Shift Manager

About the role

Sika, a global specialty chemicals company, is hiring a Shift Manager in Badr City. The Shift Manager leads and controls all production activities during the assigned shift, ensuring they run safely, efficiently and in line with the approved production plan, Sika standards and customer requirements. The role is responsible for the effective use of people, equipment and materials, and for meeting safety, quality, productivity, cost and delivery targets.

Key responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and supervise production according to the approved schedule, allocate resources and monitor progress, taking action on deviations and bottlenecks
• Ensure compliance with approved work instructions, formulations and standard operating procedures, and coordinate changeovers, start-ups, shutdowns and cleaning
• Lead on health, safety and environment: safety briefings, PPE, stopping unsafe activity, reporting incidents and supporting investigations
• Ensure products meet specifications, verify in-process checks and sampling, and stop production when quality requirements are not met
• Report shift performance against KPIs such as output, yield, schedule adherence, productivity and downtime, and maintain production logs and incident reports
• Manage the shift team, assign tasks, monitor attendance and conduct on-the-job coaching
• Monitor equipment condition, report breakdowns to Maintenance and record downtime
• Carry out shift handovers and prepare for audits, keeping records accurate and traceable