Night Shift Senior

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Night Shift Senior to take responsibility for the effective running of our night-shift manufacturing operation, providing strong leadership, direction and accountability to ensure production targets and business requirements are consistently achieved.

As the Night Shift Senior, you will be:

• Responsible for leading, managing and coordinating the night-shift workforce.

• Providing clear direction, motivation and support to Team Leaders and Factory Operatives.

• Taking ownership of the overall night-shift operation and making effective operational decisions.

• Driving production performance, efficiency, yield and waste reduction.

• Ensuring production plans and customer requirements are achieved.

• Promoting a positive culture of accountability, teamwork and continuous improvement.

• Deputising for senior management when required.

As the Night Shift Senior, you will have:

• Accountability for Health & Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Hygiene standards.

• Responsibility for labour planning, resource allocation and workforce performance.

• Ownership of production issues, downtime, operational challenges and corrective actions.

• Responsibility for ensuring all checks, audits, paperwork, SAP and Redzone requirements are completed.

• The authority to challenge poor performance and drive improvements across the operation.

• Responsibility for effective communication and handovers between shifts.

• Regular engagement with Engineering, Quality, Planning and senior management to ensure operational continuity.

The ideal candidate will have proven leadership experience within a food manufacturing or FMCG environment, strong communication skills and the confidence to manage people, make decisions and work independently. A proactive, hands-on approach, good understanding of manufacturing processes and a commitment to achieving high standards are essential. Level 2 Food Safety, HACCP knowledge and production management system experience would be advantageous.

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We very much look forward to hearing from you and will be reviewing all applications over the next 2 to 3 weeks. If you are selected, we will be in contact and if not, we will be keeping your details on file for any future vacancies.

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