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Cheese Factory Shift Manager

Rodda’s brand-new, purpose-built cottage cheese facility will start producing early 2026 and we’re looking for exceptional leaders to run it.This is a rare opportunity to take ownership of a new  production line, shape your team and play a leading role in launching a category-defining product .This Shift Manager position comes with full responsibility for people, safety, performance and product quality. You’ll be the most senior manager on site during out-of-hours periods, trusted to make decisions that safeguard our standards and keep production running smoothly.
timer Job Type: permanent contract full time, 40 hours per week

timer Hours: Alternating weeks of days and night shifts
timer Salary: £44,300 (this includes night shift premium)
timer Location: Scorrier, Redruth

Requirements

  • Strong, proven leadership experience in high-risk, high-compliance environment.
  • A confident decision-maker who thrives leading teams and hitting targets.
  • A technically capable operator who understands process control, food safety, and quality systems.
  • Someone who can balance firmness and fairness, build strong team culture, and embed best practice from day one.
  • A detail conscious, meticulous and hard-working individual.
  • A person who leads with responsibility, openness and a commitment to “doing the right thing” – even when it’s difficult.

Role Responsibilities

You’ll lead a production team through the entire cottage cheese manufacturing process, ensuring tight control of key parameters such as temperature, pH, curd size, mix ratios and hygiene standards. You’ll oversee start-ups, in-process checks, calibrations and real-time decision-making to keep the process fully compliant with HACCP, audit-ready, and achieving daily performance, yield and efficiency targets.

As a leader you’ll be held accountable for motivating, coaching and engaging your team as well as for absence management, skills development, and performance improvement. You will champion Rodda’s values, set standards on the shift, drive continuous improvement, and work collaboratively with Technical, Engineering and Planning teams to deliver a consistently exceptional product.

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