Focused Recruitment are currently seeking a Production Shift Manager to join our clients manufacturing plant in the Blackwood area.
This role will be responsible for the overall performance of your shift you will be covering. The role is vital in ensuring the overall productivity and efficiency of the company.
Duties:
- Optimize manufacturing performance during your shift by managing capacity, analysing performance, and identifying opportunities for improvement.
- Lead continuous improvement activities within your team and focus on measuring and developing the skills of team members.
- Be responsible for executing continuous improvement initiatives within your area of responsibility.
- Ensure that manufacturing activities are properly resourced and managed to meet operational needs.
- Follow the escalation process for your area, ensuring that your team is well-supported and equipped to resolve issues effectively.
- Ensure a smooth handover of information to the incoming shift, providing a clear understanding of the current state of operations.
- Work closely with other shift supervisors to achieve manufacturing targets by minimizing downtime, maximizing right-first-time production, and boosting overall output.
- Promote a safety-first mindset, ensuring that employees follow safe working practices and company standards, while fostering a positive and achievement-oriented work environment.
- Ensure there is effective communication between all areas and departments, facilitating smooth coordination across shifts.
- Partner with the HR team to manage staffing processes, ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures and supporting strong people management practices.
Hours of Work:
The hours of work follow a 3 shift pattern Monday to Friday consisting of Days, Nights & Afternoon shifts.
Overview:
In order to be successful in this position you will be required to have relevant industry experience along with experience of being a successful Shift Manager previously. You will need to be computer literate and have the ability to problem solve through any issues that may arise. Someone who is able to motivate and encourage staff would be advantageous and the ability to be flexible would be very beneficial
By applying for this position you are giving authorisation for Focused Recruitment Ltd to contact you regarding this vacancy and other vacancies we feel may be suitable for you.
We will not present your CV to any clients without your explicit consent. We will contact you if your CV is of interest, if you are unavailable we will leave a message, YOU MUST return this call otherwise your application cannot progress any further.
Focused Recruitment are a multi award winning independent recruitment agency covering South Wales and the South West. As a service driven company we are fully committed to working with clients and candidates that share this value. We consistently place the right people, into the right companies, with the right roles to fulfil their career aspirations.