Relief Night Shift Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

Relief Shift Manager (Nights)

Job title:             Relief Shift Manager (Nights)      

Reports to           Night Shift Manager

Location:             Nantwich, Ornua Ingredients - Main Rd, Worleston, Nantwich CW5 6DN.

Hourly Rate:        £17.60 per hour

Shift Pattern:  Monday to Friday - 22:00pm to 06:00am

Ornua (meaning “new gold”) is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, proudly bringing the unique taste of Irish dairy to the world for over 55 years.

Are you a Shift Manager looking for the challenge of taking a mission driven organisation to its next level of success?

Ornua is actively seeking a Shift Manager to join Ornua Ingredients UK as we continue our growth trajectory.

The Relief Shift Manager will play a key role in:

• Fully running the shift, in the shift Manager absence. And attending meetings and taking actions.
• Completing daily shift reports.
• Carrying out RTW and informal/Disciplinary hearings.
• Investigation and completing work related accidents.
• Lead the development of improvements and line effectiveness of operations & Production through contribution to cross-functional working, performance improvement initiatives and the development of operational process. 
• Ensure that all employees are fully adhering to Quality, Hygiene and Health & Safety policies & procedures. And drive near miss and good catch cards.
• Ensure paperwork is accurately completed to record production activity.
• Monitor and drive quality, hygiene and GMP KPI’s.
• Monitor production lines for faults and improvement. Report to the Shift Manager/Engineer as required. And capture on Redzone.
• Monitor & drive production output against daily planned targets.
• Ensure quality checks are performed routinely as required and Quality policies & procedures are adhered to.
• Raising non-conformances and closing assigned non-conformances out in a timely manner.
• Working with the Shift Manager and Site Trainer to ensure new staff are fully inducted and all staff are fully trained in all aspects of their role, identifying gaps in training & up skilling requirements of the production team.
• Material area checks and investigating.
• Attending and investigating daily material variances meeting.
• Driving and actioning daily huddles on lines.
• Control of labour/skills using shift planned rota.  
• At times required on-line and cover break cover.

Why Ornua?

• Ornua operates from 10 business units worldwide, including 16 production facilities, and has sales and marketing teams working in-market across all four corners of the globe.
• The Group is structured across two divisions: Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients.
• Ornua Foods is responsible for the marketing and sales of Ornua’s consumer brands including Kerrygold, Pilgrims Choice.
• Our co-operative ethos lies at the heart of how we do business as a purpose and values-led organisation, creating value for Irish dairy farming families.
• Our Values lie at the core of everything we do. Our five values encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care, and Achieve Great Things Together.
• We invest in our people and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities.
• Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.

Why This Role Is Valuable:

The Shift Manager will oversee the running of the Production Lines, ensuring production targets & efficiencies are achieved against planned production and line running speeds.

What You Bring To The Role:

• Food Hygiene Level 2, preferably Level 3
• Leadership experience within a food manufacturing environment
• People management experience, including a proven track record of recruiting, managing, motivating and training staff.
• In-depth knowledge of Health & Safety and Technical legislation/procedures/SOPs
• Demonstrated level of spoken and written English
• Knowledge of MS Office and food manufacturing software e.g. M3, Redzone.

Our interview process is designed to be thorough yet supportive. This process includes a first stage via Teams to allow us to get to know you better and to understand your skills and experiences and, if successful, a second stage face-to-face interview that will build upon the first stage and give you the opportunity to get a feel for Ornua and the environment in which you will be working.

Ornua has ambitious growth plans and we’re building a team to help enable and accelerate that growth. We are looking for people who share our values, are curious, forward-looking, take ownership and work together to build a future for themselves and Ornua.

Would you like to make an impact?

To learn more, please visit Ornua at www.ornua.com

Ornua values diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We also strongly encourage women and other underrepresented groups in the manufacturing industry to apply. Your unique perspectives and experiences are highly valued and will be instrumental in driving our company’s continued success. Join us in shaping a more innovative, inclusive, and sustainable future.