Night Shift Manager

Job Description:

Job Title; Night Shift Manager 

Key Skills; Production shift manager, Line Leader, Manufacturing Manager, Shift Supervisor 

Shift; 10pm-6am Monday to Friday 

Salary; £46,000 inclusive of shift allowance and contractural overtime 

Location; Oakham, Rutland

Commutable from; Rutland, Melton Mowbray, Oakham, Uppingham, Leicester, Stamford, Market Harborough, Corby

This is an exciting opportunity for you to forge a career within the manufacturing industry with an established and progressive company for the worlds leader in the production of plastic consumables. The successful applicant will be working as a Night Shift Manager to ensure the smooth running of production on their already established night shift 

The Role:

• Ensure products are manufactured to the required quality standards and customer specifications
• Ensure compliance with external accreditation including BRC, ISO and internal company procedures
• Manage quality issues, non-conformances, test stock and rework on shift
• Ensure Quality Principles are embedded on the shift and reinforced by random checks and on shift leadership. 
• Ensure accidents, near misses and hazards and stop work incidents are reported, investigated, and actions closed out
• Ensure all Safety Principles and Life Saving Rules are embedded and always followed. 
• Take full responsibility for delivering the production plan on shift
• Ensure labour and resources are used effectively to meet output, quality, and delivery targets
• Manage and control shift performance against agreed KPIs, including OEE, cycle times, scrap, quality, and OTIF
• Accurate recording of production data, downtime, and issues
• Be fully prepared for daily review meetings, ensuring issues are understood and actions are in place
• Effective shift handovers with clear communication of priorities and risks
• Promote and support a culture of continuous improvement on shift
• Maintain a strong focus on cost control through labour efficiency, waste reduction, and scrap control
• Challenge inefficiencies and drive improvements in performance and utilisation
• Support improvement opportunities where they add value to the operation.

Our Ideal Candidate;

• Proven experience in a supervisory or management role within a manufacturing environment. 
• Strong understanding of production operations, labour management, and performance control. 
• Good understanding of health, safety, and environmental requirements in manufacturing. 
• Experience managing KPIs such as OEE, scrap, quality, and delivery. 
• Confident people manager with the ability to lead, challenge, and support teams.  
• Experience within an injection moulding environment beneficial 
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement tools
• Experience working within BRC, ISO, GMP or similarly controlled environments
• IOSH or NEBOSH health and safety qualification (or willingness to work towards one). 

The Benefits; 

• 33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays 
• Christmas shutdown 
• Auto Pension enrolment 
• Working for a Global organisation  
• Overtime available

If you are interested in this opportunity please apply directly through this website or call (phone number removed). If you have not been contacted within 14 days of your application please assume that you have not been successful. We will, however, retain your application for any future roles for which you may be suitable.

This position is advertised on behalf of Jacob Thomas Associates. We have a variety of other permanent and temporary positions available ranging from Supply Chain, Logistics, Administration, Sales, Secretarial, Finance & Accounts, Customer Services, I.T., Driving and Engineering.