Process Improvement Lead

Just Recruitment is looking for a Process Improvement Lead to support a manufacturing business in Felixstowe, Suffolk.

In this role, you will be instrumental in ensuring product quality and supporting the company’s reputation for excellence. You will also help embed improvements across the business by working closely with Team Leaders on-site and beyond.

Engaging with the daily operational teams, the role involves providing laboratory analysis to advance performance improvement opportunities. It also includes supporting multidisciplinary teams through troubleshooting and promoting Lean manufacturing principles.

• Conducting non-routine analysis of in-process materials, raw materials and finished products.
• Interpreting, analysing, and communicating results to relevant departments.
• Following standard operating procedures and good laboratory practices.
• Generating and updating existing standard operating procedures and test methods.
• Troubleshooting laboratory issues and recommending solutions.
• Maintaining accurate and detailed records of all testing performed.
• Facilitating plant and process problem solving.

• Degree in Science, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.
• Experience in Food and Beverage, or Food services industry is essential – experience of unpredictability and variability in production.
• Previous experience in a quality assurance or laboratory environment.