Loadhog Continuous Improvement Lead

**Continuous Improvement Lead**

Loadhog Ltd is an award-winning company known for its progressive approach in the manufacturing sector. We pride ourselves on fostering a work environment where continuous improvement is a key focus.

**What is the role?**

Based at our Sheffield site as a Continuous Improvement Lead at Loadhog, you will play a key role in driving operational excellence through the implementation and continuous improvement of quality systems and lean methodologies. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will identify opportunities to enhance process efficiency, reduce waste, and ensure high standards of product quality are maintained. You will actively solve problems and determine area of improvement, prioritising your workload based on ROI.

Normal working hours will be 40 hours per week. The Company operates a flexible working policy, with office hours of 7am-7pm Monday-Friday. This is a site-based role.

There will be occasional opportunities to travel to other Loadhog sites in France and the United States to help implement operational excellence.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Lead and support Lean and Continuous Improvement initiatives across manufacturing and moulding processes to drive operational efficiency and waste reduction.
- Use Lean tools (5S, Kaizen, line balancing, Value Stream Mapping, Root Cause Analysis, etc.) to analyse processes and identify areas for improvement.
- Facilitate problem-solving workshops and root cause investigations to resolve quality issues and process inefficiencies.
- Collaborate across all departments to implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement and foster a mindset of operational excellence across the site.
- Interrogate data and prioritise project based on RIO
- Record, evaluate and line balance assembly processes to maximise the utilisation of space, operators and equipment
- Present findings and objectively justify capex expenditure for equipment
- Be involved mapping and writing processes for our Digital Transformation implementation
- Deliver savings based on a pre-defined list of agreed projects for 2025

**Who you are?**
- Hold a degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field.
- Proven experience in a Quality or Continuous Improvement role within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong knowledge of Lean methodologies and quality management systems (e.g., ISO 9001).
- Experience in optimising assembly procedures, increasing throughput and quality.
- Experience with tools and methodologies such as Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Line balancing and Root Cause Analysis.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience implementing automation and robotic systems
- Experience using Engel moulding machines and optimising injection moulding parameters would be advantageous.
- Experience using CAD, creating and interpreting drawings (especially tolerances), and the use of Power BI would be advantageous.

Thesuccessful applicant will embrace our uniquecompanycultureandwillembodyalleightof ourcore valueswhich constitutetheLoadhogEdge.

You will work with **_integrity _**and professionalism in a highly confidential environment, have the **_passion _**to do yourvery best and a sense of **_ownership _**of both the role and the business. **_Innovation _**will be at your core as you bringnew ideas and ways of working to the team and you will be unafraid to **_challenge _**both yourself and others. You will have the ability to **_engage _**with and energise people at all levels of the business and work as a **_team _**with colleaguesto make Loadhog an amazing place to work. Finally, you will be committed to support our local **_community_**, to have fun,andmake positivechanges

**Who are Loadhog?**

We are a multi-award winning UK manufacturing company where genuine innovation lies at the heart of everything we do. We believe that an important contribution to our identity and success is driven by our status as a 100% employee-owned business. Our unique products are designed to solve handling and logistics problems within the supply chain for a wide range of industries from postal and medical, automotive to retail.

**What we offer**

The benefits package includes a basic salary, 15% non-contributory pension, life assurance, private medical cover, permanent health insurance, gym membership and a share purchase scheme. You are expected to become a stakeholder in the business, which entitles and requires you to challenge, offer ideas, take the initiative and contribute to positive change.

**Get in touch**

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