Description
We're seeking a Process Improvement Engineer to join Herbert Parkinson, a historic part of the John Lewis Partnership. You'll play a key role in our transformation journey, driving business improvements and empowering our partners to thrive.
Responsibilities:
- Promote a positive Health & Safety culture, ensuring high standards of housekeeping are maintained
- Report all accidents, Near Misses & areas for improvement in a timely manner
- Identify waste & undertake business re-engineering opportunities, supporting & delivering the pipeline of business improvement initiatives
- Support the Product Development Technician in bringing a product concept to life; optimising process efficiency & understanding true cost to make
- Provide robust analysis and insight to challenge, shape and inform end-to-end solutions to drive improvements within your workstreams
- Support & engage with relevant stakeholders to establish process ownership to drive agreed priorities to timescale & budget
- Provide a suite of measures & reporting to key stakeholders to demonstrate impact and influence of process initiatives
- Support facilitated learning of CI tools & techniques to embed CI principles & drive a continuous improvement culture on site
- Invest in your own personal and professional development. Ensure a realistic & achievable performance plan is in place, with a clear skills GAP analysis to drive your development
Essential skills/experience:
- Experience of working in a manufacturing / operational environment
- Demonstrable experience in process improvement using a recognised methodology (Six Sigma/DMAIC/ Lean. Proceed Engineering)
- Green Belt Accredited
- Stakeholder management & influencing skills; able to connect and influence at multiple levels
- Able to plan and prioritise work effectively; working on multiple projects at the same time
Desirable skills/experience:
- Previous experience of working in the textile industry
Additional benefits:
- Expected salary: £43,100-£64,700 (dependent on experience)
- Contract type: Permanent role, 38.75 hours per week
- Night Premium: £4.75 per hour for any time worked between 22:00 - 06:00