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    Peterborough
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    Production
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    £ Competitive
  • About The Role

  • Are you ready to build on your leadership experience and take the next step in your production career? Do you thrive in a hands-on, fast-paced environment where you can guide a team and develop your management skills?

    We’re looking for a proactive Shift Manager to join our Production team at our AMK Peterborough site, working a 4 on 4 off day-shift pattern. This role is ideal for someone with experience in a production environment who has already taken on leadership responsibilities and is looking to grow into their management career journey. If you're people-focused, eager to learn, and motivated to progress, this is an excellent opportunity to advance your career.

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Lead and support a production area during day shifts, helping your team work safely, efficiently, and to target.

    • Maintain strong standards of Health & Safety, hygiene, and compliance across your area.

    • Monitor raw material usage to improve yield and minimise waste.

    • Use production data to understand performance and identify opportunities for improvement.

    • Report and escalate maintenance or repair needs to ensure equipment and facilities remain in good working order.

    • Contribute to team development through coaching, training, and day-to-day performance support.

    • Ensure accurate product and packaging traceability in line with technical and regulatory standards.

  • About You

  • Experience
    • Experience of managing a team in a production environment, ideally within the food sector
    • Experience of managing staff including HR requirements, recruitment, performance management and appraisals
    • Experience to working to budgets with accountability for labour costs
    Attributes
    • Enthusiastic approach
    • Hard working and reliable
    • Supports and coaches’ others
    • Respects other people’s opinions
    • Flexible and adaptable
    • Confident
    • Excellent attention to detail
  • About Us

    • Here at AMK, it is our mission to deliver the freshest and healthiest products to our customers and consumers. Based in Peterborough, AMK continues to grow year on and year and can offer a wealth of career and development opportunities at one of the area’s largest employers. 

      With over 90 years committed to delivering quality fresh food at scale, AMK Peterborough, owned by the AMFRESH Group, has a sole purpose to manage the packing, warehousing and distribution of products to Tesco within the UK. We have built a new state-of-the-art chilled food facility in Peterborough which employs around 800people operating 24 hours a day, 7 days. We are proud to have supported Tesco with their Citrus, Grape and other fresh fruit and vegetable offering for a number of years. AMK continues to expand and grow as an expert in our industry.

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