Shift Manufacturing Manager

As a Shift Area Manager, it would be your job to manage all aspects of a designated area of the manufacturing process on shift through the leadership and direction of a shift area manufacturing team of technically skilled and semi-skilled manufacturing operatives and engineers to deliver all performance targets relating to Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Environment and People.

You'll engage and motivate your team to exceed performance targets, through driving a talent and performance culture, creating a collaborative and inclusive team by encouraging and supporting the team to work together and to demonstrate our values. Nurturing and developing key talent by creating opportunities for them to learn, grow and succeed.

Reporting into the Shift Manufacturing Manager you'll also…

• Plan, manage and co-ordinate the development of the shift team's skills and capabilities.


• Collaborate with the Engineering Function to lead a shift team consisting of technically skilled and semi-skilled manufacturing Operatives & Technicians to ensure team, departmental and shift performance objectives are delivered, including the safety of people and food and the maintenance of assets.


• Provide training and coaching to the shift team to ensure they have the technical knowledge and skills to perform their job role to the required level of competence. Take accountability for personal safety, team safety and others, maintaining mandatory business and legislative compliance in your area of authority.


• Pro-actively manage quality specification requirements applicable to your area, ensuring Best Operating Practices (BOP) are being followed and on-line data collection, validation and analysis is being completed and appropriate actions taken in a timely manner to address potential deviations.


• Deliver the production schedule whilst ensuring agreed safety, quality efficiency and cost targets are met.


• Pro-active management of operational costs within your area; daily budget control and accurate and timely cost reporting against agreed budgets.


• Identify, implement and deliver against opportunities for continuous improvement using appropriate lean manufacturing tools, techniques and principles; generating enablers and ensuring timely and cost effective completion of activities.
  
  Our ideal candidate will be someone who is currently a Leader in a manufacturing / FMCG environment. You'll be a natural born leader, who builds partnerships and works collaborate with others. You will also have the following:



• Experience of continuous improvement and lean manufacturing tools.


• Demonstrate a strong safety, food safety and quality mindset (working to GMP standards and be audit ready at all times)


• Have had exposure to budgetary controls A winning mentality, and being able to hold yourself and others accountable for meeting goals- even under tough circumstances


• Creating environments where people are motivated to do their best to help manufacturing achieve its objectives


And of course… a love of chips!

When you join McCain, you'll be joining the biggest player in the frozen potato game, bringing people together around the nation for over 60 years by sharing simple, delicious planet friendly food.

We've partnered with thousands of the country's supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, hospitals, and schools to change the way people see the humble spud. It's all about elevation and creating something better.

So, come and make your career at McCain Foods.

Although we do encourage you to taste the goods you'll be pleased to know we don't pay you in chips. For working hard, you'll also get a great salary and some pretty good benefits including…

An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
Flexible holidays - where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
Private health care
Optional health cash plan
Cycle to work scheme
'Chips In' Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the competitiveness, resilience, and long-term development of McCain communities across the globe
And of course, being part of a Global business there are great opportunities to shine/thrive should you wish to relocate in the future. We have an ambitious 5 year growth plan that presents development & progression opportunities for those who seek it out.

WHERE WILL I WORK?

You'll be based at our Scarborough plant in North Yorkshire. We opened this plant back in the swinging sixties, but it's definitely not stuck in the past. It's one of the largest French fry factories in the world and after a recent development, it's also one of the most high tech. Our team of over 300 colleagues work hard to make sure the quality of our products keep our customers returning for more, for now and years to come!

WHAT WILL I WORK?
This is a shift based role, 2x day shifts 7am-7pm, 1 day off, 2x night shifts 7pm-7am followed by 3 days off.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.