Overview
Date: 12 Nov 2025
Location: Blackpool, GB
Place of Work: On-Site
Employee Shift: Continental Pattern, 2 Days 2 Nights
About The Role
We have 2 opportunities available to join FBC as Shift Operations Manager at our Blackpool bakery. These roles are on a 12 month FTC.
You'll be responsible for the delivery of the site production plan, whilst ensuring our People are kept Safe, Well and Competent. You'll also develop a continuous improvement culture that results in high performance whilst supporting and driving improvement plans, delivering site budgets and keeping our customers happy.
This role operates on a continental shift pattern - 2 days, 2 nights, 4 days off. 12- hour shifts from 6-6 respectively.
Main Responsibilities
People
* Adhere to and deliver the site labour Standard, managing overtime figures in line with budget.
* Ensure our people are trained to run the lines efficiently and to legal requirements.
* Keep our people safe, ensure Risk Assessments, Safety Inspections and Accident Investigations are completed to the correct standard and timescales.
Performance
* Complete Start Up checks daily.
* Process the Control sheets.
* Ensure Quality paperwork and records are accurate and correct.
* Execution of the Production Plan
* Monitor Efficiency, Waste and TOS in line with targets.
Customers
* Ensure Plant is audit ready
* Manage Plant Hygiene standards
Who We Are Looking For
* Experience of managing a production area/multiple lines in a 24/7 environment
* Experience of operating in a traditional employee relations climate/heavily Unionised environment
* Experience of working within a continuous improvement culture
* Proven results of improving line capability (efficiency, reduction of waste etc.)
* Experience of maximising the potential of others including development and performance management
* Ideally, operated in a branded manufacturing business as a custodian of major brands
Diversity Statement
FBC UK is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at FBC UK. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.
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