Continuous Improvement Engineer

Continuous Improvement Engineer

Salary: Circa £43k + Bonus + Overtime

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus of up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension of maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Paid overtime
• Up to 15 additional days flexi leave
• Our enhanced parental leave offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
• Fantastic site facilities, including subsidised meals, free car parking
• Excellent career progression and development opportunities
• We may be able to offer a relocation package for this role

Dynamic (hybrid) working: We trust our people to agree, within their teams, where and when they can be most effective. Our Dynamic Working policy allows individuals flexibility around the hours they work and where they work. Typically for this role you will work 4 days per week on-site.

The opportunity:
The successful candidate will support the Assembly Operations business in the delivery of our systems to our UK & international customers. They will support and lead waste / defect reduction activities that will increase productivity as we drive towards trebling our production rates while reducing our costs.

As a Continuous Improvement (CI) Team member your main responsibilities will involve:

• • Set up, support and govern CI reviews, ensuring they are robust and sustainable.
  • Facilitation and running of CI plans to enable the implementation of corrective & preventative actions
  • Supporting root cause analysis for externally supplied detail products
  • Reduce defective issues within the business which include concessions, rework and non-conformances using an 8D / A3 methodology.
  • Implementation of process controls & process capability based on critical and significant features driven by the customer.
  • Facilitation of PPS for Root cause analysis within the manufacturing facilities
  • Technical expertise on Lean tool sets and change management

As a CI Team member your skills and experience will ideally include:

• • Working in or supporting operations in a fast-paced production environment.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence teams outside of your direct reporting structure.
  • The ability to form and maintain productive, working relationships across the functions.
  • Experience in the use & understanding of Lean manufacturing & Six sigma methodologies and tools, alongside CI & Quality tools
  • Leading practical problem solving exercises with multi functional teams
  • The ability to produce, maintain and interpret data using structured approach.
  • Manage projects and or improvement from "cradle to grave"
  • Having a sound understanding of manufacturing, logistical and engineering processes

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