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Shift Manager - Chilled Food

Job Posted: 19 days ago

Salary: £ 40,000 - 40,000 / Annum
Job Type: Temporary
Location: Aylesbury

Expire in: 8 days

Job Description

Great opportunity to work as a Shift Manager for our clients team of sandwich and food-to-go experts, creating delicious and imaginative choices for sandwich lovers to explore. 
 
Staffline is recruiting Shift Manager in Aylesbury. 
 
The rate of pay is £40,000 per annum. 
 
This is a full-time role working 5 days out of 7, and the hours of work are: 
- 6am -3.30pm 
Some weekend work will be required 
 
Your Time at Work 
Key Responsibilities

Operational Leadership 
- Lead, motivate, and manage all shift-based production teams (typically 40-150 colleagues depending on site size). 
- Ensure daily production plans are delivered on time and in full 
- Maintain high standards of GMP, hygiene, and chilled chain integrity throughout the shift. 
- Conduct effective shift handovers to maintain continuity across shifts

Food Safety & Compliance 
- Ensure all activities comply with HACCP & customer codes of practice, and UK food safety legislation. 
- Oversee CCP checks, allergen controls, traceability, and temperature monitoring. 
- Immediately escalate and manage any food safety or quality incidents. 
 
People Management 
- Manage staffing levels, including absence, breaks, skills deployment, and agency utilisation. 
- Coach and develop Team Leaders and Line Leaders to build capability and succession. 
- Conduct performance reviews, disciplinaries, and return to work interviews where required. 
- Promote a positive, inclusive, and safety focused culture. 
 
Health & Safety 
- Ensure all colleagues follow safe systems of work, PPE requirements, and manual handling standards. 
- Lead accident investigations and implement corrective actions. 
- Champion a "zero harm" mindset across the shift. 
 
Continuous Improvement 
- Drive efficiency improvements at the site 
- Identify bottlenecks and implement practical solutions to improve throughput. 
- Support site-wide CI projects and customer audits. 
 
Performance & Reporting 
- Monitor KPIs including output, waste, giveaway, downtime, labour cost, and quality defects. 
- Produce accurate shift reports and escalate issues promptly. 
- Ensure all paperwork, digital records, and compliance logs are completed correctly. 
 
Our Perfect Worker 
Skills & Experience Required

Essential 
- Proven leadership experience in food manufacturing, ideally chilled, fresh, or short shelf life products. 
- A understanding of UK food safety regulations. 
- Ability to lead large teams in a fast paced, high pressure environment. 
- Excellent communication, problem solving, and decision making skills. 
- Comfortable working rotating shifts and overtime if and when required 
 
Desirable 
- Experience with lean manufacturing 
- IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent. 
 
Key Information and Benefits 
- Earn £40,000 per annum 
- Full-time positions 
- Temp to perm opportunity 
- Canteen on site 
- Free hot drinks 
- Good links to public transport 
- Full training provided 
- Opportunities for overtime 
 
Job Ref: 1RWB 
 
About Staffline 
Staffline is the UK's largest recruitment solutions partner, enabling over 35,000 people into good work every week. We operate at more than 420 customer sites across England, Scotland and Wales. 
 
As one of the most established recruitment agencies in Nottingham with operations across the UK, we specialise in connecting businesses with temporary and permanent jobs across warehouse & logistics, food and drink, aviation, driving, technical & engineering, manufacturing & automotive and security. 
Important Information 
 
- Staffline and its subsidiaries do not charge any recruitment or job‑seeking fees at any stage of the hiring process. 
- This job advert may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, by third-party websites, without prior written consent from Staffline. 
- Our job adverts are correct at the time of publication, but some details and job responsibilities are subject to change

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