Continuous Improvement Specialist
Location: St Austell, Cornwall
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Travel: Regular travel to operational sites across the UK
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
The Role
We are looking for a Continuous Improvement Champion to join our Industrial Continuous Improvement team.
This role plays an important part in supporting operational teams to improve performance, develop capability and embed continuous improvement practices across our UK sites. Working closely with managers, supervisors and operational teams, you will help implement improvement initiatives, facilitate workshops, deliver training and coach teams to achieve sustainable results.
The position offers the opportunity to work across multiple sites, supporting the rollout of improvement methodologies and contributing to long-term operational excellence programmes.
What You'll Be Doing
- Supporting the implementation of continuous improvement programmes across operational sites.
- Facilitating workshops, training sessions and improvement activities.
- Coaching and supporting managers, supervisors and operational teams.
- Assisting with performance analysis and identification of improvement opportunities.
- Supporting site improvement plans and governance activities.
- Using data and digital tools to support decision-making and performance improvements.
- Working collaboratively with stakeholders across a variety of operational environments.
What We're Looking For
Essential
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt qualification, or currently working towards achieving this.
- Experience within a manufacturing, engineering, industrial or operational environment.
- Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies and problem-solving techniques.
- Strong communication, coaching and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Good analytical skills with the ability to interpret operational data.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and digital tools.
- A full, valid driving licence with the ability to travel independently to sites across the UK.
- Ability to build effective working relationships at all levels of an organisation.
- Experience in Change Management
Desirable
- Engineering or technical qualification.
- Experience delivering continuous improvement projects.
- Experience working across multiple operational sites.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing tools such as VSM, OEE, TPM, SMED, DMAIC or PDCA.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary.
- Annual bonus opportunity.
- Company pension scheme.
- Private medical cover.
- Life assurance and income protection.
- Generous holiday allowance.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Ongoing training and development opportunities.
- The opportunity to gain recognised I-Cube accreditation and further develop your continuous improvement capability.
Ready to help drive operational excellence and support continuous improvement across our UK operations? We'd love to hear from you.
Pay: £42,000.00-£43,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
