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Job Description: Shift Manager
SECURITY CLEARANCE
You will be subject to BPSS and Export Control checks (including a criminal record check)
TRAVEL REQUIRED
On site
LOCATION
Belfast
Grade
L4
TYPE
Full time
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU
- Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options
- Work / Life Balance: 36 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, flexible working
ROLE OVERVIEW
We are seeking a dynamic Shift Manager to take ownership of all aspects relating to our team's performance on shift. In this role, you will lead, organize, and coordinate a dedicated team to create an environment that encourages superior performance in terms of both quality and productivity. Please note that shift working to cover a variety of patterns will be required, including days, nights, and weekend shifts.
HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM
- Monitor, control and regulate to ensure production schedules are achieved within cost parameters.
- Achieve targets aimed at the continuous development of people.
- Develop an environment of continuous improvement.
- Ensure a disciplined approach to housekeeping and promote a safe working environment.
- Ensure agreement on programme constraints with the Production Manager.
- Ensure that customer specifications are achieved in line with desired cost values.
- Monitor and control contract costs in line with the annual operating plan.
- Maintain effective employee relations within the team.
ABOUT YOU
It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that sufficient detail is provided on application to demonstrate how the applicant meets essential job criteria, as this alone will be used for vetting purposes. Candidates must have:
- A minimum of an HNC in an engineering / business discipline, or possess a NVQ Level III in Supervisory Management or equivalent.
- A minimum of 1 year's experience at a leadership / supervisory / management level within an operations, functional or engineering environment.
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in an operations, functional or engineering environment with at least one year at a leadership / supervisory / management level.
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Applications must be completed and submitted by 22nd of July, 2026.
Please Note: Please note that meeting the mandatory criteria listed above guarantees consideration for the role, but does not ensure progression to the interview stage. In the event of a high volume of qualified applications, the selection panel reserves the right to shortlist and progress candidates who additionally meet one or more of the preferential (desirable) criteria.
HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU
Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process – you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition under the Equality Act 2010 and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert). To ‘opt in’, just select the option during your application submission and your application will be considered accordingly.
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Company
Airbus Belfast Limited
Employment Type
Permanent
Experience Level
Professional
Job Family
Leadership
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At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking. Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services. In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers modern and fuel-efficient airliners and associated services. Airbus is also a European leader in defence and security and one of the world's leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions and services worldwide.
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