Continuous Improvement Engineer

A world-leading premium brand within their sector is seeking a Continuous Improvement Engineer to join their growing team in Cambridgeshire. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in driving process optimisation and embedding a culture of continuous improvement across production operations within a highly respected manufacturing environment.

£40,000-£45,000+ 28

Days Holiday, Pension, Health, Bonus

Opportunity for progression to Production / Operations Manager

Cambridgeshire

• Lead and support continuous improvement projects across production, maintenance, and logistics.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventative actions.
• Monitor and report on key performance metrics including OEE, downtime, scrap reduction, and efficiency improvements.
• Work collaboratively with Engineering and Quality teams to eliminate waste and optimise processes.
• Deliver training and coaching to engage teams in CI activities.
• Support capital investment and automation projects from a process improvement perspective.
• Ensure all initiatives align with safety, quality, and compliance standards.
• Provide hands‑on support with machine builds, testing, and spares/service kits and upgrades.
• Inspect manufactured items and assemblies to ensure they meet specification.

• A degree or HNC/HND in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related discipline.
• Proven experience in a Continuous Improvement, Process, or Production Engineering role.
• Knowledge of implementation of ISO
  9001.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience with in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Mechanical knowledge, including the ability to interpret manufacturing drawings.
• Excellent organisational and time‑management skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the confidence to engage at all levels.
• Located in Cambridgeshire, this role would be commutable from Huntingdon, Peterborough, St Neots, Cambridge, Ely and surrounding areas.

This role would suit an experienced Continuous Improvement Engineer / CI Engineer, Quality Engineer or Production Engineer / Manufacturing Engineer seeking a new opportunity.

For further information call John Anderson