Continuous Improvement Manager

Job Title: Continuous Improvement Manager
Location: Newbury, Berkshire or Warrington, Cheshire or Bristol+ Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF55949
At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Continuous Improvement Manager at our Newbury, Berkshire or Warrington, Cheshire or Bristol site.
The role
As a Continuous Improvement Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will play a key part in how the PP&E Programme delivers efficiently, effectively and with positive impact on staff wellbeing.
Day to day, you'll design and implement a best-in-class Continuous Improvement/Learning from Experience (LfE) process across a multi-site, multi-£100m programme.

• Oversee implementation of improvement strategies and measure their effectiveness.
• Analyse, standardise and improve processes across the programme (working closely with our partners) to minimise inefficiency.
• Promote and relentlessly drive the development of a Continuous Improvement mindset across the programme, providing training to teams where required.
• Provide constructive challenge to Senior Leadership, providing a different way of approaching and solving complex problems; this role also includes chairing Continuous Improvement meetings.

This is full time role with 37 hours per week with hybrid working from home arrangements (two days in the office per week.)
The role is adaptable and can be based at various sites, including Newbury, Berkshire or Warrington, Cheshire or Bristol.
Essential experience of the Continuous Improvement Manager:

• Experience working in a complex programme environment, within a leadership role, designing and implementing Continuous Improvement outcomes through Lean methodology.
• Evidence of previous success implementing Continuous Improvement strategies/impactful change in a multi-function programme
• Experience embedding Continuous Improvement tools, mindset and processes that leverage the desired behaviours, by coaching teams throughout a complex programme.
• Good communicator with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships across functions and all seniority levels.

Qualifications for the Continuous Improvement Manager:

• Green Belt Six Sigma qualified, with a working knowledge of Lean and Kaizen.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC (BPSS to begin) security clearance for this role.
Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 28/02/2024
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