Manufacturing Shift Manager Whittlesey, England
Job description
Position Title: Manufacturing Shift Manager
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Whittlesey
Requisition ID: 21431
There’s nothing beige about McCain…
Except our potatoes — and we’re extremely passionate about them.
When you join McCain, you’ll be joining the biggest player in the frozen potato game, bringing people together around the nation for over 60 years by sharing simple, delicious planet friendly food.
We’ve partnered with thousands of the country’s supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, hospitals, and schools to change the way people see the humble spud. It’s all about elevation and creating something better.
So, come and make your career at McCain Foods.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
We are looking for a Shift Manufacturing Manager to lead, motivate, manage, and develop the manufacturing team to optimise capability and engagement and to meet or exceed all performance targets relating to Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Environment, and People. Deputising out of hours as Senior Leader on site, taking responsibility for decision making and accountability of actions, to ensure safe and successful outcomes within the manufacturing area. You’ll also…
Deliver performance, translating plant goals into individual/team performance and development plans, creating a culture of feedback, learning, growth and inclusivity.- Encourage and support the team to work effectively together and demonstrate McCain values in order to create a productive, customer-focused, engaging and supportive working environment
- Implement a development and succession plan for your key talent and actively create opportunities for people to learn, grow and succeed within your team whilst creating flexibility and a strong support network.
- Apply policies consistently and fairly using judgment, and proactively work to prevent the need for escalation.
- Carry out managerial duties, responsibilities and accountabilities within the Company Health & Safety and Food Safety policies and other legislative requirements and audit practices, ensuring competence and compliance of self and those within span of authority.
- Pro-actively manage production performance by leveraging best Operating Practices (BOP) and implementing appropriate actions in a timely manner. to address potential deviations.
- Lead on collaborative decision making to meet operational efficiency (OEE) and generating associated actions across manufacturing and Engineering as appropriate.
- Optimize production and minimize costs by leveraging knowledge of equipment and controls, taking corrective action where required.
- Manage production costs efficiently and contribute to accurate daily cost reporting, taking responsibility for daily budget control without compromise to people safety, food safety or quality.
- Understand the cost drivers and proactively manage the key variables that impact Total Production Cost (TPC), communicating these effectively to others, explaining variances within scope of control.
- Produce a quality finished product, optimizing production and minimize costs by leveraging knowledge of the characteristics of incoming raw materials, equipment and controls, making adjustments or taking corrective action where required.
- Drive and support continuous improvement focus and activity via lean manufacturing tools, techniques and principles; generating enablers and ensuring timely and cost effective completion of activities
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR…
You’ll be an experienced Operational or Senior Shift Manager, with a proven track record of delivering results and people leadership. You’ll know how important it is to drive change through people, and you’ll have the confidence to challenge and drive the continuous improvement throughout the factory. You’ll also have…
- Food manufacturing experience within FMCG
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt knowledge (Managing Daily Improvement)
- Health and Safety requirements within FMCG
- Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement techniques
- Excellent PC skills (also proficient in MS Packages)
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?
Although we do encourage you to taste the goods you’ll be pleased to know we don’t pay you in chips. For working hard, you’ll also get a great salary and some pretty good benefits including:
- An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
- Private medical healthcare
- Achievable business and performance based bonus
- Flexible holidays – where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
- Optional health cash plan
- Cycle to work scheme
- ‘Chips In’ Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the long-term development of McCain communities across the globe
And of course, being part of a Global business there are great opportunities to shine/thrive should you wish to relocate in the future. We have an impressive 5 year growth plan that presents development & progression opportunities for those who seek it out.
WHERE WILL I WORK?
You'll be based at our Whittlesey plant in Peterborough. If you’ve spotted our three wind turbines, then you’ll know where we are! With about 400 employees on site, we’re one of our largest plants across the GB business. Our Whittlesey plant is where we make our famous French Fries as well as our chilled products, such as our Shake Shake Fries. Please note, this is a shift based role working a mixture of day and night shifts.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
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Job Family: Manufacturing
Division: Great Britain
Department: FF - D Shift
Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Whittlesey || GB - United Kingdom : England : Grantham || GB - United Kingdom : England : Hull || GB - United Kingdom : England : Peterborough || GB - United Kingdom : England : Scarborough || GB - United Kingdom : England : Wombourne || GB - United Kingdom : Other : Reference job description || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Montrose
Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd
