Nights Shift Team Leader
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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.
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