Shift Manager - Oldbury, United Kingdom - MET Recruitment UK Ltd

MET Recruitment UK Ltd
MET Recruitment UK Ltd
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Oldbury, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Shift Manager

Oldbury

Permanent - afternoon shift

Competitive Salary

  • Are you an experienced shift manager or supervisor, looking for your next role? _
  • Our client, a wellestablished manufacturer and specialist in their field is currently looking for a Shift Manager to join their team._
  • The successful Shift Manager will be responsible for all aspects of people management, production, quality, cost, delivery, technical, and safety of their assigned area. _

What's on offer?

  • Competitive salary
  • Hours of work: Monday to Friday 2pm 10pm
  • Holidays: 25 days plus Bank Holidays
  • Training and Progression
  • Pension Scheme
  • Free Parking

Key Responsibilities of the role:


  • Develop, analyse and review a variety of production reports to improve costs, employee commitment/motivation, safety, production lines, quality, efficiency, cycle times, volumes, and implements changes as required.
  • Lead by example, ensuring a safe and efficient work place is maintained at all times
  • Ensure that data is collated, Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) are monitored and targets achieved, e.g. material scrap, DOTIF, Cost of Production per tonne
  • Support the management team in creation of robust master process data for ERP system to facilitate MRP reports
  • 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
  • Man management, including recruitment, sickness, holidays, performance, disciplinaries etc
  • Communicate with the teams by utilising the visual management/metrics, delivering toolbox talks/shift briefs with focus on quality, safety, cost and delivery, and gathering ideas for improvement
  • Communicate Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) from the strategic annual plan so that each employee is aware of expectations and deliverables
  • Ensure safe working practices are maintained and 'Standard Operations' adhered to
  • Through the utilisation of lean manufacturing techniques, strive to exceed the Company targets in productivity, efficiency, quality and reducing non value added activities on a continuous basis
  • Support the implementation of engineering changes, production trials and product changes
  • Report and act upon plant or machinery breakdowns to maintenance
  • Contribute to the improvement of working procedures by constantly looking for solutions to ensure the best productivity results of her/his machinery group and ensuring compliance with procedures, and operating instructions
  • Support the resolution of customer concerns. Identify and eliminate root cause using robust countermeasures. Sustain the corrective actions to eliminate repeat issues
  • Supervise and control resource effectively to support customer delivery requirements and also Lean Manufacturing principles
  • Provide product and process expertise within team, and respond to operator queries
  • Work proactively with support functions to fully define the processes/procedures/controls relevant to team activities
  • Liaise and communicate with other shifts and departments
  • Feedback to the Management team to share ideas and improve operation, recommending, supporting and implementing continuous improvement activities
  • Support, comply and ensure complicity with Health & Safety regulations

The Successful Shift Manager:


  • Level 3 Leadership & Management qualification or equivalent experience
  • Relevant manufacturing/engineering degree preferred or equivalent experience
  • Professional (or working towards) accreditation with an industry related body desirable
  • Proven track record within manufacturing management
  • Ability to design processes and layouts
  • Significant work experience in a highvolume manufacturing environment
  • Considerable experience in a supervisory, leadership role
  • Computer literate and conversant with ERP systems
  • Experience with lean production concepts and tools
  • Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
  • Full job description can be made available upon contact._
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