Shift Manager Processing | St. Austell

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Area of responsibility

We are looking to recruit a Shift Manager/Section Leader to join our Bugle site working in our Processing department. At Danish Crown Bugle, we are proud to be a centre of excellence for the butchery and processing of pork, curing of bacon and the production of gammon. The site is currently award winning, nationally, in both bacon and gammon production. We process pork legs to be sold to major UK retailers, wholesalers, and restaurants. We value dedication, and in return invest in the development of employees.

Specific tasks

Working in the onward processing of pork product you will be leading a processing shift and be part of a team delivering to our customers. The processing department is responsible for the curing, cooking, and smoking of our products. There are also pressing, netting and vacuum sealing functions. All of these processes run over several areas and up to 12 lines at peak production times.

• Daily labour planning ensuring lines are manned with standard head count
• Focusing on quality and ensuring products are processed right first time
• Coaching team members on performance to support development and achievement of KPIs
• Managing time and attendance for your responsibility area
• Leading investigations into accidents and championing health and safety across the site
• Reviewing yields and acting on deviation from standards
• Leading effective 2-way communication with your team
• Experience of leading or supervising teams with effective communication.
• Ability to prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver to deadlines.
• Attention to detail and accuracy with paperwork and tasks.
• Experience and knowledge of factory and the meat industry is desirable though not essential
• Good level of verbal and written English

Additional information

Hours of work will be on a rotating shift pattern 06:30-14:30 and 14:30-22:30 Monday to Friday with some additional overtime hours at weekends during our peak production times.

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