ensure smooth end-to-end delivery. Reporting to Gary Norton, you will be a key point of contact for operational performance, safety, quality and site continuity.

How You Will Make An Impact

In this role, you will oversee site operations and help ensure that our manufacturing processes run safely, efficiently and in line with our quality standards. You will take accountability for site performance, coordinate teams across the operation and identify opportunities to improve processes, reduce downtime and support continuous improvement.

• Promote and maintain a strong safety culture by ensuring safety protocols are followed, supporting regular safety audits and responding promptly to any concerns.
• Supervise and coordinate manufacturing activities to help achieve site targets while maintaining quality standards and compliance with safety regulations.
• Coordinate site personnel, supporting a positive working environment and ensuring teams are aligned on priorities throughout the shift.
• Identify and implement process improvements to optimise site efficiency, minimise waste and reduce operational downtime.
• Monitor site performance, inventory levels, quality checks and operational issues, preparing updates and escalating actionable solutions where needed.

What Will Make You Successful

We are looking for someone with experience in a factory or manufacturing environment, ideally with at least 2 years’ experience. You will be confident working in an operational setting, able to stay calm under pressure and comfortable making decisions that support safety, quality and site performance.

To succeed in this role, you will need to be highly organised, proactive and confident collaborating with different teams across the site. Strong communication skills are important, along with the ability to take ownership, solve problems and keep people focused on shared priorities. You should also be able to communicate in English in line with Arla’s level requirements.

What do we offer?

You will join a collaborative, fast-paced and supportive site environment where your contribution will make a real difference to our daily operations. At Arla, we are committed to professional development and promoting from within, and our positive culture is built around working together, sharing knowledge and helping each other succeed. You will also be part of a market leader that produces nutritious household‑favourite brands in a way that aims to make things better for our customers, the farmers who own us, and the whole world.

Shape the Future of Dairy

Arla is a global leader in the dairy industry, committed to enabling good food choices that make life better, providing people with natural, sustainable nourishment, while taking care at every step to ensure Arla is a choice they can feel good about. If you are looking to shape the future with an ambitious global cooperative that truly cares about your growth, where everyone feels valued and empowered, and collaboration is the core of culture, Arla is a choice you can feel good about.

Closing date for applications 21 August 2026.

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