Manufacturing Shift Manager

Company: Greencore
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Location: Warrington
Job Description:

What You’ll Be Doing

Shift pattern – 4 on / 4 off Days (06:00-17:10 with flexibility)

  • Lead, co‑ordinate and prioritise activity across a shift to deliver productivity and efficiency targets in line with the agreed production plan
  • Ensure the adherence of all food manufacturing safety and quality standards by all teams on shift safeguarding the delivery of great tasting, high quality food products
  • Review operational trends across the shift to identify and act upon opportunities that make sustainable improvements in quality, performance and profit
  • Lead the ongoing development of the SHE culture, promoting adherence to manufacturing guidelines, accident investigation and audit recommendations to support and improve health and safety in the working environment
  • Ensure that strong communication and information flows are maintained within the operations team to ensure that immediate issues are resolved and ongoing items and trends are shared with the broader operations community
  • Forecast and control labour requirements, direct and indirect, to meet production programme requirements and customer expectations within budget
  • Monitor and review team capability, ensuring all colleagues are clearly focused on their key objectives and developed to maximise their potential

What We’re Looking For

We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

  • A good standard of education is critical; excellent literacy and numerical skills, able to understand, communicate and report clearly in English
  • Demonstrable analytical skills – ability to pull actionable insight from data
  • Prior experience of leading a team and resource planning in a people intensive, manufacturing/FMCG environment
  • Advanced Food Hygiene Accreditation
  • HACCP Level 3 Qualification
  • Experience of managing large numbers of people in a complex manufacturing environment
  • Level Three Health and Safety – IOSH

What You’ll Get In Return

  • Competitive salary and job‑related benefits
  • Holidays
  • Competitive matched pension contributions
  • Life insurance up to 4× salary
  • Company share save scheme
  • Greencore Qualifications
  • Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
  • Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
  • Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on‑the‑job training and development opportunities to further your career.

We reserve the right to close this advert at any time.

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Posted: June 23rd, 2026