Deputy Team Leader - Production (Night Shift)

DC Thomson are hiring a Deputy Team Leader - Production (Night Shift) to join the team in Kingsway, Dundee on a permanent basis.

This role exists to ensure consistent, safe, and efficient night‑shift production delivery, acting as the operational anchor that enables continuity, rapid response, and capability building within a time‑critical environment. The Deputy Team Leader supports the Team Leader in delivering production outcomes and assumes full operational accountability during periods of cover, ensuring no loss of performance, quality, or control. 

Our Kingsway site produces 11 daily newspaper titles (including the DC Thomson titles The Courier, Press and Journal, Evening Express and Evening Telegraph as well as contracted titles such as the Daily Record and The Guardian among others) alongside Sunday Titles including The Sunday Post and many other weekly and periodicals.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Operating within a challenging high speed environment, on time delivery is the first target of every shift, as would be expected there are cost pressure, asset constraints, and changing customer and workforce expectations, the Deputy Team Leader focuses on execution excellence, resilience, and skills flexibility. It plays a key part in a portfolio-based production model, sharing learning across shifts and supporting the move towards skills-based deployment and outcomes driven performance, rather than reliance on individual roles.

The successful candidate is accountable for shift‑level delivery, discipline, and escalation quality. You will own how work is coordinated, risks are surfaced, and standards are maintained on night shift. 

While this role comes a high level of responsibility, you will receive, training, support and guidance when needed with support from the management team day or night.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Supporting safe and compliant production delivery, actively reinforcing Health & Safety standards on shift. 
• On‑shift coordination of people and activities effectively, minimising downtime and disruption. 
• Accountable for high‑quality incident reporting and escalation, ensuring issues are understood and acted on quickly. 
• Maintaining production quality and documentation, enabling traceability and operational learning. 
• Role‑modelling standards and behaviours, supporting team skill development and engagement. 
• Ensuring smooth handovers and continuity, ensuring clear communication across shifts. 

Skills:

• Operations & Production Management – Applies operational processes and coordinates activities to deliver planned production outcomes. 
• Incident management – Identifies, records, and supports resolution of incidents, escalating appropriately. 
• Problem management – Assists in investigating causes of operational issues and contributes to preventative actions. 
• Resource management – Supports effective deployment of people and skills within agreed plans. 
• Quality management – Applies quality standards and identifies deviations for correction. 
• Health and safety management – Follows and promotes safe working practices and regulatory compliance. 
• Excellent IT Skills

Experience:

• Technical competence in at least one operational area (offset print production, or mechanical/electrical production engineering)
• Experience working night shifts in time‑critical production environments
• Exposure to preventative maintenance schedules and production constraints

Behaviours that will help this role succeed:

• Collaborates across teams
• Flexible approach
• Owns outcomes and follows issues through
• Learns and adapts to improve workflows
• Experiments with purpose to enhance delivery
• Acts with curiosity and seeks better ways of working

To apply for this role, please follow our online application process and submit a CV and cover letter.

Closing date for applications: 22nd June, 2026 at 12:00noon