via indeed · 1 June 2026 ·5 days ago

Shift Manager

IKO
Carsington
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Our company name has become synonymous with delivering dependable roofing, waterproofing, and insulation solutions backed by supreme levels of customer service to help the customer along their journey.

This hard earned reputation has been built globally on a foundation of quality and an ethos of customer service which permeates through the organisation and remains as strong today as it did 100 years ago.

Position:
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To effectively manage a production shift (including out of hours delivery queries) ensuring the execution and management of the production plan whilst producing product to the highest standards.

Always reinforcing a safe working environment. Optimising plant performance and ensuring efficiencies are delivered and improved where possible.

Undertake a hands\-on working approach to the management of your shift.

Requirements:
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Responsibilities:

  • Optimising the plant performance and ensuring efficiencies are delivered and improved where possible.

  • Deal with out of hours delivery queries

  • Ensure that all Health, safety and environmental rules and systems are adhered to.

  • Carry out risk assessments and the identification of hazards to help develop safe operating procedures, this includes training staff in those procedures.

  • Carry out analysis, identify root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventative actions.

  • Liaise with the Engineering department to ensure that all engineering tasks and PPM requests are actioned.

  • Communicate daily with the Production Manager in relation to any changes and identifying any problems and solutions.

  • Report production onto system

  • Answer any out of hours telephone calls regarding any issues as part of an on\-call rota system.

  • All paperwork is completed correctly.
Skills and Qualifications
  • Knowledge of industrial production processes’

  • Proven management experience

  • Commercially focused

  • Excellent problem\-solving skills

  • Excellent decision\-making skills

  • Analytical mind

  • Logical mind

  • Common sense

  • Manufacturing / Customer focused

  • Proven Experience of performance management tools

  • Ability to work under own initiative and lead a team

  • Effective organisation, time management and planning abilities

  • Self\-management and motivation

  • Ability to deliver on set targets

  • Practical approach

  • To work with the other Shift Managers to develop new and improved systems.

  • To carry out, out of hours work to fulfil your duties and ensure smooth operation / production (shared responsibility with other Shift Managers).

  • Team management skills

  • Communication skills

  • Ability to delegate

  • Interpersonal skills

  • Positive/Can do attitude

  • Ability to deliver training

  • Hands on / lead from the front approach to working with your team.

  • Self\-development attitude

  • Undertake and accept continuous development

  • Knowledge sharing attitude
Other information:
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Company Benefits

  • Health cash plan

  • A generous contributory pension scheme

  • 24 days holidays increasing to 26 days in addition to bank holidays

  • Free on\-site car park

  • Training and development programmes

  • Cycle\-to\-work scheme

  • Discounted gym membership
No terminology in the advert you have seen is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we will gladly accept applications from all sections of the community.

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