Operations Manager (Days and Shifts)

Job details Date posted

23/03/2026

Application closing date

30/04/2026

Location

Scunthorpe

Salary Package Contractual hours

36.5

Basis

Full time

Job description Salary - Competitive Location - Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN16 1XA Pattern of Work – 42 hour shifts or 36.5 hours days

What you need to know about the role

• Lead and motivate multi-disciplined operational teams, creating the conditions for safe, focused and productive working in a high-pressure manufacturing environment.
• Support daily and shift priorities, working with the Shift Manager or Area Manufacturing Manager to meet throughput, plant operating targets and KPI requirements.
• Maintain performance and discipline across your team, including monitoring attendance, identifying training needs, and putting plans in place to develop individual and team capability.
• Work closely with Engineering teams to minimise downtime, manage interruptions, and support major planned maintenance activities.
• Oversee safe systems of work, including supervising contractors and ensuring Management of Work standards are met.
• Drive continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to improve plant performance, processes and ways of working across your area of responsibility.
• Balance resources effectively, planning manning levels and deploying people dynamically to meet operational demands.

What we need to know about you You will have:

• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to drive performance and maintain standards.
• Experience in a process or manufacturing environment.
• A Degree/HNC or NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent experience).
• The enthusiasm and drive needed to deliver results in a demanding operational setting.

What we can offer you

We know our employees are our greatest asset and alongside the great benefits packages we offer, we continue to invest in their careers by providing a huge range of training and development opportunities.

Whatever your stage in life, you'll find a range of benefits to complement your work-life balance. The benefits you'll enjoy include:

• Defined contribution company pension scheme
• 27 personal annual leave days + statutory bank holidays
• Life Assurance
• A comprehensive Company sick pay scheme
• Health Cash Plan via our partnership with Simply health
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Standby and call-out payments
• Family friendly benefits including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.

What you need to know about us

British Steel is a leading European steel manufacturer, supplying premium long products around the world. We take great pride in our history and heritage. Not many companies can claim to have generations of families dedicating their working lives to one company, one industry. Steel gets into your blood, and this drives the passion of our people. And these 2 values deliver our third value of performance

• making the products our customers want now and in the future.

British Steel has a bright future and we want you to be part of it.

British Steel is an armed forces friendly company, and we actively encourage applications from ex-Armed Forces Personnel, Reservists, Armed Forces Veterans and military spouses/partners.

For more information about us and our journey please visit

• www.britishsteel.co.uk.

How to apply

Internal candidates please apply for this role by logging in to your ESS account.

External candidates can apply by clicking on the ‘apply online’ button.

We may close this vacancy sooner than planned if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. To ensure your application is considered, we encourage you to submit it as soon as possible.