At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead production teams and ensure efficient operations in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.
- Company: Join a growing food manufacturing business with a focus on safety and quality.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, benefits package, and strong career progression opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Shape team performance and make a real impact in a key leadership role.
- Qualifications: Experience in food manufacturing, strong leadership, and knowledge of food safety standards.
We are recruiting an experienced Backshift Production Manager to lead all production activities across a busy, fast-paced food manufacturing site. This is a key operational leadership role responsible for delivering shift performance, managing teams, ensuring compliance, and driving continuous improvement across high-care and high-risk areas. The successful candidate will be a confident people manager with strong organisational skills, excellent communication, and a proven ability to deliver results in demanding FMCG environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage production teams and supervisors across the backshift, ensuring safe, efficient and compliant operations.
- Deliver daily production targets, labour planning and resource allocation aligned with production scheduling.
- Maintain high standards of GMP, food safety, allergen control and hygiene across all areas.
- Monitor and report on shift KPIs, driving improvements in output, waste, efficiency and performance.
- Conduct investigations, manage performance issues and support disciplinary processes where required.
- Work closely with Technical, Engineering, Planning and HR to ensure smooth shift operations.
- Support internal and external audits, ensuring the shift is always audit-ready.
- Deliver training, coaching and capability development for team leaders and operatives.
- Champion a positive, safe and inclusive working environment.
Candidate Requirements
- Experience as a Production Manager, Shift Manager, Backshift Manager, or senior supervisor within food manufacturing or FMCG.
- Strong people leadership skills with experience managing large teams.
- Knowledge of food safety compliance, GMP and H&S standards.
- Confident decision-maker with the ability to remain calm under pressure.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to influence across departments.
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail and a proactive approach.
- Experience working in high-care / high-risk environments (advantageous).
What’s on Offer
- A key leadership role within a growing food manufacturing business.
- Opportunity to shape backshift performance and team capability.
- Strong progression potential into senior operational roles.
- Competitive salary + benefits package.
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