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Machine Shop Continuous Improvement Engineer

📍 Location
Leicester
⏰ Job Type
Full-time
📅 Posted
June 16, 2026

About the Role

Position Summary

We are looking for a Continuous Improvement Engineer to join our Machine Shop. Reporting to the Machine Shop Manager, you will be required to support with planning, liaise with a cross functional team in order to deliver productivity and capacity targets, support continuous improvement, quality and use data to drive operational development.

This role would be consuming ~20% of weekly working hours with 80% still to deliver direct labour hours.

Main Duties/Responsibilities

  • Continuous Improvement Program & Governance

  • Contribute to Kaizen events and daily/weekly Gemba walks; champion 5S, visual management, and waste elimination.

  • Process Engineering & Time Reduction

  • Conduct time studies and batch quantities to improve accuracy of planned job times, highlighting opportunities for direct cost savings.

  • Identify and implement productivity improvements that leads to reduced planned times.

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