Shift Manager

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.

• 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.