ROXUK00186 – Continuous Improvement Engineer – 18-month fixed-term contract

Roxel is an Anglo-French Company that designs, develops and manufactures a range of solid propellant rocket motors for use in tactical missiles. Its operations are spread across several sites in the UK and France and it has an annual turnover of about £250M and nearly 1000 staff, with 300 in the UK.

Reporting to the Continuous Improvement Team Leader, the purpose of this role is to support the management and facilitation of continuous improvement projects and initiatives across the organisation. The role will work across functional departments to improve production and support processes in line with business needs and growth. This person will be a change agent with the courage and drive to champion improvement within the business with the ability to motivate others to achieve results.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Promote zero harm objective by operating in accordance with any Health, Safety and Environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and visitors and pro-actively promote and support SWIM.
• Work with the Continuous Improvement Team Leader to drive continuous improvement within the business and identify opportunities for improvement including deployment of Operational Excellence Initiative, Customer Improvement projects, Lean Journey & QRQC.
• Drive engagement with Participative Innovation across the business.
• Working with the Continuous Improvement Team Leader – creating, organizing and delivering training to the targeted scope.
• Active involvement in project identification, prioritisation, progress monitoring, tracking of results and reporting findings across the organisation using Lean techniques (DMAIC).
• Collect, clean, and analyse data using tools such as Excel or BI platforms to identify trends, root causes, and improvement opportunities.
• Map current-state and future-state processes (e.g., SIPOC, process maps, value stream maps) to identify inefficiencies and areas of waste.
• Support pipeline development by gathering business requirements, performing initial opportunity assessments, and contributing to prioritisation discussions.
• Ensure all completed continuous improvement projects are embedded and sustained.
• Actively engage with peers internally and across the group to share and ensure best practice implementation.
• Use agreed metrics to validate the requirement for projects and recommendation of resource allocation.
• Support operational performance enhancement through the application of Lean techniques.
• Facilitate continuous improvement activities such as daily stand-ups (SQCDPI / QRQC), Kaizen events, and retrospective sessions to identify further optimisation opportunities.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with cross functional teams working collaboratively to drive improvement programmes.
• Project implementation and management.
• To perform any other duties necessary, as requested to by the business to carry out job function.

Experience and Background

Qualifications:
• Essential Qualifications
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification from a recognised body (e.g., ASQ, IASSC, or equivalent).
• BSc or BA in in Business, Engineering, Operations, Mathematics, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

•Desirable Qualificationss
o Black Belt certification or progression towards it.

Experience:

• Essential Experience
o 5+ years industry experience.
o Demonstrable competence of measurable project delivery (e.g., cost savings, revenue growth, efficiency gains, cycle time reduction) through the application of continuous improvement practices.
o A proven track record of spearheading operational excellence and business improvement initiatives.
o Experience of use of Microsoft tools and data analysis tools to drive informed decision-making.

• Desirable Experience
o Experience of compliance to industry standards and quality management systems, with a particular focus on EN9100 requirements.

Person Specification:
• Demonstrates behaviours that align with Roxel’s values of ‘Commitment’, ‘Innovation’, ‘Trust’ and ‘Teamwork’.
• Must have strong communication skills and to be able to communicate at all levels of an organisations.
• Proven capability to lead dynamic, multi-functional teams across a complex manufacturing environment.
• Ability to manage stakeholders and customers to gain buy-in to change and improvement activities.
• Must be innovative and highly motivated and ready to drive change throughout the organisation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data sets.
• Commercial acumen with the ability to link improvement initiatives to financial outcomes.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage competing priorities.

How to apply

Please follow the application process below to send us your CV and motivation letter. (If the website is not working please email both to uk_recruitment@roxelgroup.uk.com)

Applications for this role will be managed by Roxel’s recruitment partner, CBSbutler Holdings Limited (14941580). By applying for this role, you acknowledge that your application details and personal data will be shared with CBSbutler for recruitment purposes in accordance with UK GDPR and applicable data protection legislation.

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Please note: Obtaining a Security Clearance is a requirement of employment at Roxel UK. Please check guidelines by looking on the below link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels

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