Process Improvement Engineer

Position Description:
Process Improvement Engineer to cover a period of maternity leave nominally between February and November 2016.
Understand the key delivery processes that are causing most harm to the engineering team in terms of cost and time. Value stream map our existing processes. Benchmark core process, and those of other organisations. Re-engineer processes to achieve time, cost and resource reductions. Help the engineering team to concentrate on engineering not administration tasks. Present process improvement proposals to senior management for buy-off. Implement and trial new business processes. Support other parts of the SVO Organisation in process improvement. Instil a TS19649 / 6 sigma / 5S mentality into the wider SVO product development team.

Skills Required:
KEY SKILLS REQUIRED
1. Significant experience of using Value Stream Mapping
2. Significant experience of Lean Methodology
3. Excellent communication and influencing skills

Experience Required:
This role requires the individual to have an engineering background in a large or small organization, and have the mentality to get things done, whilst maintaining the highest quality.
Have significant experience of using BPR (Business Process Re-engineering) tools in an industrial/ commercial organization.
The intention is to eliminate waste (time and cost) from the engineering delivery process such that we can reduce our development times.
The individual will be required to understand our current processes and map them, to identify waste, propose delivery process improvements, implement them and drive change into the organization.
Experience in TS19649, Six Sigma and 5S would be highly desirable.
Qualified to degree level preferred, or HND or equivalent with significant experience.
in engineering projects from concept pre to Job 1.
Ability to negotiate with other functions to achieve objectives and resolve issues is essential.
High drive, self-motivated and able to deliver with minimal direct supervision.
Candidates must be committed, flexible and able to work under pressure.
Good leadership and influencing skills.
Both verbal and written communication skills are important to report outcomes across all levels, and these should be combined with a confident attitude.
The candidate must have a record of proactive delivery and commitment to meeting deadlines.
The candidate must be flexible with regard to multiple site working.