Continuous Improvement Facilitator

SEA Ltd; Barnstaple; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in Barnstaple as a Continuous Improvement Facilitator. This role involves driving process improvement initiatives and training teams in CI methodologies. Enjoy a supportive work environment with flexible arrangements, excellent benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

Benefits

Hybrid/flexible working arrangements

25 days annual leave

Private medical health insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Group Pension Plan

Cycle to work scheme

Free onsite parking

Development opportunities including LinkedIn Learning

Qualifications

• Experience leading CI activities in a manufacturing setting.
• Demonstrated ability to train and share CI techniques effectively.
• Proven track record as a change agent.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating CI sessions and ensuring effective implementation.
• Supporting leadership in identifying and implementing process improvements.
• Delivering training in CI methodologies across the organization.

Skills

Continuous improvement

Process redesign

Leadership

Training

Education

LSS Green Belt or working towards certification

Job description

About The Role

Engineered to Protect, that’s our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.The CI Facilitator provides production focused process improvement expertise, improvement facilitation, role modelling to deliver tangible improvement outcomes across SEA, leading and facilitating cross-functional teams to identify, analyse, and implement business improvement initiatives.

Continuous Improvement Facilitator will be based at our Barnstaple site. This role allows for flexible working.

The salary for this role is up to £40k, depending on experience.

Whatyou’llbedoing

• Embedded with the operations team to drive CI activities and techniques making them into a “Business as Usual” approach Facilitating CI project/event sessions with cross functional teams, ensuring they are carried out effectively
• Support the Leadership Team by guiding and leading small teams to identify opportunities throughout SEA that lead to improved productivity, process effectiveness, efficiency and compliance through continuous improvement
• Facilitate CI project/event sessions with cross functional teams, ensuring they are carried out effectively. Sessions shall provide participants with the necessary guidance, information/training, tools and resources
• Support continuous improvement training across SEA, including, but not limited to DMAIC, Kaizen, Root Cause Analysis (including 5 Whys), 5S, production layout efficiencies, Design for Lean Six Sigma and improvement workshop facilitation
• Support facilitation of SEA rollout of CI training and upskilling in the future
• Use, maintain and develop a contemporary knowledge of various CI approaches and tools to support continuous improvement efforts

About our company

At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient.

We provide state-of-the-art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In-service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever-growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on-the-ground knowledge of key overseas markets.

What we offer

At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems, so we’re always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Havea look atthe benefits we offer:

Work life balance

• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus buy and sell
• Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
• Half day Fridays
• Reservists in theArmedForces receive special paid leave

Family & wellbeing

• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
• All Staff Bonus
• Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing Centre
• Sports & Social activities
• Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings
• Canada Life GP and financial advice
• Life assurance policy
• Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
• Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning

Facilities & resources

• Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
• Private seated lunch areas
• Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
• Onsite showers and toiletries provision
• Free onsite parking

Theskills you need

• Continuous improvement / process redesign experience within a manufacturing environment
• Direct experience of leading and facilitating improvement activities (hands-on) in a production environment
• A proven change agent, with demonstratable experience of embedding
• Knowledge and experience implementing contemporary CI best-practice and techniques
• A proven ability to train and impart CI knowledge in an engaging and effective manner
• Hold a LSS Green Belt or be prepared to work towards a Green belt certification
• A completer-finisher, with excellent planning and delivery credentials

Join us and be part of something smaller - with500people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.

If you’d like to know more, please give Kelly Thomas from our Talent Acquisition Team a call on 03330 414300. Or reach out to us on [e-mail].