Continuous Improvement Engineer

THE COLLECTIVE NETWORK LIMITED; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The Collective Network Limited in Cambridge is seeking a Continuous Improvement Engineer to drive reliability and efficiency on a food manufacturing site entering a new growth phase. This role focuses on eliminating recurring issues and embedding a culture of continuous improvement across the site.

You will identify issues, implement lasting engineering solutions, and work with Engineering and Production to raise uptime while driving CI initiatives and tangible site improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience in Food/FMCG manufacturing.
• Strong multi-skilled engineering background.
• Experience with root cause analysis and continuous improvement techniques.
• Engineering qualification (Apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3, HNC or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Drive machinery reliability across the site, reducing recurring failures and increasing uptime.
• Identify inefficiencies and implement engineering solutions that deliver measurable improvements.
• Use downtime trends and maintenance data to eliminate root causes—not just fix the symptoms.
• Improve maintenance strategies to maximise equipment performance.
• Work alongside Engineering and Production to increase efficiency and overall equipment reliability.
• Support machinery upgrades, site investment projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Food/FMCG experience

Multi-skilled engineering

Reliability improvement

Root cause analysis

Education

Engineering qualification (Apprenticeship/NVQ/HNC)

Job description

Continuous Improvement Engineer

Cambridgeshire

Up to £50,000

Monday - Friday Days

Ready to build something, not just maintain it?

If you're the type of engineer who spots recurring issues and thinks, "There's a better way," then keep reading.

This isn't a role where you'll spend every day chasing breakdowns. It's your chance to join a food manufacturing site that's entering a new phase.

Following a recent transformation and investment in its Senior Leadership Team, the business is building a stronger engineering culture with reliability, efficiency and continuous improvement at its core. They need someone who wants to roll their sleeves up, challenge the norm and leave the site in a better place than they found it.

If you've been looking for a role where your ideas are listened to and your work creates lasting change, this is it.

What you'll be doing

• Drive machinery reliability across the site, reducing recurring failures and increasing uptime.
• Identify inefficiencies and implement engineering solutions that deliver measurable improvements.
• Use downtime trends and maintenance data to eliminate root causes-not just fix the symptoms.
• Improve maintenance strategies to maximise equipment performance.
• Work alongside Engineering and Production to increase efficiency and overall equipment reliability.
• Support machinery upgrades, site investment projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

What you'll bring

• Experience within Food, FMCG or another fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• A strong multi-skilled engineering background.
• A passion for reliability, efficiency and solving engineering problems permanently.
• Experience with root cause analysis and continuous improvement techniques.
• An engineering qualification (Apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3, HNC or equivalent).

Why make the move?

• Up to £50,000
• Monday-Friday days - your evenings and weekends are yours.
• Be part of a site that's investing in its future-not standing still.
• Work for a leadership team committed to long-term improvement.
• A role where your ideas won't sit in a notebook-they'll be put into action.
• The opportunity to make a visible impact on site performance and engineering standards.

Fancy getting your teeth into a site that's genuinely on the rise?

If you're ready to move beyond reactive maintenance and play a key role in shaping the future of engineering performance,