Production Shift Manager

Production Shift Manager | £37,000 per annum | Holton Heath

Take full ownership of a brand-new late shift as a Production Shift Manager, leading your own team from the floor. You’ll keep three specialist production machines running, your team trained and productive, and every job completed correctly and on time.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll be part of the founding late-shift team, shaping how the shift runs from day one.

Hours:

• Monday to Friday, 3:30pm to midnight (30-minute unpaid break)
• No weekends.

As a Production Shift Manager, you will benefit from:

• The chance to build and shape a brand-new shift from the ground up
• Real autonomy to plan and run your shift your way
• Full training on specialist machinery, systems and manufacturing processes
• Opportunity to progress as the manufacturing operation continues to grow
• A visible, high-impact role with full responsibility for production on your shift.

As a Production Shift Manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Planning each shift using the production dashboard, keeping all machines running and liaising with head office on priorities and deadlines
• Taking full responsibility for a hydraulic press, induction furnace and casting machine, operating them hands-on when needed
• Resolving quality issues and diagnosing machine faults, bringing in suppliers or engineers where required
• Training the team on every machine they use and enforcing health and safety, including SOPs, PPE and lockout/tagout
• Managing the shift team day to day, including sickness, holidays, attendance, performance and conduct
• Overseeing assembly and stock control, with full accountability for production-area stock accuracy.

As a Production Shift Manager, your experience will include:

• Proven experience running a shift or leading a team in a manufacturing or production environment
• Hands-on experience operating industrial machinery
• Confident working in a fast-paced environment and leading from the floor
• Quality checking experience or an engineering background (desirable)
• Experience with hydraulic presses or induction furnaces (desirable)
• Own transport preferred, due to the Holton Heath location and late finish.

If you’re ready to step up as a Production Shift Manager and build a brand-new shift from the ground up, this is your opportunity. Apply today with an up-to-date CV or call Ella Banks at Rubicon for more information.