Process Engineer in Manchester

Are you looking for your next chapter? At HEINEKEN UK, we make great beers and ciders, and offer exciting and dynamic careers. Have you got a continuous improvement mindset with a natural curiosity for problem-solving? Passionate about Beers and Ciders? We’re looking for people to help us evolve for the future. If you’re ready to brew a better career, apply today.

What’s the role? Reporting directly to the Brewery Director, you’ll play a key role in driving process excellence and continuous improvement across the Manchester site. As a Process Engineer, you’ll be responsible for championing and embedding our TPM (Total Productive Management) strategy, ensuring it is effectively implemented and sustained across operations. This role sits at the heart of the operation, working closely with Production, Engineering, Quality and Supply Chain teams to improve equipment performance, process capability and operational efficiency. You’ll coordinate, organise and support TPM implementation in line with site, national and global TPM strategic plans, with a clear focus on delivering sustainable improvements in safety, quality, cost and delivery. Using data, problem-solving methodologies and your strong understanding of manufacturing processes, you’ll identify loss areas, support root cause analysis and ensure improvement actions are owned and delivered by the right teams. As the Manchester TPM Champion, you’ll lead by influence, coaching teams at all levels and helping to build capability across the site. With your experience of leading change in a fast-paced FMCG environment, you’ll play a critical role in engaging colleagues, embedding standard ways of working and ensuring continuous improvement becomes part of how the site operates day to day.

Responsibilities

• Champion and embed the TPM (Total Productive Management) strategy across operations, ensuring it is effectively implemented and sustained.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Quality and Supply Chain teams to improve equipment performance, process capability and operational efficiency.
• Coordinate, organise and support TPM implementation in line with site, national and global TPM strategic plans, focusing on safety, quality, cost and delivery.
• Use data and problem-solving methodologies to identify loss areas, support root cause analysis and ensure improvement actions are owned and delivered by the right teams.
• Lead by influence as the Manchester TPM Champion, coaching teams at all levels and building capability across the site.
• Engage colleagues and embed standard ways of working to ensure continuous improvement becomes part of day-to-day operations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering continuous improvement, Lean and/or TPM initiatives within an FMCG or high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, equipment performance and loss analysis.
• Experience leading or supporting change management initiatives and facilitating workshops or improvement activities.
• A data-driven, problem-solving mindset with experience using CI tools and methodologies.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Global HEINEKEN Auditor Status (or similar) would be beneficial but not essential.

HEINEKEN UK is the nation’s leading pub, cider and beer company; please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so don’t delay. If you need any adjustments made to support your application, for example if you require information in different formats, or if you have any accessibility issues, please contact recruitment@heineken.co.uk. The team at HEINEKEN would encourage you to submit an application if the advert has piqued your interest rather than ruling yourself out based on any self-limiting beliefs. We’ve 150 years of brewing history and are proud of this legacy. We are excited about the future and invite you to be part of it.