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The Shift Supervisor is responsible for the daily supervision and coordination of a production or manufacturing team.
The role focuses on ensuring safe working practices, maintaining quality standards, driving productivity, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives. This position requires strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills to ensure production goals are achieved safely, efficiently, and to the required quality standards.
Role: Shift Supervisor
Salary: Up to 43,000 per annum + benefits
Location: Kidderminster
Key Responsibilities for Shift Supervisor:
- Promote and uphold a safety-first culture, ensuring all operations comply with Health, Safety, and Environmental standards.
- Conduct and maintain risk assessments and safety documentation to ensure a safe workplace.
- Mentoring and developing your team members around you
- Lead and support the production team by allocating tasks, resolving issues, and providing guidance on technical and quality matters.
- Coordinate daily activities to maximize efficiency and ensure smooth workflow.
- Monitor performance using KPIs to ensure targets for quality, delivery, and productivity are met.
- Promote Lean manufacturing and 6S principles, maintaining an organized and efficient work area.
- Lead daily operational meetings to review performance and address any issues.
- Work closely with planning, logistics, and other departments to maintain smooth operations and material availability.
- Encourage a culture of continuous improvement, teamwork, and proactive problem-solving.
- Represent the production area during audits, visits, or stakeholder tours.
Qualifications & Experience for the Shift Supervisor:
- Experience working in a structured manufacturing sector
- Proven experience in team leadership or supervisory roles
- ILM Level 3 qualification or willingness to work toward it.
- IOSH Managing Safely qualification or equivalent.
- Experience working in a Lean or Quality-driven environment (e.g. Kaizen, Kanban, SQCDP).
- Familiarity with quality management systems (e.g. ISO or EN standards).
Please apply online or contact (url removed) for a confidential conversation
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