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Optimisation Engineer

Job Posted: 17 hours ago

Salary: £ 42,000 - 45,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Optimisation Engineer

Location: Oxfordshire
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

The Opportunity

I'm working with an exciting Food Manufacturing business that is looking for an experienced Optimisation Engineer to join their Operations team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an engineer who enjoys being hands-on, data-driven and focused on making a measurable difference across manufacturing performance.

You will play a key role in improving efficiency, reliability, quality and cost, using continuous improvement and engineering principles to reduce waste and downtime while increasing throughput and capacity.

Key Responsibilities

  * Analyse production data including OEE, downtime, yield, waste and energy consumption to identify improvement opportunities.

  * Lead and support Continuous Improvement / Lean / Six Sigma initiatives.

  * Optimise manufacturing processes to improve efficiency, capacity and cost.

  * Work closely with Production and Engineering teams to improve equipment reliability and reduce breakdowns.

  * Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement sustainable corrective actions.

  * Support commissioning, validation and optimisation of new equipment and process changes.

  * Lead or support CI projects from concept through to implementation and validation.

  * Act as a Pillar Lead for Autonomous Maintenance and Progressive Maintenance.

  * Play a key role in a major capacity expansion project, including the evaluation of in-line freezing.

  * Develop SOPs, best-practice processes and training for operators and engineers.

  * Lead projects focused on automation, energy reduction and delivering strong ROI.

  * Track and report improvements, savings and project performance.

  * Work collaboratively across Production, Quality, Technical, Engineering and Supply Chain.

About You

You'll ideally have:

  * A degree or equivalent experience in Engineering – Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Chemical or similar.

  * Minimum 2 years' experience within Food or FMCG Manufacturing.

  * Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and production equipment.

  * Experience working with OEE, SPC and manufacturing performance data.

  * Experience using CAD packages.

  * Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing / Continuous Improvement methodologies.

  * Strong analytical, problem-solving and project management skills.

  * The ability to influence and engage shop-floor teams.

Desirable

  * Six Sigma Green Belt or higher.

  * Advanced Excel / Power BI experience.

  * Experience in temperature-controlled food manufacturing.

  * Automation, PLC or process control experience.

  * Knowledge of BRC, HACCP or ISO 22000.

  * Previous project management experience.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to join a fast-moving Food Manufacturing environment where you can have a genuine impact on manufacturing performance.

You'll be working on significant improvement and capacity projects, including high-ROI automation and energy reduction initiatives, while helping to build a stronger culture of operational excellence.

If you're a proactive engineer who enjoys solving problems, improving processes and seeing the results of your work on the shop floor, this could be an excellent next career move.

Salary: Up to £45,000 + benefits

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