Continuous Improvement Engineer - Part 145 in Pitstone

• Continuous Improvement Engineer – Part 145
• Pitstone site – Part 145

Benefits: 8% Bonus, Excellent Pension, 33 Days Holiday, Dental, BUPA, Workplace nursery scheme, Midday finish on Fridays, Enhanced family friendly policies, Wellbeing programme, Employee assistance programme including health and finance.

Your Role

• Lead and drive strategic continuous improvement initiatives across aerospace MRO operations.
• Serve as a senior technical expert within Manufacturing Engineering, responsible for improving turnaround time (TAT), yield, on‑time delivery, cost performance, and operational efficiency while ensuring compliance with regulatory and customer requirements.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain and Engineering teams to implement innovative technologies, optimise manufacturing and repair processes, introduce best‑practice methodologies, and embed a culture of continuous improvement across the site.
• Act as senior technical authority for MRO processes, complex findings, and escalated repair/test issues across multiple product families.
• Lead continuous improvement across MRO processes and procedures, focusing on productivity, quality and cost reduction.
• Approve and govern repair process documentation, special processes and test methods; own method standardisation across shops.
• Lead repair development and alternative repair introduction with Engineering, including customer approval as required.
• Define shop capability and technology roadmaps (advanced NDT, digital inspection, test automation, data analytics).
• Drive site‑wide maturity in defect classification, root cause eradication, and yield recovery; mentor engineers/technicians.
• Own TAT/yield strategy, WIP control and constraint removal across value streams; set repair routing standards.
• What You'll Bring
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, manufacturing, industrial engineering or related engineering discipline.
• Demonstrable experience in manufacturing engineering or continuous improvement within a complex engineering environment.
• Strong working knowledge of Part 145.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Experience within Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) operations (desirable).
• Experience deploying APQP standards and quality tools (desirable).
• Knowledge of CAD, CAM and process simulation tools (desirable).

EEO Statement

As a Disability Confident Employer, we encourage interested applicants to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may help facilitate participation.

We will consider all applicants who meet the minimum essential requirements regardless of identity or background.

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