Shift Manager

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

7/30/2025

Shift Manager | Permanent | Bristol | £57,500- £65,000

The Shift Manager will provide leadership and coordination of Manufacturing, Quality & Materials across shift. To hold responsibility for people performance and development of shift employees. Implement central standards and to be the decision maker on shift. Will be accountable for performance KPIs, safety & GPTW on shift, while working with functional department managers to fully utilise allocated labour.

The Key Requirements

• Influential & Experienced Operations Leader
• Exceptional people skills with a broad experience operational knowledge.
• Highly organized with a proven agile mindset.
• Operations Leadership including mentoring / coaching of high performing teams
• Tangible experience of Lean operations implementation and process innovation
• Cost rationalization through process development and effective resource management
• Management of high performing teams.
• Excellent communication, organisation and management information development skills
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with demonstrable RCA capabilities and results

Part of the Vidrala group, we are a market leader in glass container design, manufacturing, bottling and logistics solutions for the UK, Irish and European food and beverages industries.

With over 2,000 employees, we operate from our three purpose-built sites: Derrylin, Co Fermanagh; Elton, Cheshire and Bristol. We produce around 3 billion glass bottles and other containers annually and can fill up to 500 million litres of bulk shipped beverages every year. Our collective purpose is to deliver and uphold world-leading sustainable innovation, with great people and a great workplace collaborating on a great future.

Joining Encirc means you will be joining a business with a bespoke, 360-approach to the beverage supply chain, spanning filling, warehousing, and logistics. Reducing the road miles and carbon footprint of our customers' products, we are conscious disruptors prioritising sustainability and modern technology. As a forward-thinking and sustainable business, we are committed to achieving zero emissions by 2030.

The Benefits and Perks

• Free onsite gym for all employees
• MyBenefits Reward Platform with 100s of discounts at restaurants and retailers
• Employee Well-being benefits
• Pension scheme
• Life cover
• Professional Development Planning with onsite HR team
• International organisation with plenty of opportunities
• Bristol Zoo Project corporate membership
• Discounts on First Bus travel
• Discounts on Bristol Sport tickets
• Subsidised onsite staff restaurant
• Subsidised electric car charging
• Holiday buy and sell scheme

The Next Step

Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV tailored to this job opportunity. We look forward to hearing from you.

Encirc is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Every applicant will be evaluated according to skills regardless of age, gender, identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, or religion.

PLEASE NOTE: We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Thank you for your interest.