Salary - Competitive + 30% shift allowance
Location - Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN16 1XA
Pattern of Work – 42 hours, shifts
What you need to know about the role
As the focal point for shift operations, the Shift Manager will lead the shift team and oversee all aspects of Rolling, Finishing and Despatch operations. Reporting to the Plant Manager, you’ll be responsible for achieving production targets, maintaining safety and quality standards, and driving continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the shift operation team across furnace, rolling, cooling, finishing and despatching areas across multidiscipline including Operations, Technical and Engineering
- Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards.
- Coordinate with maintenance and engineering teams to resolve equipment issues.
- Execute shift performance and contribute to operational planning to achieve daily, weekly and long term production targets.
- Ensure material rolled meetings customer requirements and specifications, and communicate to teams trial information for new product development of process improvements
- When deviations to SOP’s and FMEA’s occur, conduct failure reduction sessions and root cause analysis to ensure containment actions are in place and identify immediate corrective and preventative actions
- Coach and Mentor teams and support workforce development, including training plans for individuals to create a flexible working team
Your reach will extend beyond Finishing and Despatch operations. You’ll:
- Collaborate with Operational, Engineering Technical, and Planning teams to drive production targets and delivery performance.
- Oversee and develop skills through our Lean Six Sigma programme, supporting teams in uncovering opportunities for operational improvement and growth.
- Continue to support and build upon our IATF 16949 standard to ensure full compliance with Automotive values
What we can offer you
We know our employees are our greatest asset and alongside the great benefits packages we offer, we continue to invest in their careers by providing a huge range of training and development opportunities.
Whatever your stage in life, you'll find a range of benefits to complement your work-life balance. The benefits you'll enjoy include:
- Defined contribution company pension scheme
- 27 personal annual leave days + statutory bank holidays
- Life Assurance
- A comprehensive Company sick pay scheme
- Health Cash Plan via our partnership with Simply health
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Standby and call-out payments
- Family friendly benefits including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
What you need to know about us
British Steel is a leading European steel manufacturer, supplying premium long products around the world.
We take great pride in our history and heritage. Not many companies can claim to have generations of families dedicating their working lives to one company, one industry. Steel gets into your blood, and this drives the passion of our people. And these 2 values deliver our third value of performance – making the products our customers want now and in the future.
British Steel has a bright future and we want you to be part of it.
British Steel is an armed forces friendly company, and we actively encourage applications from ex-Armed Forces Personnel, Reservists, Armed Forces Veterans and military spouses/partners.
For more information about us and our journey please visit – www.britishsteel.co.uk.
How to apply
Internal candidates please apply for this role by logging in to your ESS account.
External candidates can apply by clicking on the ‘apply online’ button.
We may close this vacancy sooner than planned if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. To ensure your application is considered, we encourage you to submit it as soon as possible.
