Continuous Improvement Team Leader

Salary: £33,600 per year

Continuous Improvement Team Leader; Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire; up to £28K

One of North Staffordshire’s leading engineering organisations whose world-class manufacturing facilities have been recognised by a string of accreditations and awards is recruiting. The company is enjoying growth and expansion in multiple sectors in the post COVID trading environment. They can offer a secure environment with great opportunities to employees with commitment and ambition.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will be responsible for leading the site improvement program to effectively deliver and achieve the overall business targets and customer requirements. Duties will include:

* Develop, drive and embed a sustainable lean/continuous improvement culture by communicating, training, supporting and coaching of employees across all departments

* Using lean tools to support the delivery of the organisation’s strategic objectives

* Contribute to the load and capacity planning process and balance resources and coordinate teams’ activities to meet targets, ensuring that performance against KPI’s is monitored and maintained.

* Escalate to the Operations Manager any problems that may affect achievement of KPI’s and implement corrective actions.

* Ensure compliance with Standard Operating Processes and the Quality Management System by coaching and reinforcement of the importance of always delivering a quality product.

* Ensuring that health and safety of operatives is always maintained and that the working practices of the team comply with HS&E policies.

* Actively lead and encourage the team to use improvement tools and techniques and develop a culture of continuous improvement to effectively deliver improvements to increase productivity, reduce costs and eliminate waste.

* Support the Production Engineering team on introduction of new processes and equipment as required.

Applicants to this role should have

* A proven track record of successfully implementing Lean or working as part of an improvement team within a manufacturing environment (ideally engineering or aerospace)

* The ability to identify opportunities for improvement, developing a project plan for implementing improvements and monitoring the new process to ensure it works as intended (PDCA)

* Organised and able to lead/facilitate CI events

* Previous leadership experience of working with a small team of skilled /semi-skilled / machining operatives.

* Sound knowledge and practical application of Health and Safety legislation and policies / procedures.

* A HNC level or equivalent qualification in Mechanical, Electrical or Electronic engineering would be desirable.

* Good IT skills.

Due to the expected high number of applicants we are unable to respond to all unsuccessful applications.