Continuous Improvement Specialist

Title: Continuous Improvement Specialist

Salary: Dependent on experience

Working hours: Day Shift, Monday - Friday

Location:  Stevenage, Hertfordshire

 

VH Talent is excited to be working in partnership with our client, a leading engineering company in Hertfordshire. We are offering an exciting opportunity for a Continuous Improvement Specialist to join the organisation. The successful candidate will drive all CI activities in the business forward by generating and implementing improvement strategies, to ensure the most cost-effective, highest quality and robust processes are implemented onsite.

 

If you’re experienced in leading Lean Principles within a manufacturing or engineering setting, I’d love to hear from you!

 

The Continuous Improvement Specialist Role:

• Lead all Continuous Improvement activities across the site
• Oversee and manage all CI programs onsite to ensure the organisation is continuously evolving
• Carryout Improvement projects, ensuring process improvement(s), quality, efficiency and cost savings
• Interlink the departments to ensure everyone is working to the same Lean Principles, Systems and Improvements
• Advocate onsite for Lean Sigma tools and techniques
• Coach effectively to increase capabilities across the site for Green and Yellow Belts, Kaizens/A3s
• Analyse and measure the current processes in place to generate process improvements that support with the wider business goals
• Manage Business Continuity and Risk Management alongside strategy deployment

 

You’ll Need:

• Ideally Green Belt and experienced in Lean Methods, Tools and Principles
• Previous experience of delivering CI projects within a manufacturing or engineering setting
• Experienced in leading and influencing multiple teams
• Able to communicate and implement CI activities across the entire business and working in partnership with Departmental Managers and Senior Stakeholders
• Highly organised with the ability to work on multiple projects independently or as part of a wider team
• Adopts a proactive approach and able to make decisions to drive tasks to completion
• Proficient in all Microsoft packages, Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint
• Experienced in Project Management Tools; Visio and MS Project would be advantageous
• Due to the nature of our client’s business, all employees are required to hold the required national security clearance for their role. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which is managed by our client

 

What’s in it for you:

• Income Protection
• Pension Scheme offers up to 10% company contribution
• Employee discounts on various services and goods
• Permanent appointment
• Being part of an organisation that rewards success and advocates employee appreciation
• Early finish Fridays

 

VH Talent, your Permanent and FTC Recruitment Partner!