Continuous Improvement Engineer

CheckFire Ltd; Caerphilly; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in fire safety is seeking a Continuous Improvement Engineer to enhance operational efficiency and performance. This full-time, on-site role involves collaborating with teams to drive excellence, implement improvement strategies, and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in process improvement and lean methodologies.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years’ experience in process improvement, quality management, and/or operations management.
• 1-2 years in operational excellence or management role.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement operational transformation plans.
• Lead process improvement initiatives and workshops.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards.

Skills

Process Improvement

Lean Six Sigma

Project Management

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Operations Management

Tools

5S

Value Stream Mapping

Root Cause Analysis

Statistical Process Control

Job description

Company Description

CheckFire has been serving the fire trade since 1975 and is renowned for its excellence in Fire Safety. With nearly 50 years of experience, the company has earned the respect of its customers through quality products and dependable service. As a market leader, CheckFire offers an extensive range of fire protection products. The company prides itself on providing the right product at the right time, ensuring reliability and customer satisfaction. Learn more at www.CheckFire.co.uk.

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for a Continuous Improvement Engineer located in Caerphilly. You will be responsible for improving the operational efficiency, utilisation, and performance across the business. The role will also involve collaborating with various teams to drive operational excellence and achieve company goals.

• Develop and implement operational transformation plans and site performance improvement plan (PIP) strategies that optimise production processes, reduce waste, and improve product quality.
• Develop, shape, and deploy SOPs and standard work within Operations.
• Managing operational budgets by analysing and identifying areas of cost savings whilst maintaining quality and safety standards.
• Working closely with cross-functional teams to lead process improvement initiatives such as structured problem-solving events and workshops, including team Kaizen events. Execute improvement activities like 5S, Value Stream Mapping events and Kaizen workshops.
• Ensuring compliance with quality standards via auditing and Kpi dashboard.
• Develop a Continuous Improvement culture throughout the business including training, coaching and delivery of CI initiatives. Ensuring mechanisms are in place to communicate and drive employee involvement within continuous improvement projects and continually review their effectiveness and explore new options which link to & support the site engagement plans.
• Support managers with ongoing projects and improvement initiatives.

Reduce and Eliminate waste across the business in line with strategic goals and objectives.

Skills and Experience

• A minimum 3 to 5 years’ experience in process improvement, quality management, and/or operations management within manufacturing or warehousing environments, of which at least 1-2 years are in operational excellence, lean six sigma or a management role.
• Proven experience in lean and transformation processes using tools and methodologies such as 5S, VSM, Lean Six Sigma, Root Cause Analysis, Statistical Process Control and in running Kaizen workshops.
• Strong project management skills, to manage the process of providing excellent customer service, exceptional quality of service and turnaround, and continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders; ability to communicate complex concepts and ideas clearly and concisely and build trust and credibility with team members and stakeholders.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills, with the ability to lead and motivate teams to achieve goals and objectives.
• Knowledge of safety and quality standards and regulations, with the ability to develop and implement procedures to ensure compliance.
• A process and results-driven problem solver with a continuous improvement mindset and the ability to lead and inspire teams to identify opportunities for improvement and to implement organisational culture, skills, and routines required to support Operational Excellence.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations management, or a related field.
• Six Sigma/Kaizen/Lean Six Sigma (ideally Green belt).
• Experience in process improvement, quality management, and/or operations management.
• Knowledge of safety and quality standards and regulations