CI Engineer

Vickerstock; Dungannon; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced Sick Pay

Family leave policies

5% pension contribution

Death in Service (2x salary)

Additional annual leave

Women in Business membership

Diversity Mark accreditation

Social events

Job summary

Vickerstock's client in Dungannon is seeking a Continuous Improvement Engineer to drive operational excellence across a manufacturing environment. You will lead CI projects, apply Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen techniques, and develop business cases to reduce waste and increase throughput.

Reporting to the Business Process Improvement Manager, you will analyse data, identify bottlenecks, and coach cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Practical knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including root cause analysis.
• Experience managing projects from planning through to completion.
• Ability to lead, motivate and coach cross-functional teams.
• Experience within a manufacturing or FMCG environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead CI projects from concept through to delivery, ensuring timescales and objectives are met.
• Identify opportunities to reduce waste, improve efficiency, increase throughput and deliver cost savings.
• Analyse processes, production data and KPIs to identify bottlenecks and implement improvements.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and engage stakeholders to deliver improvement initiatives.
• Develop business cases, facilitate CI workshops and support implementation of improvement plans.
• Coach and support colleagues in Lean, Kaizen and CI techniques.
• Monitor project progress, report results and maintain CI pipeline.

Skills

Lean

Six Sigma

Kaizen

Data analysis

Root cause analysis

Project management

Cross-functional teamwork

Communication

Stakeholder management

MS Office

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Office

Job description

Continuous Improvement Engineer Dungannon up to £45,000

Vickerstock is working in partnership with a leading manufacturing business to recruit a Continuous Improvement Engineer to support operational excellence, process optimisation and business performance. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with a passion for continuous improvement to drive meaningful change across a manufacturing environment, identifying opportunities to reduce waste, improve efficiency and deliver sustainable cost savings.

What's on offer:

• Salary up to £45,000 per annum
• Monday to Friday, 38 hours per week
• Enhanced Company Sick Pay and family leave policies.
• 5% employer pension contribution.
• Death in Service benefit (2 x annual salary).
• Additional annual leave after 5 years' service.
• Further benefits including Women in Business membership, Diversity Mark accreditation, charity initiatives and company social events.

Your day to day:

Reporting to the Business Process Improvement Manager, you will lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing waste, improving efficiency, increasing production output and delivering cost savings.

Working across the business, you will use Lean methodologies, data analysis and root cause techniques to identify opportunities, improve processes and drive operational performance.

• Lead CI projects from concept through to delivery, ensuring agreed timescales and objectives are achieved.
• Identify opportunities to reduce waste, improve efficiency, increase throughput and deliver cost savings.
• Analyse processes, production data and operational KPIs to identify bottlenecks and implement improvements.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and engage stakeholders to deliver improvement initiatives.
• Develop business cases, facilitate CI workshops and support the implementation of improvement plans.
• Coach and support colleagues in Lean, Kaizen and continuous improvement techniques.
• Monitor project progress, report on results and maintain the continuous improvement pipeline.

Your Essentials

• Practical knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including root cause analysis.
• Experience managing projects from planning through to completion.
• Ability to lead, motivate and coach cross-functional teams.
• Experience within a manufacturing or FMCG environment.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

And even better if you have these but by no means a deal breaker…

• Lean Six Sigma qualification or currently working towards one.
• Experience using Power BI or similar reporting tools.
• Experience facilitating CI workshops and process mapping.
• Membership of a relevant professional body.