Deputy Shift Leader
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About the Role
dsm-firmenich seeks a Deputy Shift Leader for Vitamin C production at its Dalry site. The role involves leading shift teams, ensuring safe and efficient operations, and managing production targets.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the manufacture of Vitamin C and chemical intermediates in line with production plans, budgets, and KPIs.
- Ensure performance against SHEQ, delivery, cost, yield, reliability, and quality standards.
- Act as Deputy Shift Leader, directing shift teams to ensure safe and effective operations.
- Take full accountability for process oversight, intervening in unresolved operational issues.
- Assume Shift Manager responsibilities during absences, training, or other requirements.
- Ensure plant operations comply with legislation, environmental regulations, and dsm‑firmenich standards.
- Organize and manage shifts in accordance with best practice operational ranges.
- Manage raw material call‑offs to meet production plans while minimizing inventory.
- Communicate customer and market requirements to operational teams and quality initiatives.
- Support workforce planning including holidays, training, shift cover, and overtime reduction.
- Authorize permits to work, DCS overrides, safety interlock defeats, and conduct risk assessments.
- Ensure effective shift handovers, reporting, coaching, and communication at shift changes.
Requirements
- 5 years relevant industrial supervisory experience or City and Guilds Processing
- Operations level 3 or degree in chemistry or engineering
- Solid understanding and consistent application of SHE, Food Safety, Quality, and GMP standards
- In depth knowledge of regulatory frameworks (COMAH, local laws, SHEQ, pharmaceutical and food safety regulations)
- Extensive experience in production environments, including hands on leadership of operational teams
- Proven expertise in process operations (DCS and field), plant and equipment, and process control systems
- Strong technical foundation in chemical properties, chemical plant operations, and process risk awareness
- Effective problem solver using structured methodologies (Root Cause Analysis, A3, etc.)
- Experienced in contractor safety, hazardous substances, SIL, COSHH, IPPC, and manual handling assessments
- Demonstrated capability in project management, major plant/site shutdowns, and operational activities
- Comfortable using a wide range of manufacturing and business systems (DCS, SAP, PI Vision, OEE, Microsoft 365, etc.)
- Proven track record in organizational change, industrial relations, and people management
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Job Overview
- The role of the (Vit C) Deputy Shift Leader is to ensure that production takes place according to the production schedule to achieve targets for output, yield, production cost, quality and waste disposal, within SHEQ requirements.
- The job holder will contribute to the manufacturing plan regarding production improvements and form the basis of a portfolio of activities for the areas of responsibility.
- The Dalry site produces vitamins for the food / pharma, feed and personal care markets.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the manufacture of Vitamin C and chemical intermediates in line with production plans, budgets, and KPIs.
- Ensure performance against SHEQ, delivery, cost, yield, reliability, and quality standards.
- Act as Deputy Shift Leader, directing shift teams to ensure safe and effective operations.
- Take full accountability for process oversight, intervening in unresolved operational issues.
- Assume Shift Manager responsibilities during absences, training, or other requirements.
- Ensure plant operations comply with legislation, environmental regulations, and dsm‑firmenich standards.
- Organize and manage shifts in accordance with best practice operational ranges.
- Manage raw material call‑offs to meet production plans while minimizing inventory.
- Communicate customer and market requirements to operational teams and quality initiatives.
- Support workforce planning including holidays, training, shift cover, and overtime reduction.
- Authorize permits to work, DCS overrides, safety interlock defeats, and conduct risk assessments.
- Ensure effective shift handovers, reporting, coaching, and communication at shift changes.
You Bring
- 5 years relevant industrial supervisory experience or City and Guilds Processing
- Operations level 3 or degree in chemistry or engineering.
- Solid understanding and consistent application of SHE, Food Safety, Quality, and GMP standards
- In depth knowledge of regulatory frameworks (COMAH, local laws, SHEQ, pharmaceutical and food safety regulations)
- Extensive experience in production environments, including hands on leadership of operational teams
- Proven expertise in process operations (DCS and field), plant and equipment, and process control systems
- Strong technical foundation in chemical properties, chemical plant operations, and process risk awareness
- Effective problem solver using structured methodologies (Root Cause Analysis, A3, etc.)
- Experienced in contractor safety, hazardous substances, SIL, COSHH, IPPC, and manual handling assessments
- Demonstrated capability in project management, major plant/site shutdowns, and operational activities
- Comfortable using a wide range of manufacturing and business systems (DCS, SAP, PI Vision, OEE, Microsoft 365, etc.)
- Proven track record in organizational change, industrial relations, and people management
We Offer
- A rich history and a promising future of bold scientific innovation and passionate creation with our customers
- A space to grow by encouraging and supporting curiosity and an open mindset
- A culture that prioritizes safety and well being, both physically and mentally
- Barrier free communities within our organization where every employee is equally valued and respected
- The opportunity to work for a company where sustainability is much more than a claim and is core to our strategy and purpose
- An eagerness to be one team and learn from each other to bring progress to life and create a better future
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