Manufacturing Shift Manager

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£50,020 salary.

Late shift 2:00 pm – 10:30 pm Monday‑Thursday and 12:00 pm – 8:30 pm Friday. We operate across a 9‑day fortnight pattern, giving every other Friday off.

Based at our Skipton, North Yorkshire manufacturing site. Please only apply if you reside within commuting distance of Skipton, North Yorkshire.

To lead and manage the day‑to‑day operations of the production shift, ensuring that safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets are met. The Shift Manager is responsible for team performance, engagement, and compliance, acting as the key point of contact for operational issues during their shift.

• Direct line management of the shopfloor team.
• Participate and encourage the use of recognition schemes.
• Management of team attendance relating to overtime, holiday approvals, welfare checks, return‑to‑work (RTW) interviews and any consequent absence reviews.
• Lead performance management processes, including appraisals, feedback and performance improvement plans (PIPs).
• Own skills matrix and training plans for the shift, coordinating closely with the improvement lead to ensure sufficient trained resources for production demand.
• Deliver shift briefings and ensure effective 2‑way communication with the shopfloor.
• Drive employee engagement and contribute to the people plan to create a positive culture.
• Manage grievance and disciplinary processes in line with HR policies.
• Support recruitment and onboarding of new team members.
• Lead accident and incident investigations and close required corrective actions.
• Drive strong housekeeping standards to maintain a safe working environment.
• Ensure team adherence to risk assessments and input to updates where required.
• Promote active participation in hazard identification and resolution of open hazards.
• Raise deviations for any non‑conformances, owning minor deviations and contributing to the investigation of major deviations and corrective & preventative actions.
• Ensure team compliance with SOPs as well as batch documentation with a focus on Right First Time (RFT).
• Support preparation and execution of internal and external audits from document control through to housekeeping standards.
• Monitor daily telemetry, including response to alarms as required.
• Lead alignment and sign‑off of production plans via the Sales and Operational Planning (S&OP) process and delivery through process optimisation.
• Ensure plan delivery through effective resource and process management.
• Ensure completion of short interval control (SIC) sheets to provide data for overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) improvement initiatives.
• Ensure completion of Oracle transactions to ensure recovery plan adherence.
• Drive live yield optimisation to reduce waste during production.
• Reduce batch rejects through CAPA closure and improvement of RFT.
• Manage consumable ordering and usage tracking to stay within budget.
• Lead Tier meetings and work cross‑functionally to drive shift performance.
• Act as escalation procedure owner during shift hours.
• Champion safety, quality and productivity improvements, encouraging all team members to contribute ideas and supporting implementation where possible.
• Contribute to improvement projects, CAPEX and NPD work streams as required.

• Shift performance against safety, quality, delivery and cost targets.
• Employee engagement and strong culture (measured by pulse surveys).
• Compliance with GMP and Health & Safety standards and audit outcomes.
• Schedule adherence to reduce backorders and maintain correct stock levels.
• Right‑first‑time and on‑time performance in the quality management system (QMS).
• Reduction in waste, downtime and non‑conformances.

A self‑motivated, enthusiastic individual who can lead the shopfloor and work well within a team environment. Ability to deliver day‑to‑day production activities while remaining compliant within a regulated environment and supporting continuous improvement.

• Experience in supervising and leading production shopfloor teams.
• Managing team performance and employee relations in accordance with a range of HR…