Details:
- Salary: £40,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: OL16 Rochdale Greater Manchester
- Date: 6 days ago
Description:
Are you a hands-on Production Shift Leader who enjoys guiding and nurturing a team?
Do you thrive on solving problems, driving performance, and helping your team consistently deliver at their best?
If you’re an experienced Team Leader, Supervisor or Manager from a manufacturing or engineering environment, this could be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for.
Join a well-established and highly respected manufacturer in Rochdale, where you’ll play a key role in shaping and leading a newly created night shift within a supportive, forward-thinking team.
We’re looking for a people-first leader who can motivate, develop, and bring out the very best in a close-knit team.
What you’ll get:
* Salary of £40k including shift allowance
* 34 days holiday including bank holidays
* Matched pension scheme
* Regular salary reviews to recognise your impact
* Annual bonus linked to performance
What you’ll bring:
* Around 5 years’ experience in a leadership or supervisory role in a production / assembly environment
* Experience working with LEAN principles (ideally with formal training)
* A proactive, solutions-focused mindset
* The ability to lead, engage and inspire a team
* High attention to detail with a focus on quality
* Flexibility and commitment to a permanent night shift
What you’ll be doing:
* Leading a small team in a fast-paced, hands-on production environment
* Owning performance across quality, cost, and output
* Monitoring productivity, identifying issues early, and taking decisive action
* Coaching, developing and motivating your team to hit and exceed targets
* Working closely with the Production Manager to ensure smooth operations
* Driving continuous improvement initiatives and contributing to CI projects
* Acting as a go-to problem solver on shift
About the company:
* A specialist technical manufacturer with an excellent industry reputation
* Part of a global group, offering stability and long-term opportunities
* A friendly, close-knit site culture where people are genuinely valued
* Strong commitment to health, safety, and employee wellbeing
Sound like your kind of challenge?
Apply now — or call Lucy or Jessica for an informal chat