Product Development jobs in United Kingdom

£50,020 salary - £26.72 per hour equivalent

Shift details: Late shift 2.00pm - 10.30pm Monday - Thursday 12.00pm - 8.30pm Friday (nine day fortnight). Yes, we work a 9 day fortnight with every other Friday off!

Based at our Skipton, North Yorkshire manufacturing site. Please only apply if you are in a commuting distance of Skipton, North Yorkshire.

We are Dechra a growing, global specialist within the world of veterinary pharmaceuticals. Our expertise is in the development, manufacture, marketing and sales of high-quality products exclusively for veterinarians worldwide.

To lead and manage the day‑to‑day operations of the production shift, ensuring that safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets are met. The Shift Manager is responsible for team performance, engagement, and compliance, acting as the key point of contact for operational issues during their shift.

• Direct line management of shopfloor team.
• Participate and encourage use of recognition schemes.
• Management of team attendance relating to overtime, holiday approvals, welfare checks, return to work (RTW) interviews and any consequent absence reviews.
• Lead performance management processes, including appraisals and feedback and where required performance improvement plans (PIPs).
• Own skills matrix and training plans for the shift coordinating closely with the improvement lead to ensure we have sufficient trained resource to meet production demand.
• Deliver shift briefings and ensure effective 2‑way communication with the shopfloor.
• Drive employee engagement and contribute to the people plan to create a positive culture.
• Manage grievance and disciplinary processes in line with HR policies.
• Support recruitment and onboarding of new team members.
• Lead accident and incident investigations and closure of required corrective actions.
• Drive strong housekeeping standards to maintain a safe working environment.
• Ensure team's adherence to risk assessments and input to updates where required.
• Promote active participation in hazard identification and resolution of open hazards.
• Raise deviations for any non‑conformances, owning minor deviations and contributing to the investigation of major deviations and corrective & preventative actions.
• Ensure team compliance to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as well as batch documentation with a focus on Right First Time (RFT).
• Support preparation and execution of internal and external audits from document control through to housekeeping standards.
• Monitor daily telemetry including response to alarms as required.
• Lead alignment and sign‑off of production plans via Sales and Operational Planning (S&OP) process and delivery through process optimisation.
• Ensure plan delivery through effective resource and process management.
• Ensure completion of short interval control (SIC) sheets to ensure detail available for data analysis for overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency, maximise output and drive schedule adherence.
• Ensure completion of Oracle transactions to ensure recovery plan adherence.
• Drive live yield optimisation to reduce waste during production.
• Reduce batch rejects through CAPA closure and improvement of RFT.
• Manage consumable ordering and usage tracking to budget.
• Lead Tier meetings and work cross‑functionally to drive shift performance.
• Act as escalation procedure owner during shift hours.
• Champion safety, quality and productivity improvements, encouraging all team members to come forward with ideas and supporting them to implement them, where this is possible.
• Contribute to improvement projects, CAPEX and NPD workstreams as required.

• Shift performance against safety, quality, delivery and cost targets.
• Employee engagement and strong culture (measured by pulse surveys).
• Compliance with GMP and Health & Safety standards and audit outcomes.
• Schedule adherence to reduce backorder and enable correct stock levels.
• Right first time and on time performance in the quality management system (QMS).
• Reduction in waste, downtime, and non‑conformances.

A self‑motivated enthusiastic individual who can lead the shopfloor and work well within a team environment. Ability to deliver day-to-day production activities whilst remaining compliant within a regulated environment and supporting improvements.

• Experience of supervising and leading production shopfloor teams.
• Managing team performance and employee relations per range of HR policies.
• Experience of low to medium volume production, manual/semi‑automated processes.
• Good knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety compliance.
• Proven industry experience from a highly regulated GMP production facility.
• A working knowledge and practical experience of pharmaceutical manufacture and ability to manage time and workload effectively.

• Knowledge of computerised systems such as Oracle.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both within the production team and cross‑functionally.
• Ability to conduct detailed data analysis to determine improvement projects.
• A working knowledge and practical experience continuous improvement methodologies.
• Proven ability to lead projects team and drive change and improvement.

• £50,020 salary - £26.72 hourly equivalent.
• Free onsite parking.
• Average 36 hour working week.
• 22.5 days annual holiday + Bank Holidays.
• Option to buy a week's holiday each year.
• 8% Employer Pension Contribution.

We look forward to receiving your application.