Industrial Engineer

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

Job summary

Genuit Group is seeking a results-driven CI/Engineering Lead to analyse production processes, balance lines, and drive automation opportunities at the site.

You will lead a small engineering team, coach engineers, and deliver projects on time and within budget, while developing dashboards and KPI reporting for informed decision making.

Qualifications

• Lead CI and engineering projects from concept to implementation.
• Experience applying Lean tools (5S, SMED) and visual management.
• Ability to collect and interpret production data to identify trends and root causes.

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.

Skills

Continuous Improvement

Leadership

Data Analysis

Lean Tools

Problem Solving

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.

Closing Date For Application

Thursday 27/08/2026

• 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.

Here at the Genuit Group we recognise and develop the contribution our people make to the Group’s success and are committed to attracting talent from the widest pool. We have a role to play in making the built environment more sustainable, building a low carbon business ourselves as well as delivering sustainable solutions at scale.