Average Shift Manager salary in the UK

Why Greencore?We're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 13,300 talented colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites and 17 distribution depots throughout the UK. Together, we bring delicious food to life, from sandwiches, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve revenues of £1.95bn.Our extensive direct-to-store (DTS) network, with 17 depots nationwide, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring our customers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.At Greencore we actively encourage our colleagues to apply for our vacancies, whether as a lateral move to broaden experience or the next step up to progress your career and development. We also welcome applications from external candidates who are eager to grow their career with us.Here in Boston we employ around 400 colleagues and produce ready to eat salads, prepared vegetables and snacks for many of the major retailers such as Coop, Boots, Greggs, Costco, Spar and BOL.What you'll be doingShift: 3's and 2's - NightsAs Manufacturing Shift Manager on Nights, you will lead colleagues and manage all aspects of the manufacturing operation on your shift ensuring that agreed production plans are met and all manufacturing standards are adhered to.Lead, co-ordinate and prioritise activity across a shift to deliver productivity and efficiency targets in line with the agreed production planEnsure the adherence of all food manufacturing safety and quality standards by all teams on shift safeguarding the delivery of great tasting, high quality food productsReview operational trends across the shift to identify and act upon opportunities that make sustainable improvements in quality, performance and profitLead the ongoing development of the health and safety culture, promoting adherence to manufacturing guidelines, accident investigation and audit recommendations to support and improve health and safety in the working environmentEnsure that communication and information channels are maintained within the operations team to ensure that immediate issues are resolved, and ongoing items and trends are shared with the broader operations communityForecast and control labour requirements, direct and indirect, to meet production programme requirements and customer expectations within budgetMonitor and review team capability, ensuring all colleagues are clearly focused on their key objectives and developed to maximise their potentialWhat we're looking forWe're proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.Prior experience of leading a team and resource planning in a people intensive, manufacturing/FMCG environmentDemonstrable analytical skills - ability to pull actionable insight from dataHold key qualifications such as advanced food hygiene accreditation, HACCP level 3 qualification and Level Three Health and Safety - IOSHExperience of managing large numbers of people in a complex manufacturing environmentIf this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.What you'll get in returnCompetitive salary and job-related benefitsHolidaysPension up to 8% matchedLife insurance up to 4x salaryCompany share save schemeGreencore QualificationsExclusive Greencore employee discount platformAccess to a full Wellbeing Centre platformEnhanced parental leave and menopause policiesThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

Why Greencore?We're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 13,300 talented colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites and 17 distribution depots throughout the UK. Together, we bring delicious food to life, from sandwiches, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve revenues of £1.95bn. Our extensive direct-to-store (DTS) network, with 17 depots nationwide, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring our customers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. At Greencore we actively encourage our colleagues to apply for our vacancies, whether as a lateral move to broaden experience or the next step up to progress your career and development. We also welcome applications from external candidates who are eager to grow their career with us. Here at Selby we employ a team over 750 colleagues. A site steeped in history, we are the UK's number one manufacturer of customer private label cooking sauces and pickles. We have been serving our customers out of our Selby site since 1914.We produce more than 160 million units per year across 600 different product lines for customers such as Morrisons, Tesco & Asda.What you'll be doing?Are you a multi-skilled Engineer with experience leading and empowering a team? Are you looking for a new technically challenging and varied role?We are looking for a Maintenance Shift Leader to join Greencore Selby; managing a team of fellow Engineers who maintain and improve the performance of all plant and equipment to achieve maximum machine availability targets.As a Team Leader you will:Lead an engineering shift team to create a high performing culture where team members are motivated, engaged, and supported to develop and achieve their potential.Plan and prioritise the shift workload for the engineering team to enable production targets to be achieved by maximising machinery up timeExecute the planned preventative maintenance schedule to maximise machinery up time and minimise disruption to production targetsEnsure all plant and equipment adhere to all relevant legislation and so that a safe working environment is maintained all timesEnsure that the permit to work is in place and adhered to so that contractors and colleagues work safely at all timesEnsure the shift engineering team adhere to good manufacturing practices (GMP) ensuring compliance with manufacturing unit food safety requirementsLead the engineering team to create a high performing culture; including setting team/individual expectations, leading by example, encouraging and supporting to achieve their potential and ensuring policies are upheldEnsure the accurate and timely documentation of shift activities & performance, escalation of relevant events as required, real time use of CMMS, completion of relevant reports, root cause analysis studies and active contribution to daily meetingsWhat we're looking forWe're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.You will:Hold a mechanical or electrical engineering qualification gained through a time served apprenticeship or study, ideally at NVQ L3Knowledge of permit systems, risk assessments and method statementsSupervisory experienceHave practical experience of fault finding on various types of manufacturing machineryDisplay PLC Awareness and fault finding capabilitiesUnderstand how to maintain Engineering Systems within a manufacturing environmentFood or wider FMCG Manufacturing Experience is desirableIf this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success.What you'll get in returnCompetitive salary and job-related benefitsHolidaysPension up to 8% matchedCompany share save schemeGreencore QualificationsExclusive Greencore employee discount platformAccess to a full Wellbeing Centre platformThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

Warehouse Shift Manager Chessington Monday-Friday, 2pm-10:30pm £38,000 - £40,000 + Benefits Are you an experienced warehouse leader who thrives in a fast-paced distribution environment? Our client, a well-established B2B distribution business, is seeking a proactive and hands-on Warehouse Shift Manager to oversee their afternoon/evening operation. This role is ideal for someone who can confidently lead a team, drive performance, maintain high standards of accuracy and safety, and ensure goods are processed and dispatched efficiently. The Role As the Warehouse Shift Manager, you will be responsible for leading a team of warehouse operatives to ensure all warehouse functions are completed accurately and on time. You'll oversee picking, loading, replenishment, stock rotation and stock integrity, while supporting smooth coordination with transport teams to ensure every order leaves the warehouse correctly and on schedule. You will also be accountable for maintaining a safe working environment, monitoring team performance, delivering briefings, and ensuring compliance with operational processes and company standards. Key Responsibilities Lead, motivate and manage warehouse operatives during the 2pm-10:30pm shiftEnsure accuracy in picking, packing, loading and dispatchCoordinate effectively with the Transport team to verify routes, loading plans and vehicle complianceMaintain stock accuracy through rotation, cycle counting and investigation of discrepanciesOversee daily shift briefs, handovers and operational reportingUphold high standards of Health & Safety and ensure compliance with all proceduresSupport continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity and reduce costsContribute to a clean, organised and efficient warehouse environment About You Experience working in a warehouse leadership or supervisory role (minimum 3 years)Strong people leadership, communication and organisation skillsAble to work under pressure and meet tight deadlinesConfident using warehouse systems and Microsoft OfficeReliable, proactive and able to use your initiativeFLT licences (Reach/Counterbalance/PPT) desirable but not essential