Shift Coordinator

Lead and support the team in ensuring maximum utilisation of resources and equipment to achieve efficient production of Right First Time products. To deputise for Shift Operations Manager as required.
This is to be achieved within the company quality, safety and environmental frameworks whilst developing a team working and continuous improvement culture.

The role is shift-based supporting an Operations team. Proactively manage the team to meet daily/weekly production plan demand. Particular emphasis is placed on the short
- to medium-term strategy of enabling the factory to respond to the growth plans of all brands in area
of control.

**Shift Pattern**: 38 hrs/week, rotating morning & afternoon on Blue Shift.
Mon - Thurs 0600-1400 Fri 0600-1200 then Mon - Thurs 1400-2200 Fri 1200-1800
- Raising culture and behavioural values to ensure the Teams are well placed to respond.
- Ensuring operational flexibility is maintained with efficient utilisation of resources of the site support functions (Engineering, Logistics, Technical).
- Ensuring the safety of our people and products.
- Focusing on short to medium term week 1 to week 4.
- Operating within a unionised environment where continuous improvement is essential in all areas to support the business needs and working towards “best in class”.
- Building strong relationships with team members, peers and colleagues will be the key to the success of the role.
- Ensuring the right values and behaviours are actively role modelled and encouraged.
- Ensuring the supply chain strategy is embedded through out the team and department.
- Ensuring company and site processes and procedures are followed.
- Manage budgets and assist in any capital expenditure projects. Encourage and develop a culture actively driving continuous improvement through engaging their teams across the full Site strategy

Principal Responsibilities

Health & Safety & Environment
- Ensure all staff are; Aware of the hazards in the workplace.
- Ensure risk assessments and SOPS are available and in place.
- Understand content of risk assessments sufficiently to monitor and ensure recommendations are being followed.
- Immediately resolves all unsafe acts and conditions through to a safe conclusion.
- Understands own and others health & safety responsibilities as laid down within the Princes Foods Health and Safety Responsibilities for Managers and Supervisors guidelines and other statutory acts and regulations.
- Proactive involvement in Safety observation tours.
- Carries out other Health and Safety audits / assessments in line with site schedule.
- Encourages team members to submit near miss reports.
- Ensures response to near misses and accident forms are acted upon against agreed timescales and managed through to completion.
- Initiates accident / incident investigations immediately and manages through to completion with reasonably practicable timescales.
- To maintain product Food Safety, Legality, Integrity, Authenticity and Quality standards by ensuring all associated policies and procedures are adhered to.

Production / Logistics
- Ensure authorised SOPS are available and used to achieve standardisation of tasks / activities.
- Manages team to deliver KPIs. Ensuring they are understood and aligned to business objectives.
- Minimise costs through efficient use of resources.
- Controls cost and overheads in line with budget.
- Operates to the agreed manufacturing / logistic plan.
- Ensure all the team understand and work to required Good Manufacturing Practices.

Engineering
- Ensure breakdown improvement actions are implemented.
- Works with engineering to deliver effective maintenance programme.
- Ensure engineering resource within the team are deployed according to production / logistic requirements.

Knowledge
- Effective Communication
- Working with Others
- Leading Self & Others
- Delivering Results through others
- Problem Solving and Decision Making
- Planning & Organising
- Cost Reduction Initiatives

**Skills**:

- IT literate, including SAP skills.
- Management and Leadership Skills.
- Communication Skills.

Competencies
- I.O.S.H.H.
- Food Safety Level 3.
- Company Policy/Procedure Knowledge.

**Benefits**:

- 25 Days Annual Leave
- 14.5% Pension - 5% employee opt in / 9.5% employer
- Flexible Holiday Option - Buy 5 Additional Days
- Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
- Critical Illness Cover
- Learning & Development Opportunities
- Corporate Incentive Scheme (company performance based)

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Night shift

**Experience**:

- Food safety: 3 years (required)
- Leadership: 3 years (required)

Work Location: In person