# Assistant Shift Manager

The Role Working closely with the Shift Manager, you will play a key role in leading and coordinating our manufacturing operations, ensuring people, processes and resources are effectively managed to achieve production targets. As a visible, hands-on leader, you will set clear expectations, motivate the team and lead by example, ensuring safety, health, environmental and quality (SHEQ) standards are at the heart of everything we do. You will take ownership of shift performance, communicating targets and progress, working closely with support functions such as Maintenance and Quality, and proactively addressing any issues that could impact production. A key part of your role will be championing 5S, driving excellent standards of workplace organisation, efficiency and safety, and engaging the whole team in maintaining them. You will also play an active role in continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to improve processes, working practices and equipment utilisation. From supporting investigations to introducing new procedures and initiatives, you will champion positive change and ensure improvements are embedded across the team. This is a great opportunity to make a rea

- **Id**: 4115649
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/doncasters-assistant-shift-manager>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Sheffield, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T01:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T00:08:47Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2515
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Aerospace Manufacturing, Precision Engineering

## Company

- **Id**: 1867032
- **Name**: Doncasters
- **Domain**: doncasters.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/doncasters>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Dayforce

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T00:08:47Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker, Graduate Trainee, Senior or Specialist Worker); Route: Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 13
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T02:16:44Z

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