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Weekend Day Shift Manufacturing Shift Manager

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Shift pattern - Friday, Saturday and Sunday - 5:30am - 6:30pm
Salary - £40,000.00 + 28% shift allowance (totalling £51,200.00) + bonus

Corin is a global orthopaedics company based in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, manufacturing innovative hip and knee implants that help improve patient outcomes worldwide. With over 500 employees across seven sites, we're committed to quality, precision and continuous improvement.
We're launching a new weekend shift and are looking for a Manufacturing Shift Manager to join our leadership team. This role offers an excellent work-life balance, with Monday to Thursday free every week.

You'll be responsible for leading a manufacturing team to achieve safety, quality and delivery objectives, ensuring efficient operations, effective resource planning and a high-performing team environment.

What we're looking for:

Previous leadership experience within a manufacturing or engineering environment

Proven ability to lead, motivate and develop teams of 15-25 operatives

Strong coaching, communication and organisational skills

Effective problem-solving and decision-making abilities

Experience building positive relationships across multiple functionsProactive, collaborative and results-driven approach

ILM Level 5 qualification (or working towards) desirable

The key responsibilities for the Manufacturing Shift Manager are:

Promote a strong health, safety and compliance culture

Ensure products are manufactured to specification and quality standards

Deliver production plans and performance targets

Drive operational excellence through 5S, Kaizen and process improvements

Investigate and resolve manufacturing issues using root cause analysis

Ensure materials, skills and resources are available to support production schedules

Optimise labour deployment to maximise efficiency and output

Escalate and address issues affecting operational performance

Lead team development through training, one-to-ones and performance reviews

Create a positive, accountable and engaged working environment

Coordinate effectively with Engineering, Quality, Planning and HR teams

Manage shift handovers and communicate priorities, progress and challenges

To support your onboarding, you'll complete an initial Monday to Friday training period. Training can be tailored to suit your experience and circumstances, with the following shift options available:

Earlies: 5:30am-2:00pm Mon-Thu, 5:30am-11:00am Fri
Lates: 1:45pm-10:15pm Mon-Thu, 10:45am-4:15pm Fri
Days: 8:30am-5:00pm Mon-Thu, 8:30am-4:30pm Fri
Nights: 10:00pm-5:45am Mon-Thu, 4:00pm-8:50pm Fri

What's in it for you?

£40,000 salary + 28% shift allowance + bonus
Weekend-only working pattern
Free canteen!
Comprehensive, flexible training programme tailored to your experience
15 days holiday + bank holidays
Pension contribution up to 9.7%
Private healthcare with BUPA
Life assurance (6x salary)
Employee referral bonus starting from £1,000.00

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