Manufacturing Shift Manager (Nights)

Are you ready to take the next step in your career and lead a team supporting the manufacturing operations? Due to the growth we are seeing within manufacturing, we are now looking for 3x Manufacturing Shift Managers to join the leadership team. You will drive efficiency, safety, and quality on the production floor, as well as support the team with day-to-day management activities (including resource planning, training and development, and performance management).

As a Manufacturing Shift Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of your shift, ensuring production targets are met while maintaining high standards of safety and quality. Your key responsibility will be to organise daily and weekly shift activities against plan to manufacture orthopaedic implants and instrumentation, in accordance with our design and quality specifications and Company policy and requirements. You are also responsible for cascading key strategic information and messages to your team and translating team feedback into effective actions to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage team members within your shift to ensure that they are working to company and legislative requirements at all times and promoting a collaborative and positive work environment across the floor.
• Ensure all the team are working in the most effective way to maximise productivity and manage any uncertainty in team members' performance accordingly.
• Organise shift activities and resources to ensure that production targets are met in accordance with specifications and in line with work instructions or documented processes.
• Overall people management activities which include providing and organising training that supports improvement activities and development of team members.
• Conduct monthly scheduled one-on-one meetings with all team members to check in on their health, wellbeing, and personal development.
• Plan and manage all team members' training and development ensuring they are effectively trained by the Senior Manufacturing Machinists and eTMS is completed in a timely manner.
• Conduct monthly and quarterly appraisals setting training and development KPI’s.
• Take responsibility for Health & Safety activities across your shift, ensuring that all manufacturing equipment is in safe working order and operatives are maintaining a safe work environment.
• Oversee the management of all records and documentation ensuring it’s completed with 100% accuracy, compliant and legible.
• Instil accountability and ownership of the production output into your team through a positive approach where you set clear and visible daily, weekly, and monthly targets/goals – recognise your teams and individual achievements.
• Seek to continuously improve methods of operation and efficiency by gaining feedback from your team to promote a continuous improvement environment.
• Investigate exceptional issues of non-conformance or trending, repeatable issues to root cause using 8D methodology and report to the Manufacturing Manager.
• Work closely with Head of Manufacturing and planning team to ensure we have the right raw materials to manufacture the correct products against plan.
• Ensure there is sufficient skills and resources to support the plan and release and request additional Operatives in line with requirements.
• Be involved in relevant investigations to identify and correct root causes of quality-related concerns.
• Proactively build relationships with other areas of the business to ensure that goals and expectations are achievable and you are working towards the same goal e.g., Engineering, Planning, Quality, HR.
• Hold a handover shift meeting with the Manufacturing Shift Manager on the previous shift and hold a Shift Start Up (SSU) meeting in order to give daily targets and plans to your team – prepare and escalate any issues.

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience in a manufacturing environment and ability to understand the processes across the team.
• Strong leadership and people management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a team.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with engineering, quality, planning, and supply chain teams.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to challenges.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage priorities in a fast-paced setting.
• Positive, collaborative, organised and ‘can do’ attitude to work.
• Have completed or be working towards a Leadership qualification e.g., ILM 5.