Shift Manager - Days

Are you ready to take the next step in your production leadership career?

We’re looking for a proactive Shift Manager to join our Production team at AMFRESH Peterborough, working a 4 on 4 off day-shift pattern. This is a great opportunity for someone with production leadership experience who is ready to take on broader shift accountability within a fast-paced fresh produce environment.

You’ll take ownership of a production area during your shift, ensuring performance, safety, quality and people standards are consistently delivered. Working closely with your team and wider site functions, you’ll help drive efficiency, reduce waste and support continuous improvement across the operation.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Leading and supporting a production team to deliver shift KPIs safely and efficiently
• Maintaining strong Health & Safety, hygiene and compliance standards
• Driving yield improvement and minimising waste
• Using performance data to identify and implement improvements
• Escalating maintenance issues to minimise downtime
• Coaching, supporting and developing team members
• Ensuring accurate traceability and product compliance

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone ambitious, hands-on and people-focused, who wants to grow their impact within a leading fresh produce business.

We’re looking for someone with strong production leadership experience within a food manufacturing, fresh produce or similar fast-paced environment.

You’ll need to be confident leading and managing teams, making decisions in a busy operational setting and ensuring high standards are maintained across safety, quality, performance and compliance.

You will bring:

• Experience managing production within a food or fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Strong understanding of food safety, hygiene and compliance standards
• Proven leadership and team management experience
• Confident problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Good communication skills, with the ability to engage, support and direct a team
• A hands-on, proactive approach to shift delivery
• Strong attention to detail and accountability for standards

• Based in a modern, purpose-built facility in Peterborough, we sort, process, pack and deliver fresh, high-quality produce exclusively for Tesco, helping feed millions of people across the UK every day.

  Our product portfolio includes citrus fruits, grapes, melons, pineapples, apples, pears and selected vegetables, products many of us see on our own tables. If you have shopped for these at Tesco, chances are they have passed through our site. We have been proud to be a trusted Tesco partner since 2014.

  Our people are at the heart of everything we do. With over 800 colleagues from more than 50 countries, our Peterborough site is one of the area’s most diverse employers. As a growing business, we are committed to supporting our teams through ongoing training, development and progression opportunities for all.