Night Shift Manager
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Job Title: Night Shift Manager
Description
We are hiring for our client a well-established food manufacturing business who are seeking an experienced Night Shift Manager to lead nightshift operations across production quality safety and efficiency.
The Night Shift Manager will take full responsibility for managing Health & Safety product quality operational efficiency and Good Manufacturing Practices during the nightshift. This is a key leadership role ensuring production runs smoothly while maintaining the highest standards of food safety legality and consistency.
The successful Night Shift Manager will work closely with Quality Purchasing and Engineering functions while leading teams on the production floor to deliver daily targets and minimise waste.
Top 3 Things to Know About this Job
Full ownership of nightshift operations Lead production quality safety and people on shift.
Food manufacturing environment Strong focus on HACCP GMP waste control and right-first-time production.
People leadership role Coach train and support teams to deliver consistent performance overnight.
The Role
Manage daily production processes to ensure efficiency targets are achieved on each shift.
Ensure all products are prepared and produced in line with specifications and quality standards.
Maintain Health & Safety food safety and Good Manufacturing Practices across the nightshift.
Control ingredient and packaging flow ensuring yield targets are met and waste is minimised.
Maintain excellent housekeeping standards operating a clean as you go approach at all times.
Liaise with Quality Purchasing and other departments to meet service and production targets.
Provide clear production and performance reports to the Manufacturing Manager.
Report maintenance structural or equipment issues promptly to senior management.
Ensure all production and quality paperwork is completed accurately each shift.
Train monitor and support new and existing nightshift staff.
Provide first-line support to operatives to prevent bottlenecks and downtime.
Ensure correct ingredient rotation batch coding and use-by-date compliance.
Verify washroom operations and production records daily.
Support additional activities such as sampling extra cleaning trials or ad-hoc requests from Production and Quality Management.
The Person
Experience in a supervisory or management role within food manufacturing or FMCG.
Strong understanding of HACCP and food safety principles.
Knowledge of GMP and quality-led production environments.
Ability to lead teams in a fast-paced nightshift operation.
Strong attention to detail particularly around quality paperwork and compliance.
Organised punctual and reliable with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Confident communicator who can work effectively with production teams and other departments.
The Reward (Salary / Benefits / Company Culture)
Competitive salary dependent on experience.
Permanent nightshift role with responsibility and autonomy.
Supportive and inclusive working environment.
Opportunity to play a key role in delivering consistent quality and operational performance
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Restaurant Experience
- Kitchen Experience
- Inventory Control
- Hospitality Experience
- Dayforce
- Lean Six Sigma
- Management Experience
- Facilities Management
- Warehouse Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Restaurant Management
- Commercial Cleaning
