Full job descriptionShift Manager
Blackburn
Thursday to Sunday - Night Shift
£37,000
***Additional Hours If Required***


We are looking for a motivated Shift Manager to join a leading manufacturer. Reporting directly to the Operations Manager you will be a key member in ensuring the production facility is kept running. As a Shift Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the shop floor during your assigned shift. You will lead a team of production employees, ensuring targets are met while maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and efficiency


Role Description:
*Lead by example, ensuring a safe and efficient workplace is maintained at all times
*Achieve the required company quality standards ensuring both internal and external customer satisfaction
*Ensuring that Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) are monitored and targets achieved
*Liaise and coordinate with support functions to progress issues concerning production planning and resource/skill allocation to ensure delivery of products to schedule within all relevant quality specifications
*Communicate with the teams by utilising the visual management, delivering shift briefs with focus on quality, cost and delivery, and gathering ideas for improvement
*Undertake performance management responsibility for team members, conducting appraisals and giving direction to aid good performance
*Ensure safe working practices are maintained, and ’Standard Operations’ adhered to
*Ensure that non-conformance is challenged and countermeasures are agreed and implemented
*Lead and motivate the team to create a high-performance culture where improvement suggestions are embraced
*Strive to exceed the Company targets in productivity, efficiency and quality on a continuous basis
*Report and act upon plant or machinery breakdowns to maintenance technicians
*Ensure housekeeping is kept to a high standard


Skills and Qualifications:
*Previous Leadership Experience - 3 to 5 years
*Previous Manufacturing Experience - 3 to 5 years


In return for your commitment my client offers a stable and secure career for a technically motivated engineer. If you feel this is of interest, please send your CV directly to Morgan Blount at or call for a confidential discussion on .