Great opportunity to work as a Shift Manager for our clients team of sandwich and food-to-go experts, creating delicious and imaginative choices for sandwich lovers to explore.
Staffline is recruiting Shift Manager in Aylesbury.
The rate of pay is £40,000 per annum.
This is a full-time role working 5 days out of 7, and the hours of work are:
- 6am -3.30pm
Some weekend work will be required
Your Time at Work
Key Responsibilities
Operational Leadership
- Lead, motivate, and manage all shift-based production teams (typically 40-150 colleagues depending on site size).
- Ensure daily production plans are delivered on time and in full
- Maintain high standards of GMP, hygiene, and chilled chain integrity throughout the shift.
- Conduct effective shift handovers to maintain continuity across shifts
Food Safety & Compliance
- Ensure all activities comply with HACCP & customer codes of practice, and UK food safety legislation.
- Oversee CCP checks, allergen controls, traceability, and temperature monitoring.
- Immediately escape and manage any food safety or quality incidents.
People Management
- Manage staffing levels, including absence, breaks, skills deployment, and agency utilisation.
- Coach and develop Team Leaders and Line Leaders to build capability and succession.
- Conduct performance reviews, disciplinaries, and return to work interviews where required.
- Promote a positive, inclusive, and safety focused culture.
Health & Safety
- Ensure all colleagues follow safe systems of work, PPE requirements, and manual handling standards.
- Lead accident investigations and implement corrective actions.
- Champion a "zero harm" mindset across the shift.
Continuous Improvement
- Drive efficiency improvements at the site
- Identify bottlenecks and implement practical solutions to improve throughput.
- Support site-wide CI projects and customer audits.
Performance & Reporting
- Monitor KPIs including output, waste, giveaway, downtime, labour cost, and quality defects.
- Produce accurate shift reports and elevate issues promptly.
- Ensure all paperwork, digital records, and compliance logs are completed correctly.
Our Perfect Worker
Skills & Experience Required
Essential
- Proven leadership experience in food manufacturing, ideally chilled, fresh, or short shelf life products.
- A understanding of UK food safety regulations.
- Ability to lead large teams in a fast paced, high pressure environment.
- Excellent communication, problem solving, and decision making skills.
- Comfortable working rotating shifts and overtime if and when required
Desirable
- Experience with lean manufacturing
- IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent.
Key Information and Benefits
- Earn £40,000 per annum
- Full-time positions
- Temp to perm opportunity
- Canteen on site
- Free hot drinks
- Good links to public transport
- Full training provided
- Opportunities for overtime
Job Ref: 1RWB
Important Information
- Staffline and its subsidiaries do not charge any recruitment or job‑seeking fees at any stage of the hiring process.
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