The Opportunity
The Night Shift Supervisor is responsible for the overall management and performance of night shift production operations, ensuring that production targets, quality standards, staffing levels, and health & safety requirements are met in line with the agreed production plan.
The role holds full accountability for site operations during the night shift, providing leadership, decision-making, and operational control, and ensuring effective communication and handover to the day shift management team.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and control all night shift production activities to ensure delivery against the production plan.
- React to programme changes and resolve operational issues during the night shift, escalating where necessary.
- Use the MRP system (123insight) to manage works orders, bookings, reporting, stock accuracy and scrap.
- Use the production screens to record, daily output, hours and downtime. Ensuring this accurate and up to date.
- Ensure production lines are correctly set up and ready prior to manufacture.
- Ensure materials are available and replenished in a timely manner.
- Monitor output, efficiency, downtime, and quality throughout the shift and feedback to team.
- Ensure all products are manufactured in line with company quality standards, GMP requirements, and work instructions.
- Oversee in-process checks and ensure documentation is accurately completed.
- Lead, motivate, and manage night shift line leaders, operators and work closely with the setter.
- Manage staffing levels, attendance, holidays, return-to-work meetings, and absenteeism.
- Ensure all operators are trained, competent, and signed off prior to commencing production.
- Maintain accurate training records and support inductions for new starters.
- Champion health, safety, environmental, and 5S standards across the night shift.
- Act as the senior site representative during nights and provide a structured handover to day shift management.
Skills/Competencies
- Strong leadership and decision-making skills
- Planning, organising, and priority management
- Problem solving and ability to act decisively under pressure
- Clear and effective communication at all levels
- Attention to detail to ensure quality and compliance
- IT and numerical skills
Knowledge, Experience, Qualifications
a. Knowledge
- Working knowledge of manufacturing operations, production planning, and shift-based management.
- Good understanding of GMP requirements, quality systems, and cleanroom controls within a regulated manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of health & safety legislation, risk assessments, and safe systems of work.
- Understanding of MRP systems (e.g. 123insight) and production reporting requirements.
- Awareness of continuous improvement tools such as 5S, waste reduction, and efficiency improvement techniques.
b. Experience
- Proven experience in a manufacturing leadership role, such as Production Manager, Shift Manager, or Supervisor.
- Demonstrable experience managing teams on a night shift or off-shift operation, with accountability for output and performance.
- Experience of people management, including attendance management, return-to-work meetings, training, and performance management.
- Experience working in a regulated environment (medical devices, pharmaceutical, aerospace, or similar).
- Experience of responding to production issues independently and making decisions outside normal day-shift support structures.
c. Qualifications
- Relevant technical, engineering, manufacturing, or operational qualification (or equivalent experience)
- Recognised leadership or management qualification (desirable)
- Health & Safety training (e.g. IOSH or equivalent – desirable)
- GMP or quality system training (desirable)
Special working conditions
Cleanroom Environment – Keep to cleanroom regulations as per training at all times. Medical devices are made under controlled GMP conditions, cleanroom environments to ensure there is no contamination in a hospital or surgical environment. It is essential you adhere to strict regulations when working within the cleanrooms.
Agreement to comply to current UK employment legislation whilst at work:
- To adhere to the company’s policies including Equal Opportunities, Diversity and Dignity at Work in all activities and to actively promote equality of opportunity wherever possible
- To be responsible for your own health and safety and that of your colleagues, in accordance with the company’s’ Health and Safety Policy
- To adhere to the company’s Quality Policy and Environmental Policy
- To undertake other duties as may be reasonably required
How to apply
To apply for this position, send your CV and Covering Letter to [email protected]. Strictly no agencies please.
