Graduate Projects Manager & Continuous Improvement Lead

Kaefer Limited; Jarrow; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

KAEFER UK & Ireland is committed to reliability and continuous improvement. This role involves working closely with the General Manager, Quality Manager, Production Manager, Quality Engineers and Document Controllers to monitor performance and drive cross‑functional collaboration.

You will prepare progress reports for customers, lead special projects, shadow tasks to understand all departments, attend client meetings and support action closeouts.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with General Manager, Quality Manager, Production Manager, Quality Engineer(s) and Document Controller(s).
• Monitor performance across all departments and report internally on a weekly basis
• Prepare project progress reports for sharing externally with the customer
• Undertake the management of special projects with input and support from team members
• Gain insights into all tasks being performed across all departments through shadowing experienced team members and performing tasks that supplement the performance of the department
• Attend client meetings and support the close out of actions from those meeting
• Lead on continuous improvement activities to further the performance of the organisation
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to efficiently organise, prioritise, and coordinate tasks through to completion
• Strong competence in writing and formatting reports and lists
• Ability to organise data/documents to maintain traceability with good accuracy and attention to detail and experience of organising, formatting and analysing numerical datasets
• Confident in working under limited supervision and in pressurised environments

Job description

KAEFER UK & Ireland is committed to reliability and continuous improvement. This role involves working closely with the General Manager, Quality Manager, Production Manager, Quality Engineers and Document Controllers to monitor performance and drive cross‑functional collaboration.

You will prepare progress reports for customers, lead special projects, shadow tasks to understand all departments, attend client meetings and support action closeouts.