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Position Title: Shift Manufacturing Manager
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Scarborough
About McCain. At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to Smiles, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day.
Why join the McCain family.
* Your Life – we’re here to help you fulfil your potential, flourish, and thrive in work and life.
* Your Success – work alongside passionate individuals who are committed to supporting your career ambitions, drive, and success.
* Your Impact – we want you to make a meaningful, lasting impact for you, for your colleagues, and for the business.
About The Role. In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy.
Inspire, lead, and develop a high-performing manufacturing team, driving engagement and unlocking potential to consistently exceed performance targets across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Environment, and People.
Key Responsibilities:
* Deliver performance, translating plant goals into individual/team performance and development plans, creating a culture of feedback, learning, growth, and inclusivity.
* Implement a development and succession plan for your key talent and actively create opportunities for people to learn, grow, and succeed within your team whilst creating flexibility and a strong support network.
* Apply policies consistently and fairly using judgment, and proactively work to prevent the need for escalation.
* Carry out managerial duties, responsibilities, and accountabilities within the Company Health & Safety and Food Safety policies and other legislative requirements and audit practices, ensuring competence and compliance of self and those within span of authority.
* Pro-actively manage production performance by leveraging best Operating Practices (BOP) and implementing appropriate actions in a timely manner to address potential deviations.
* Lead on collaborative decision making to meet operational efficiency (OEE) and generating associated actions across manufacturing and Engineering as appropriate.
* Optimize production and minimize costs by leveraging knowledge of equipment and controls, taking corrective action where required.
Leadership Principles. Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organisation. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success.
We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success.
We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success.
We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together.
We act like owners. Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.
Accountabilities. Foster a collaborative, customer-focused team culture that reflects McCain’s values while driving continuous improvement through lean tools and principles—enabling efficient, timely, and cost-effective results in a supportive work environment.
Qualifications
* Qualified to NVQ Level 5, with A-Levels, HNC, or equivalent industry experience
* Experienced Operational or Senior Shift Manager with a strong leadership background
* Demonstrated ability to consistently deliver measurable results in high-pressure environments
* Proven expertise in food manufacturing within the fast-paced FMCG sector
* Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, with hands-on experience driving Daily Improvement initiatives
* Holds a degree in a relevant discipline, combining academic knowledge with practical industry insight
Skills: Confident and independent thinker with strong self-awareness and emotional intelligence. Collaborative, persuasive, and adaptable, with a conscientious approach to work. Analytically minded with a natural aptitude for interpreting data and insights.
Location. You’ll be based at our Scarborough plant in North Yorkshire.
The Benefits Of Working For McCain.
* An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
* Flexible holidays – where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
* Optional health cash plan
* Cycle to work scheme
* ‘Chips In’ Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the competitiveness, resilience, and long-term development of McCain communities across the globe
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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