Continuous Improvement Engineer

Continuous Improvement Engineer Location: Barnsley Salary: £40-50k Do you have strong Manufacturing / Engineering background? Do you have experience of the Metallurgical sector? Are you a Project Engineer with experience of Continuous Improvement? Then this role is for you…….. We are looking for a Continuous Improvement Project Engineer to support the optimisation of our clients business and to support the development and execution of Improvement projects. You will work with senior management to determine, plan, forecast, manage and resource technical improvement activities in consultation with the Technical, Engineering and Production Managers to ensure project accuracy and quality from design to completion. Reporting to: Site Production Manager in conjunction with the Technical leadership of the business. Tasks – Support senior management to identify and prioritise key optimisation projects within the business – Prepare, budget, plan, coordinate, manage (where appropriate) and monitor assigned engineering projects such as improvement of existing processes, services or products, implementation of investment projects and major shutdowns of plant areas for repairing or revamping – Co-ordinate with the local engineering team and outside contractors as appropriate to ensure projects are completed within specification and to time – Monitoring of repair measures and maintenance of fault data statistics, as well as optimisation of repair measures – Monitoring compliance with applicable standards, practices, quality assurance and control guidelines, performance standards and specifications – Support of other specialist departments to support the realisation of customer needs and requirements. – Performing overall quality control of work (budget, schedule, plans, employee performance, contractor performance) and regular reporting of project status – Assignment of responsibilities and supervision of the project team – Effective co-operation and communication with all project participants to provide assistance and technical support – Review of engineering services and initiation of appropriate corrective measures Requirements – Proven work experience as a project engineer – Excellent knowledge of design and visualisation software – advanced MS Office skills – Experience in creating technical documentation such as circuit diagrams, process schematics and functional diagrams, good knowledge of measurement and control technology – Familiarity with rules, regulations, best practices and performance standards – Ability to work with projects across multiple departments – Project management and supervisory skills – Decision-making skills and leadership qualities – Time Management and organisational skills – Constructive, open communication – Business management, methodical and analytical way of thinking – Degree in engineering (process engineering, metallurgical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering) or a relevant alternative