Shift Leader: Lean, Safe, High-Impact Production in Milton Keynes

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Position overview:

The Shift Manager will run a 12-hour shift and look after safety, quality production and spoilage.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensure safe working practices are adhered to at all times and good housekeeping and safety awareness is continuously improved in the work area and throughout the team.
• Meet Production, Quality, Spoilage and environmental improvement targets as set by the Senior leadership team, the Continuous Improvement teams and the Plant budget.
• Investigate and report equipment and process defects promptly and use the team and outside assistance to identify and undertake corrective action to prevent re-occurrence.
• Drive continuous improvements in the team to minimise the costs in the plant and liaise with the engineering department to ensure all maintenance work is completed to their satisfaction and continually look for methods to reduce breakdowns.
• Ensure standardisation of equipment setting and operation to achieve the required specification and product quality.
• Promote and maintain good industrial relations, identify training needs for the team. Provide and organise training to ensure the team is competent in all aspects of their jobs.
• Monitor, control and communicate the performance of the team within and outside the team and ensure corrective action is taken, as required, for all equipment and operational problems/potential problems to continuously improve the operation.
• Ensure effective use of materials, identify programmes to improve usage and minimise waste.
• Ensure adequate training, Leadership motivation and corrective feedback to the Shift Team for whom they are responsible.
• Actively seek and follow up on Shift Team’s ideas and suggestions and assist in driving change through continuous improvement in the plant.
• Operate effectively with other Shift Managers to control the overall performance of the plant.

What are we looking for?

• Training in management systems
• Previous experience in high speed production and experience in food and drink industry is desirable
• Leadership experience
• Good leadership, delegation, communication, organisational and influencing skills
• Competent computer skills
• Lean six sigma, 5s and kaizen (desirable)
• Fluent in both written and spoken English

Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation. When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, cups to aerosol bottles solutions that enable our customers to contribute to a better world. Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.