Plant Process Leader — Drive Continuous Improvement & Safety

Etex Group; West of England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Etex Group is seeking a Plant Process Manager for its Bristol site. You will lead a team of Quality and Process Engineers to drive safety, product quality, reliability, and environmental performance while delivering continuous improvement across manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities include leading root cause analysis, analysing production data, managing trials, and implementing local and group manufacturing strategies to optimise plant performance and overall efficiency.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Chemistry, Industrial Technology or related field.
• Proven leadership in a manufacturing or heavy industrial setting with team development.
• Experience driving process improvement, cost reduction and performance optimisation.
• Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma or other CI methodologies.
• Strong safety, quality and environmental standards knowledge.
• Experience analysing production data and leading improvement projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the Process and Quality Engineering team to high performance.
• Drive CI initiatives to improve quality, efficiency, cost, energy and productivity.
• Lead root cause analysis and resolve process and quality issues.
• Monitor process performance, analyze data, and identify improvement opportunities.
• Manage process trials with proper planning, documentation and evaluation.
• Support local and group manufacturing strategy implementation.
• Ensure standards, specifications, documentation, and databases are current.
• Provide process leadership across the site for operational decisions.
• Develop and deliver process training to build capability.
• Promote safety, quality, environmental compliance and CI culture.

Skills

Leadership experience

Lean Six Sigma

Problem-solving

Data analysis

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Engineering/Manufacturing degree

Tools

ERP/MES systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Etex Group is seeking a Plant Process Manager for its Bristol site. You will lead a team of Quality and Process Engineers to drive safety, product quality, reliability, and environmental performance while delivering continuous improvement across manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities include leading root cause analysis, analysing production data, managing trials, and implementing local and group manufacturing strategies to optimise plant performance and overall efficiency.