Night Shift Supervisor

We are working with an established and growing engineering manufacturer in the Sheffield area to recruit an experienced Night Shift Supervisor to lead a skilled fabrication team.

This is a hands-on shopfloor leadership role within a busy manufacturing environment producing large, bespoke fabricated assemblies for industrial customers.

The successful candidate will ideally come from a welding, fabrication or heavy engineering background and will be comfortable managing people, maintaining production standards and dealing with the day-to-day challenges of running a night shift.

The Role

You will take responsibility for the effective running of the fabrication team during the night shift, ensuring production remains safe, organised and on schedule.

• Leading and coordinating a team of Welders and Fabricators
• Allocating work and monitoring progress throughout the shift
• Ensuring components and assemblies are manufactured in line with technical drawings and specifications
• Maintaining high standards of workmanship, quality and safety
• Identifying production issues and resolving bottlenecks where possible
• Supporting and developing members of the shopfloor team
• Ensuring effective handovers between night and day shifts
• Communicating production progress, labour requirements and operational issues to management
• Maintaining good housekeeping and safe working practices across the fabrication area
• Supporting continuous improvement across production

About You

We are particularly interested in candidates who have worked within fabrication, structural steel, heavy engineering, sheet metal or a similar manufacturing environment.

• Previous experience supervising or leading a manufacturing or fabrication team
• A strong practical understanding of welding and fabrication processes
• Experience working from engineering drawings
• Confidence managing experienced shopfloor employees
• Good organisational and problem-solving skills
• A practical, hands-on management style
• A strong focus on quality and output
• The ability to make decisions independently during a night shift

Candidates currently working as a Fabrication Supervisor, Welding Supervisor, Production Supervisor, Manufacturing Supervisor, Night Shift Supervisor, Chargehand or Senior Fabricator may be particularly suitable.

The Opportunity

This is a permanent position with a well-established engineering manufacturer experiencing continued demand and investment across its manufacturing operations.

It would suit an experienced fabrication professional looking for a role where they can take genuine ownership of a shift, lead an established workforce and have a direct impact on production performance

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