Process Improvement Engineer

ATA Recruitment; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Process Improvement Engineer to support a multisite manufacturing group. This role involves project management, mechanical improvements, and travel across England to various sites. The ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal skills and a proactive mindset, with proven success in improving plant reliability. Competitive salary and bonus structure are offered.

Benefits

27 + 8 days bank holiday

Company car

Fuel card

Paid expenses

Double matched pension up to 10%

Option to purchase shares

Opt in Bupa healthcare

Qualifications

• Previous experience as Process Improvement Engineer, Reliability Engineer, or similar.
• Technically strong mechanically with practical experience.
• Proven track record of eliminating recurring faults.

Responsibilities

• Travel across England to support project sites.
• Lead projects from cradle to grave, up to £500k value.
• Identify plant issues and implement engineering improvements.

Skills

Exceptional interpersonal skills

Experience with hydraulics and pneumatics

Proactive mindset

Project management experience

Job description

Process Improvement Engineer (Mechanical) £55,000, East Midlands, days only, up to 18% bonus.

Package includes

• 27 + 8 days bank holiday
• Company car
• Fuel card
• Paid expenses
• Double matched pension up to 10% pension
• Option to purchase shares
• Opt in Bupa healthcare

About the company

ATA are supporting a multisite manufacturing group who are looking to add process improvement engineers to their central engineering function. The group who has a 35% foothold within their market is a giant within the industry and has been going from strength to strength since their inception in the 60s, now turning over north of £300 million. The company employs over 2000 staff across the country and boasts a portfolio of manufactured goods second to none. These goods are some of the UK's most recognisable brands of which have become a staple part of the British construction market.

The central engineering function plays a critical role in providing 'hands on' technical support and expertise whilst driving plant operational improvement to each of the group's 15 sites.

About the role

This process improvement engineer vacancy will offer a varied and challenging working environment. You'll be given the responsibility and empowerment to stretch your problem‑solving abilities, satisfying the natural curiosity that being an engineer brings.

Responsibilities

• This role includes travel across England to each of the group's sites.
• Support senior leadership team with large scale projects such as brand‑new site integration.
• Lead projects from cradle to grave of a value up to £500k, delivering on time and within a controlled budget.
• Identify and eliminate recurring plant issues through engineering improvements.
• Deliver improved plant reliability through various maintenance techniques.
• Work within a team to standardise process and machinery across all sites.
• Become the subject matter expert for onsite maintenance.
• Utilise advanced fault‑finding tools such as thermographic surveys, vibration analysis and non‑destructive inspections.
• Develop factory intelligence and other process automation.

About you

• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust, gather consensus, influence and work with people at all levels.
• Previous experience working within a similar capacity – Process improvement engineer, reliability engineer, continuous improvement engineer or project engineer (maintenance bias).
• Technically strong mechanically with practical experience on hydraulics and pneumatics.
• Proven track record of making improvements, driving reliability and eliminating recurring faults.
• Proactive mindset, able to take accountability for tasks and projects.
• Experience with the management of projects from cradle to grave.

Why join?

Joining our customer as a process improvement engineer, you will be joining a company that has fantastic employee engagement with many of their staff being with the business a long time. The group offers real career progression into senior roles, and if not at this site you will have the option to move throughout the group. You will also be joining a group that has ambitious plans to keep growing in a market they already excel in. Since 2023 they have invested over £150m across their plants, which include a brand‑new site the largest of its type in Europe.

If you feel like you are the right Process Improvement Engineer for this role and would like to hear more about it, please press apply, call Ashton on (phone number removed) or email your CV.

ATA Recruitment specialises in Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Civil, Transportation and general Engineering recruitment on both a permanent and contract basis – for more opportunities like this one, visit our website.

Equal Opportunities

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.