Production Shift Manager

We have a great opportunity to work in the paper industry for a business that has been reborn. Our customers are pretty unique and the products we sell are really cool (you will never look at a passport the same again).

At Portals, people are at the heart of our business and we want to look after our exceptional team. This is why we offer a competitive employee benefit package including:

• A competitive salary
• Company bonus scheme
• Private medical insurance (Single, Married, Family, Single Parent cover options)
• Holiday: Scheduled within your shift pattern
• Pension scheme which offers an employer contribution of up to 9% of salary
• Life assurance of four times your basic salary
• 24/7 Employee assistance programme, Lifeworks with access to counselling, financial and legal advice, a number of additional perks with discount codes for stores, gyms and experiences
• Digital GP through Aviva
• Training and development costs associated to role paid for
• £500 Refer a friend scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Love2Shop shopping discount card
• Long service awards
• Recognition platform
• Season ticket loans
• Free/Onsite parking
• Company events
• Give as you earn scheme
• Eye care for Display Screen Equipment users
• Phone discounts through EE
• Costco membership discount
• Sick pay scheme

At Portals we deliver exceptional performance by driving innovation and change, working with pace and a positive attitude. Our values underpin everything we do here at Portals. If you are aligned with our vision and have the experience to succeed in the role below, we would love to hear from you.

As Shift Manager, you will have overall responsibility for the day-to-day activity of a High Performing Manufacturing Team. You will coordinate activities on shift to ensure that production targets are met efficiently and safely. You will act as the first level of escalation for issues that cannot be resolved by the operators themselves.

You will facilitate and champion Health and Safety, Lean Manufacturing and Walk the Floor activity on the shift and act as a customer champion for complaints and issues working closely with the Conversion Department and Salle.

The Job Holder is one of 4 Shift managers (1 additional Cover Manager) within the Operations Department and reports directly to the Papermaking Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure that you and the people under your supervision work in safe manner according to company HSE management systems and UK legislation/regulation.
• Keep company management systems, such as HSE, Security and Quality up to date and relevant as pertaining to your work area and to ensure colleagues under your responsibility are trained to use them and in practice are using them correctly.
• Fulfil a Duty of Care to the company, ensuring that the company’s other policies and procedures are applied correctly and where required actions/outcomes are actioned in a timely manner and recorded correctly.
• Champion and facilitate the adoption of lean manufacturing tools & techniques.
• Embed a continuous improvement culture.
• Ensure the effective utilisation and cost optimisation of all resources, support in conjunction with the Papermaking Manager.
• Proactively plan and engage with other departments to ensure a collaborative approach and effective resolution of issues.
• Actively review and update, if necessary, Risk Assessments in the Production Department.
• Drive through performance improvements to support Quality, Cost and Delivery.
• Empower your team to have the ability and commitment to achieve KPI’s, resolve issues and optimise performance through coaching, training, and effective delegation.
• Will manage performance, behaviours, and absenteeism within your team.
• Lead group-based tasks such as changing machine clothing and chemical cleaning of plant items.
• Outside office hours, the Shift Manger is the most senior company representative on site and is expected to conduct themselves in a manner reflecting this responsibility and to uphold, company policies and procedures.
• Assist and support the Site Leadership Team in providing leadership in People and Performance management, Process Improvement and Culture Change in the Operations Department.
• Liaise with the EHS Manager and Security Manager to ensure that legal and company standards for Safety, Environment and Site/Product security are maintained and monitored.
• Effective communication and good working relations between all 4 Production Shift Managers and the cover Shift manager is required to drive the High performing team ethos.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• Strong understanding of production processes and procedures, particularly with respect to safety, output, quality, security, and housekeeping.
• Good understanding of lean manufacturing tools and techniques and can demonstrate application.
• IT literacy to allow for access and interrogation of PC based systems, shop floor management systems and the recording and production of shift reports.
• Clear understanding of HR processes with track record performance management.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to coach and influence others and increase performance levels accordingly.
• You must clearly demonstrate drive, enthusiasm, and determination to achieve results.
• Logical and progressive career development and a proven track record within the Operations environment.
• IOSH accredited / trained (training can be given where required).
• First aid at work Certificate.
• Boiler Operation Certificate.

To apply, please visit our website: https://portalsinternational.com/welcome/careers

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £38,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Bereavement leave
• Canteen
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Store discount

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• Day shift
• Night shift
• Overtime

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: RR498