Continuous Improvement Engineer

Birmingham

Permanent

Competitive Salary

Our client are a precision manufacturing business, based in Birmingham, specialising in machining and assembly of high value low volume components who are looking for a continuous Improvement Engineer.

The Role is a Continuous Improvement Engineer within a Manufacturing Engineering team, you’ll drive projects to enhance our manufacturing processes.

The role covers:

• Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) activities
• Product safety and quality
• Planning, cost, and capacity management
• Lean improvements and efficiency projects
• Self-development and supporting talent growth
• Stakeholder management

Key Responsibilities:

• Improve manufacturing methods, processes, and capabilities to meet design intent.
• Promote a culture of zero defects, ensuring compliance with standards and regulations.
• Identify and deliver manufacturing improvements to reduce costs using lean methodology.
• Lead and support continuous improvement projects, including 8D investigations.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing methods to deliver safety, quality, cost, and on-time delivery objectives.
• Identify and implement new technologies, digital systems, or processes to support future needs.
• Build strong internal relationships to support delivery of business objectives.

Skills & Experience:

• Degree or time-served apprenticeship in an Engineering discipline.
• Experience in precision manufacturing environments, including use of Lean tools.
• Knowledge of manufacturing systems, machining, assembly, testing, and CNC machine tools.
• Strong problem-solving ability and familiarity with root cause analysis tools.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings.
• Experience in Nuclear/Defence industries and knowledge of relevant standards (desirable)

If you feel you have the experience above then please apply with your most recent CV.