Continuous Improvement Specialist

1 month ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Certas Energy UK Ltd Full time

We are looking for an experienced Continuous Improvement Specialist to join our Warrington based CI team. We are a well-established energy provider and offer great long-term career prospects to all our staff. This is a full time, permanent vacancy.

You will join our existing Continuous Improvement team, within our Energy Solutions department. The key function of this role is to to manage and support the successful delivery of business improvement projects scoped using the Lean or Six Sigma methodology. It is expected that the role will also require some strategic contributions to Certas Energy’s CI vision, policy, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance. In order to achieve the objectives of this role, the Continuous Improvement Specialist will need to utilise team members associated with various other functions beyond the CI team to embed changes into the organisational culture.

You'll have access to:

  • Competitive Salary
  • Flexible working - mixture of office, home & field based
  • Career progression opportunities
  • Company pension
  • Life assurance

We're looking for:

  • Educated with a Degree (preferably in Engineering, Quality, Operations, Logistics, Business & Administration or similar) or equivalent work or learning experience.
  • 1-2 years’ experience in a relevant role (i.e. Continuous Improvement, Supply Chain Analysis, Logistics, Operational Excellence or similar)
  • Understanding of Lean philosophy and principles (e.g. value stream mapping, kaizen, 5S, etc.)
  • Excellent communication and analytical skills with the ability to distil complex ideas and data into meaningful information and be understood at all levels of the organisation.
  • Experience of project management or business analysis within a corporate organisation preferred.
  • Good understanding of Microsoft Office suite (Microsoft Excel particularly important, Minitab experience desirable) and a decent general level of technical competence.

Company Information

Certas Energy is the leading independent distributor of fuels and lubricants in the UK. With a national network of over 130 depots, over 900 tankers, more than 800 retail forecourts, fuel cards usable at over 2,000 sites, it is our 2,300 colleagues who keep our business moving each day.

Our team is an essential part of the robust infrastructure that consistently and dependably delivers billions of litres of high-quality fuel and associated services to homes and businesses all over the UK each year.

We’re proud of our range of innovative fuel supply and management services and are committed to provide industry leading solutions in liquid fuels, as the worlds energy mix evolves towards a zero emissions future. From the option to offset carbon emissions with each fuel order, to providing cleaner burning fuels that lower harmful emission of PM and NOx, Certas Energy strive to make our energy expertise count for all of our customers.

We have a strong culture of safety and compliance principles, driven by our dedicated Safety F1rst and Doing the Right Thing Initiatives. This, teamed with our many programmes of learning, development and talent nurture, means that we can support our colleagues to grow and thrive within a fast paced working environment. This is fundamental to good business performance, and integral to our long-term business success.

Company Information

Certas Energy is the leading independent distributor of fuels and lubricants in the UK. With a national network of over 130 depots, over 900 tankers, more than 800 retail forecourts, fuel cards usable at over 2,000 sites, it is our 2,300 colleagues who keep our business moving each day.

Our team is an essential part of the robust infrastructure that consistently and dependably delivers billions of litres of high-quality fuel and associated services to homes and businesses all over the UK each year.


We’re proud of our range of innovative fuel supply and management services and are committed to provide industry leading solutions in liquid fuels, as the worlds energy mix evolves towards a zero emissions future. From the option to offset carbon emissions with each fuel order, to providing cleaner burning fuels that lower harmful emission of PM and NOx, Certas Energy strive to make our energy expertise count for all of our customers.


We have a strong culture of safety and compliance principles, driven by our dedicated Safety F1rst and Doing the Right Thing Initiatives. This, teamed with our many programmes of learning, development and talent nurture, means that we can support our colleagues to grow and thrive within a fast paced working environment. This is fundamental to good business performance, and integral to our long-term business success.

The successful candidate will be offered the position on Certas Energy terms and conditions of employment.

Certas Energy Ltd is an Equal Opportunities Employer



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