Continuous Improvement Engineer (York)

What You'll Get to Do

The Continuous Improvement Engineer is a key member of the Operational Excellence team, focused on stabilizing and advancing manufacturing processes across the business. This role partners cross-functionally to design, implement, and sustain operating systems that improve cost, quality, and delivery performance.

Leveraging Lean, Six Sigma, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), you will lead the development of standardized processes, enhance supplier and customer value streams, and drive consistency across operations. You will play an active role in embedding Toyota Production System principles moving the organization from foundational understanding to effective, sustained application.

Reporting to the Manager of Operational Excellence, this position works alongside a team of operational experts to translate complex challenges into structured, scalable solutions that strengthen overall business performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead value stream mapping, time studies, and Kaizen events to identify inefficiencies and drive measurable improvements in cost, quality, and delivery performance.
• Develop and implement standardized processes and documentation, including Standard Work, Process Flow Diagrams (PFD), PFMEA, Control Plans, and Job Element Sheets, ensuring consistency, scalability, and compliance.
• Apply structured problem-solving methodologies (A3, 5-Why, cause-and-effect analysis, logic trees) to diagnose root causes and implement sustainable countermeasures for complex operational challenges.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) by ensuring process readiness, validation, and alignment with manufacturing capabilities, including development of quality systems and documentation.
• Design and execute testing and validation plans, including gauge studies, reliability and repeatability testing, and statistical analysis, ensuring process capability and product quality.
• Utilize data-driven performance management to monitor results, validate improvements, and sustain operational gains across manufacturing systems.
• Develop and manage training systems and documentation to build workforce capability, reinforce standardization, and ensure compliance across operations.
• Support capital investment initiatives, including preparation of AFE (Authorization for Expenditure) documentation to justify process improvements and operational enhancements.
• Conduct and publish operational audits, identify performance gaps, and lead follow-up actions to resolve inconsistencies and quality concerns.
• Integrate voice of the customer insights into improvement initiatives, aligning operational performance with customer expectations and value delivery.

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline (e.g., Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field).
• Preferred certifications: Lean Six Sigma (Green/Black Belt), Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), or Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE).
• Demonstrated success in process development and improvement, with a proven ability to navigate complex challenges and deliver measurable operational outcomes.
• Working experience within structured quality and operating systems (e.g., Toyota Production System, ISO, ASQ frameworks), with a solid understanding of performance-driven environments.
• Strong foundation in manufacturing processes, including the ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, and production standards, with practical, hands-on understanding of how processes operate and scale.
• Applied knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and their role in ensuring product quality, consistency, and compliance.