Shift Manager

Production / Packing Supervisor

Ilkeston

3am – 12pm / 12pm – 9pm (over 6 days for the first 3 months during training then moving to 5 after training period)

£30,000 PA

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

To ensure the packing department converts finished products to the correct formats in accordance to planning requirements. This should be achieved to agreed company standards, policies and procedures, by the efficient and cost effective control of all applicable operations and resources.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Accountable for management information control documents for weekly packing area performance, completion must be both timely and accurate.

Accountable to achieve agreed outputs and KPI targets for equipment efficiencies.

Ensure all packing figures are accurate and information is feed through to checkpoint on a timely basis, carryout investigations into variations with booking differences.

Accountable for the quality of product packed complies with customer specifications and expectation.

Assist the senior management team with continuous improvement culture and champion the teams.

Accountable for team briefing to all departmental staff, effectively communicating business needs.

Accountable for employees with your control accurate recording of data on T & A systems, and a support to personnel and wages to correct and deal with discrepancies in a timely manner.

Accountable for employees adhering to the companies health and safety policies, and ensure safe working practices are maintained on the shift. Highlight and issues or concerns on shift handover.

Ensure a daily log is maintained of issues during each shift, key reporting areas:

Plan attainment required verses actual wrapped
Machine performance and downtime
Engineering issues
Wastage
Product variances

Ensure monthly fire inspections are completed and documented, so information is available for the H&S meeting.

(People)

Deal with any disciplinary or grievance issues in accordance with company procedures.

Ensure Return to Work Interviews are carried out in a timely manner, and monitoring absence/sickness levels to take appropriate action.

To coordinate with the production manager for the control of holidays, these should be organised minimising the requirements for overtime within the department or skill shortages. All relevant details must be passed to personnel / wages on a timely basis.

Assist Personnel in the selection, recruitment and induction of staff as required.

Build effective teams, develop motivation and commitment and maintain good industrial relations and morale through leadership facilitation and business values.

Ensure operators document waste, minor downtime, breakdowns etc, for shift summary reports.

Ensure all personnel within your control are adhering to company policies and procedures in areas such as:
Use of company time and attendance system
Eating, drinking & smoking
PPE work wear work in production areas.
PPE in canteen and smoking areas

Health & Safety work wear. Ensure team leaders enforce ear protection, visors, gloves are worn correctly in mandatory areas.

To ensure the development of operatives within the shift and information is accurately documented. Training areas such as:
QAS documents
Efficiencies
CCP’s
SOP’s Labour and equipment utilisation
Best practices in manufacturing
Food Safety Auditing

(Process)

Responsible for the bread and morning goods and stress free processes from raw material conversion to finished product. This could be bulk packed flow wrapped or bagged, ambient or frozen.

Holidaycover, responsible for covering the full shift from raw material conversion through to check point when production shift manager is on holiday or out of the business.

Ensure shift handovers are carried out, identifying and highlighting issues with product, process people, safety and hygiene standards.

To ensure end of shift reviews are carried out and the team is challenged and take ownership and accountability for corrective actions.

To adopt best manufacturing practises in compliance to EHO, and Food Standards Agency, and work in compliance to the company quality manual. Improve plant hygiene standards adopting clean as you policy and procedures.

Ensure minimum foreign body risk within the production process through the use of auditing with the Technical department.

Monitor and control yields so as to minimise waste and unaccounted stock. Monitor ingredients usage as per authorised recipes and usage of packaging materials.

Carry out any other reasonable duties to meet the needs of the business as requested by the Production Manager

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Personal Performance

To take responsibility for personal performance and the development of personal skills to ensure the required skills, knowledge and competence to fulfil the role.

Customer Focus

Effectively meeting customer needs, building productive customer relationships and taking responsibility for customer satisfaction and loyalty to the business.

Values and Behaviours

To encourage and promote the values of Frank Roberts & Sons and to comply with the required standards of conduct.

Equality and Diversity

To promote, adhere to and implement the Equal Opportunities policy.

Health and Safety

To work in compliance with the Health & Safety Policy to ensure hazards are identified and risk assessed and controlled.
To be proactive in managing your personal health, safety and wellbeing and that of your colleagues.

Environment

To promote the Environmental Policy by implementing working practices and procedures that ensure a sustainable approach to the use of resources are disposed of in an efficient and environmentally friendly way.

Notwithstanding the detail in this job description the job holder will undertake such work as may be determined by their Line Manager from time to time, up to or at a level consistent with the principal responsibilities of the role.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES REQUIRED

ESSENTIAL

DESIRABLE

Qualifications/Experience

BasicMaths & English

Micro soft skills

Excel level 3

Word

Email

Power Point

Team leader / supervisory qualification NVQ level 2

X

X

X

X

X

X

Knowledge & Skills

Ability to set up set up machinery logically

Worked in a food manufacturing environment

X

X

Personal Competencies

Good verbal communication

Numerate

Ability to follow SOP

Able to complete production paper work

Take leadership skills

X

X

X

X

X

If you feel you have the relevant experience for this role please email your CV

Due to the high volumes of applications we are currently receiving, unfortunately we are only able to contact candidates who are successful in progressing to the next stage. If you have not been contacted within 7 days of your application, then please presume that you have not been successful on this occasion.