Strategic CI Programme Lead - Improvement & AI

Kirby Group Engineering; Limerick; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kirby Group Engineering is seeking a motivated CI Programme Lead to own governance and coordination of Kirby’s continuous improvement portfolio across Limerick, Dublin and Galway. You will lead the framework, prioritise initiatives, and drive benefits realisation with cross-functional teams.

Reporting to the Performance Associate Director, you will develop KPIs, dashboards and executive updates for the COO and Board, while coaching initiative leads in structured delivery and AI-related pilots

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years’ relevant experience in programme management, continuous improvement, operational excellence or business transformation, preferably within the engineering or construction industry.
• Strong practical experience of portfolio governance, initiative delivery, benefits realisation, risk management and executive reporting.
• Experience coordinating digital transformation, automation or AI initiatives in a business environment.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and influencing skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders from project teams through to Board level.
• Strong analytical capability to define KPIs, assess delivery confidence, interpret performance information and present clear recommendations.
• Recognised third level qualification; master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the continuous improvement programme framework and governance.
• Coordinate portfolio reviews and governance meetings, ensuring decisions, actions, risks, issues and dependencies are clearly recorded and owned.
• Support senior leadership in prioritising initiatives and identifying resource constraints or competing business demands.
• Lead executive reporting and dashboard development for initiative performance.
• Maintain a coordinated portfolio of AI opportunities, pilots and implementations.
• Define business problems, outcomes, ownership and success measures for each initiative.
• Coach initiative leads in structured delivery, governance and benefits tracking.
• Ensure solutions are practical for live engineering and construction environments.

Skills

Programme management

Continuous improvement

Stakeholder management

Executive reporting

Digital transformation

AI initiatives

Lean Six Sigma

Communication

Analytical skills

Leadership

Education

Third level qualification

Master’s degree preferred

Project/Programme management certification

Lean Six Sigma certification

Job description

Kirby Group Engineering is seeking a motivated CI Programme Lead to own governance and coordination of Kirby’s continuous improvement portfolio across Limerick, Dublin and Galway. You will lead the framework, prioritise initiatives, and drive benefits realisation with cross-functional teams.

Reporting to the Performance Associate Director, you will develop KPIs, dashboards and executive updates for the COO and Board, while coaching initiative leads in structured delivery and AI-related pilots