Continuous Improvement Engineer

Overview

Location: Bolton

Salary: Up to £47,000 P/A d.o.e. + benefits (plus Overtime, Flexi and Bonus)

Hours: 37 hours per week

Do you want to join a business, who value inclusivity, a three-time gold investor in people award winner, an advocate of supporting women in engineering and developing their people to be the best they can be?

Are you a Continuous Improvement Engineer, motivated by supporting and leading waste / defect reduction activities that will increase productivity as the business drives towards trebling production rates while reducing costs, then this role may suit you.

Working in a Continuous Improvement team, you will support Assembly Operations in the delivery of complex products to UK & international customers. Whilst working to reduce waste you will liaise with other functions within the business, ensuring they are fully aware of all improvement activities.

You will provide leadership, direction and support across Assembly Operations at all levels of the organisation, and as a CI Team member your main responsibilities will involve:

• Manage the CI program for an allocated business Unit
• Removal of waste from manufacturing processes
• Lead the development and implementation of business metrics and reporting systems
• Set up, support and govern CI reviews, ensuring they are robust and sustainable.
• Development of Continuous Improvement plans
• Supporting root cause analysis for externally supplied detail products
• Reduce defective issues within the business which include concessions, rework and non-conformances using a structured approach (8D / PDCA / DMAIC, etc, etc)
• Implementation of process controls & process capability
• Create and maintain the foundation for standard work for business Processes
• Facilitation of Improvement activities within the manufacturing facility
• Technical expertise on Lean tool sets and change management

Benefits

• State of the art technology & innovation
• External learning and development encouraged
• Modern purpose-built facility
• Friendly environment!
• Restaurant, Parking / Easy Access transport links, Sports & Social Club and More

Skills

• A passion for Continuous Improvement
• 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 with different stakeholders within the business
• Experience in the use & understanding of Lean manufacturing / Six sigma methodologies and the 7 Quality tools
• Leading practical problem-solving exercises with multi-functional teams
• The ability to produce, maintain and interpret data using a structured approach.
• Manage projects and or improvement from "cradle to grave"
• Having a sound understanding of manufacturing, logistical and engineering processes

You will need to obtain UK Security Clearance for this role. This will require you to be either a UK Citizen or UK Dual Citizen. Some restrictions may apply.

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