Industrial Engineer

ADEY Limited; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ADEY Limited in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior CI/Process Improvement Engineer to analyse production processes, identify bottlenecks, and drive automation or redesign to boost throughput and ergonomics.

You will lead a small engineering team, deliver CI projects on time and within budget, develop dashboards and KPIs, coach teams in Lean methods (5S, SMED, standard work), and ensure compliance with safety and environmental requirements.

Responsibilities

• Analyse production processes to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for automation or redesign.
• Conduct time studies, line balancing, and capacity modelling to support operational planning.
• Optimise material flow, layout, and workstation design to improve ergonomics and throughput.
• Partner with Production to validate process changes and ensure robust implementation.
• Lead CI and engineering projects from concept through to implementation, ensuring timelines, budgets, and deliverables are met.
• Collect and interpret production data to identify trends, root causes, and improvement opportunities.
• Champion GBS and the use of Lean tools (5S, SMED, visual management, standard work) to deliver sustainable improvements across the site
• Develop dashboards, KPIs, and reporting tools to support decision making and performance tracking.
• Support cost reduction initiatives through scrap reduction, cycle time optimisation, and improved asset utilisation.
• Collaborate with Quality to improve process capability, reduce defects, and strengthen control plans.
• Ensure all improvements align with regulatory, safety, and environmental requirements relevant to plastics manufacturing.
• Lead a small engineering team, provide day to day leadership, setting priorities, allocating resources, and ensuring timely delivery of engineering and CI projects.
• Coach engineers, supervisors, and operators in CI methods to strengthen problem solving skills and embed a culture of continuous improvement throughout the site.
• Prepare business cases, ROI calculations, and project documentation.

Job description

• Analyse production processes to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for automation or redesign.
• Conduct time studies, line balancing, and capacity modelling to support operational planning.
• Optimise material flow, layout, and workstation design to improve ergonomics and throughput.
• Partner with Production to validate process changes and ensure robust implementation.
• Lead CI and engineering projects from concept through to implementation, ensuring timelines, budgets, and deliverables are met.
• Collect and interpret production data to identify trends, root causes, and improvement opportunities.
• Champion GBS and the use of Lean tools (5S, SMED, visual management, standard work) to deliver sustainable improvements across the site
• Develop dashboards, KPIs, and reporting tools to support decision making and performance tracking.
• Support cost reduction initiatives through scrap reduction, cycle time optimisation, and improved asset utilisation.
• Collaborate with Quality to improve process capability, reduce defects, and strengthen control plans.
• Ensure all improvements align with regulatory, safety, and environmental requirements relevant to plastics manufacturing.
• Lead a small engineering team, provide day to day leadership, setting priorities, allocating resources, and ensuring timely delivery of engineering and CI projects.
• Coach engineers, supervisors, and operators in CI methods to strengthen problem solving skills and embed a culture of continuous improvement throughout the site.
• Prepare business cases, ROI calculations, and project documentation.