Continuous Improvement (CI) Specialist

Location: Slough, UK, full-time on-site
Salary: £42,500 - £50,000, annual bonus, benefits

The CI Specialist is expected to coach and develop the operational teams' technical understanding of process control and area operation. This role is critical to support the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) methodology to deliver the site's strategy. The individual should be considered subject matter experts on the process aspects of their equipment.

They analyse line data to identify and prioritise loss elimination opportunities, lead root cause problem-solving efforts on key chronic losses for their area of responsibility, and coach teams on basic and complex problem-solving skills.

• You will be the process area specialist for a defined area of expertise including close collaboration with other sites in the network and teams outside of the operations team e.g. Research and Development (R&D), Technical, engineering.
• You will have ownership of creating, updating and approving training materials as needed and delivering training where appropriate to eliminate losses.
• You will solve complex operational problems using Focused Improvement methodology (Green Belt) and coaching basic problem-solving initiatives.
• You will implement, lead and coach on project groups aimed at improving the lines results (Safety, Quality, Performance, People, Costs).
• You will introduce new initiatives and ways of working to the operational lines.
• You will create update and supervises factory documentation/instructions including Generating operational standards (Standard operating procedures, 5S, CIL and centerlines).
• You will implement tools and systems to measure, control and improve efficiency.