Senior Production Engineer

Senior Production & Continuous Improvement Engineer

Barnsley Area | Monday to Friday | Manufacturing Environment

Salary: £49,000 - £54,000

Monday to Thursday: 7:30am - 4:30pm

Friday: 7:30am - 1:30pm

A leading manufacturing business is looking to appoint an experienced Senior Production & Continuous Improvement Engineer to play a key role in driving operational excellence across its production facility.

This is an excellent opportunity for an engineering professional with a strong background in Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Production Engineering, and Project Management to influence business performance, improve processes, and support the introduction of new products and manufacturing methods.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support production engineering projects focused on efficiency, productivity, quality, and cost reduction.
• Manage day-to-day production engineering activities and ensure best practices are applied across manufacturing operations.
• Utilise Lean Manufacturing techniques, including Value Stream Mapping, to identify and eliminate waste.
• Support the introduction of new products and engineering changes into production.
• Maintain and improve manufacturing documentation, build processes, bills of materials, and production instructions.
• Work closely with production teams to develop tooling, fixtures, workflows, and shop floor processes.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing, logistics, and material flow operations.
• Investigate and resolve manufacturing and engineering issues through root cause analysis and practical problem solving.
• Develop and implement cellular manufacturing, single-piece flow, and line-balancing strategies.
• Support quality improvement activities and collaborate with suppliers to resolve engineering and manufacturing challenges.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement through training, coaching, and employee engagement.
• Implement and maintain 5S, visual management, and workplace organisation standards.
• Conduct process studies and time analysis to identify value-added and non-value-added activities.

About You

• Degree qualification in Engineering or equivalent industry experience.
• Proven experience within a manufacturing or production engineering environment.
• Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, or Operational Excellence methodologies.
• Experience leading improvement projects from concept through to implementation.
• Previous experience supervising or managing teams.
• Strong analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• A proactive, results-driven approach with a passion for driving improvement.

What's on Offer?

• Competitive salary package.
• Annual bonus scheme.
• Generous holiday entitlement with service-related increases.
• Employer pension contribution.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Health and wellbeing benefits.
• Discount and reward platform.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Free on-site parking.
• Ongoing training and career development opportunities.

If you're an experienced Production Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Continuous Improvement Engineer, Lean Engineer, or Operational Excellence professional looking for your next challenge within a successful and growing manufacturing business, we'd love to hear from you.