Production Shift Supervisor

Production Shift Supervisor – Lates

Location: Liverpool, L30 Salary: £42,000 Hours: Monday to Friday, 3:00pm – 12:00am Contract: Full time, 40 hours per week Holiday: 25 days plus bank holidays Pension: 5% employee contribution / 3% employer contribution

• £42,000 salary + 25 days holiday and bank holidays
• Monday to Friday, 3pm-12am late shift
• Lead production, people, KPIs and continuous improvement

We’re working with a well-established and growing food manufacturing business in Liverpool who are looking to add an experienced Production Shift Supervisor to their late shift. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll take ownership of the production area throughout your shift, ensuring the team delivers against safety, quality, cost, waste and performance targets. You’ll work closely with the Production Manager, leading the team on the shop floor, planning labour and workflow, monitoring production levels and ensuring operational KPIs are achieved.

The Role

You’ll be responsible for:

• Taking full ownership and accountability for the production area during your shift
• Driving Health & Safety, quality, performance and waste reduction
• Monitoring production levels from end to end to ensure business requirements are achieved
• Planning workflow and labour in line with production demand and budgets
• Managing, motivating and developing the production team
• Reviewing performance and identifying training and development requirements
• Driving operational KPIs and production efficiencies
• Leading change and supporting continuous improvement initiatives
• Communicating performance, downtime and operational issues to the Production Manager
• Managing return-to-work processes and supporting disciplinary procedures where required
• Acting as deputy for the Production Manager when required

About You

We’re looking for someone with:

• Previous production supervisory or production management experience
• Experience working within food manufacturing
• A strong understanding of Health & Safety and food safety standards
• Good knowledge of BRC and food safety compliance audits
• Experience managing people, performance and disciplinary processes
• A results-driven approach with the ability to work well under pressure
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Experience working within a continuous improvement environment
• Good IT skills, with experience using Excel and other production or business systems
• An understanding of production scheduling and wider supply chain principles

This is a great opportunity to join an established food manufacturing operation in a key leadership position, with responsibility for people, performance and the smooth running of the late production shift.