Continuous Improvement Engineer

Continuous Improvement Engineer Glanbia Performance Nutrition Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey  The Opportunity The Continuous Improvement Engineer drives sustainable improvement in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Sustainability and People performance through Lean Manufacturing, Operational Excellence and structured problem solving. Working closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain and Site Leadership, the role identifies chronic losses, delivers measurable improvement projects and strengthens the site Daily Management System. The role acts as a catalyst for cultural change by building capability, challenging existing processes and ensuring improvement activity delivers sustainable business benefits aligned with site and regional priorities. Job Responsibilities Support deployment of the site Operational Excellence strategy and translate performance losses into  prioritised, well-governed improvement activity. Coach teams to solve problems at source, standardise improved ways of working and sustain results through clear ownership, visual management and effective routines. Main Tasks and Responsibilities Health, Safety & Welfare Promote and support a safe working environment, ensuring improvement activity is planned and delivered in line with legislative and internal health and safety standards. Use structured improvement methods to support near-miss reduction, safer ways of working and completion of agreed safety actions. Food Safety, Legality & Quality Ensure improvement activity protects product safety, legality, quality and compliance with applicable site standards, including GMP and HACCP requirements. Lead structured problem solving on defects, customer complaints, process variation and Cost of Quality losses. Work with Quality and Technical colleagues to ensure process changes are risk assessed, documented, validated, and embedded before full implementation. Daily Management & Performance Control Support and continuously improve the site Daily Management Systems and Daily Direction Setting routines. Maintain KPI dashboards, visual management and action tracking so performance losses are visible, escalated and acted upon. Coach operational teams to use daily performance data for decision making and monitor adherence to Leader Standard Work and agreed routines. Provide clear, factual reporting of performance, project progress, risks and benefits to site leadership and governance forums. Continuous Improvement & Loss Elimination Identify, prioritise and deliver improvement opportunities across manufacturing and support functions. Lead Lean activity focused on Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Sustainability, including Loss Elimination events, Rapid Improvement Workshops and Value Stream Mapping. Apply appropriate methods such as PDCA, Unified Problem Solving, Initial…