At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a cleanroom and packaging team to meet production targets with quality and safety.
- Company: Corin, a global orthopaedics company dedicated to improving patient outcomes.
- Benefits: Competitive salary of £48,000, bonus scheme, private healthcare, and generous holiday.
- Other info: Opportunities for professional development and a positive team culture.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and make a real impact in the orthopaedic industry.
- Qualifications: Experience in manufacturing management and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 55000 £ per year.
Shift pattern - Monday to Friday, rotating earlies and lates:
- Earlies: 5:30am–2:00pm Monday–Thursday, 5:30am–11:00am Friday
- Lates: 1:45pm–10:15pm Monday–Thursday, 10:45am–4:15pm Friday
Salary - £40,000 + 20% shift allowance (totalling £48,000) + bonus
Corin is a global orthopaedics company based in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, manufacturing innovative hip and knee implants that help improve patient outcomes worldwide. With over 500 employees across seven sites, we're committed to quality, precision, and continuous improvement.
Due to continued growth, we have an exciting opportunity for Cleanroom/Packaging Shift Managers to join our growing leadership team. In this role, you'll lead a cleanroom and packaging manufacturing team to deliver production targets safely, efficiently and to the highest quality standards. You'll oversee day-to-day operations, resource planning, people management, training, performance, and continuous improvement activities, while fostering a positive and collaborative team culture. You'll play a key role in ensuring the successful manufacture of orthopaedic implants and instrumentation, driving performance across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory and People (SQDIP) metrics.
As a Cleanroom and Packaging Shift Manager you will:
- Lead and develop a team of up to 25 operatives within a highly regulated cleanroom and packaging environment.
- Drive a culture of Right First Time (RFT), quality excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Organise daily and weekly shift activities to deliver manufacturing plans and customer requirements.
- Manage resource allocation, schedule adherence and labour planning to maximise productivity.
- Lead Shift Start-Up meetings, shift handovers, quality discussions and performance reviews.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety requirements and cleanroom operating standards.
- Investigate production and quality issues using structured problem-solving techniques, including 8D methodologies.
- Drive 5S standards, Kaizen initiatives and team engagement in continuous improvement activities.
- Build strong relationships with Engineering, Quality, Planning, Supply Chain and HR teams.
- Support employee development through coaching, training plans, one-to-one meetings and performance appraisals.
The ideal Cleanroom and Packaging Shift Manager will have/be:
- Demonstrable experience as a strong, engaging, and driven people manager within a manufacturing environment, with responsibility for managing 10-25 operatives.
- Strong communication, delegation, coaching and mentoring skills.
- Understanding of cleanroom facilities and their operation.
- Experience working within quality-focused and highly regulated manufacturing environments.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with Engineering, Quality, Planning, Supply Chain, and HR teams.
- Experience driving performance through structured communication and accountability.
- Positive, collaborative, organised, and proactive "can do" approach to work.
- Completed or currently working towards a recognised leadership qualification such as ILM Level 5.
We offer great benefits for our Shift Managers, including:
- £40,000 salary + 20% shift allowance (£48,000 total annual salary)
- Bonus scheme
- Monday-Friday working pattern (37.5 hours)
- Comprehensive, flexible training programme tailored to your experience
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Pension contribution up to 9.7%
- Private healthcare with BUPA
- Life assurance (6x salary)
- Employee referral bonus of up to £1,000
Cleanroom and Packaging Shift Manager - Double Days in Cirencester employer: Corin
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