The production unit shift manager is responsible for the line management of operator teams and to deliver the safety, quality, efficiency & waste objectives for their area on shift.
Responsibilities
1. Technical / Functional: Shift managers need to have a strong background in manufacturing. They should have a firm grasp on the principles of people leadership, continuous improvement, loss capture, safety standards, quality standards and incident management.
2. Safety: Works with the safety team and production coordinator to complete relevant actions from the safety action plan, including but not limited to machinery safety, incident investigations, CSHEC minutes, SBO/DCAs, near misses, SHEPAR.
3. Audits: Expected to carry out and follow up safety audits in line with site requirements.
4. Incident Management: Expected to professionally manage safety incidents as they occur on shift, including but not limited to evacuations, injuries, near misses and high safety tags.
5. Incident Investigations: Carry out investigations for safety incidents that are isolated to their shift.
6. Safety Tags: Ensure teams are proactively raising safety tags to drive the continuous improvement agenda on site.
7. Training: Work with the training department on site to ensure teams are trained in the relevant safety elements.
8. Quality: Works with the safety team and production coordinator to complete relevant actions from the quality action plan, including but not limited to housekeeping & hygiene, incident investigations.
9. Operational Decision Making: Make decisions on shift relating to quality & escalate where appropriate.
10. Operational Activities: Make key decisions on shift and coordinate the factory activities with other shift managers.
11. Team Governance: Provide governance and leadership for semi-autonomous teams on shift.
12. Performance Management: Manage the performance of people on shift and intervene where this does not meet expectations.
13. Activity Execution & Oversight: Ensure that production activities are carried out professionally in line with plans developed by day teams.
14. Production Sign Off: Sign off resumption of production after significant periods of downtime.
15. Disruption Communication: Clearly communicate any changes to the plan that need to occur on shift.
16. Standards & Process Improvement: Proactively communicate where standards or processes on site are not clear or insufficient.
17. Labour Planning: Manage the short-term horizon (0-4 weeks) labour plan in their area.
18. Projects: Provide input into projects at the design or implementation stage.
19. People Management: Responsible for the line management of semi-autonomous operator teams on shift.
20. Continuous Improvement: Has knowledge and understanding of the key principles of continuous improvement.
21. Training & Recruitment: Work closely with the site training team to ensure requirements for their teams are clear.
Experience Required
1. Strong understanding of the end-to-end manufacturing process.
2. Knowledge of national Safety and Environmental legislation and company policy.
3. Strong servant leader with demonstrable experience in a manufacturing environment.
4. Experience leading improvement projects.
5. Strong continuous improvement knowledge.
6. Excellent organisation & communication skills.
7. Ability to drive a strong safety culture.
8. Ability to deal with a fast-paced environment.
9. Curious about self-development.
10. Ideally have reasonable mechanical skills.
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