Lean Engineer: Business Systems & Process Optimization

LotusWorks; Sligo; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

VHI Healthcare Cover

Life Assurance

Pension Contribution

Training And Educational Assistance

Annual GP Check-Up

Extra Annual Leave

Healthcare Screening

Recognition Rewards

Job summary

LotusWorks is seeking a Lean Engineer to drive continuous improvement across site operations, focusing on operational excellence, data integrity, and efficiency.

You will lead Lean deployments, optimise business systems (ERP, QMS, LMS, ATS, SharePoint) and develop KPI dashboards, collaborating with IT, reliability teams and operations to deliver measurable value. International travel may be required as part of the role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management or related field.
• 5+ years in Lean/Operational Excellence roles.
• Experience in semiconductor, life science, or high-tech environments.
• Proven business systems improvement and digital process optimisation.
• Regulated environments experience advantageous.
• PM certifications (PMP/PRINCE2/Agile) preferred.
• ISO 9001 knowledge beneficial.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead Lean transformation across site operations.
• Apply Lean methodologies (Kaizen, VSM, 6S, RCA).
• Identify and eliminate process waste across service delivery.
• Liaise with reliability engineering to boost improvement initiatives.
• Facilitate cross-functional improvement workshops.
• Drive data-driven decision making and continuous improvement.
• Assess and improve workflows across ERP/QMS/LMS/ATS/SharePoint.
• Identify integration gaps and automation opportunities.
• Lead digital workflow improvements to reduce manual processes.
• Develop KPI frameworks and dashboards for performance.
• Ensure data governance and compliance (GDPR/ISO).
• Support AI-enabled process optimisation pilots and ROI measurement.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Value Stream Mapping

Root Cause Analysis

Process Mapping

Business systems

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

5+ years Lean/Operational Excellence

Industry experience (semiconductor/life science/high-tech)

Digital process optimisation

Regulated environments experience

PM certifications (PMP/ Prince2/ Agile)

ISO 9001 beneficial

Willingness to travel

Tools

ERP

QMS

Smartsheet

SharePoint

ATS

Job description

LotusWorks is seeking a Lean Engineer to drive continuous improvement across site operations, focusing on operational excellence, data integrity, and efficiency.

You will lead Lean deployments, optimise business systems (ERP, QMS, LMS, ATS, SharePoint) and develop KPI dashboards, collaborating with IT, reliability teams and operations to deliver measurable value. International travel may be required as part of the role.