CI Engineer

What do you bring?
Minimum HBO (higher professional education) level of work and thinking;
5+ years of experience in a production environment, preferably in the food industry;
Knowledge of CI workflows, methods, and applications;
Experience with organizing, facilitating, and stimulating continuous improvement within an organization and thereby creating awareness among managers and employees for applying CI;
You are curious about the technical content of the production process and you enjoy delving deeper into this;
You are result-oriented, proactive, honest, integer, and a team player;
You are proactive and action-oriented and like to show initiative.
You feel comfortable in an organization where processes and workflows are still under development and you derive energy from bringing structure, professionalism, and improvement.

What do we offer?
• A growing organization where much is invested in new technologies;
• Many opportunities to grow and further develop yourself;
• An excellent package of employment conditions including, in addition to your base salary: 8.33% holiday allowance, 4% end-of-year bonus, pension premium paid by the employer, and 34 vacation days;
• We have bi-weekly product sales with significant discounts for our employees.

As a Continuous Improvement Engineer, you will make an active contribution to the further professionalization of our factory, the development of our employees, and the realization of structural savings. You will work in a result-oriented manner on improvement projects that contribute to cost reduction, efficiency, and sustainability. You will report to the Continuous Improvement Manager and form part of the Continuous Improvement team. This concerns a full-time role in day shifts.

What does your work look like?
• You perform loss analyses on processes and performance and initiate improvements based on the most significant deviations
• You initiate DMAIC improvement trajectories with a clear quantitative objective and you strive to achieve these results.
• You translate CI strategy and central initiatives into concrete improvement actions within the plant
• You organize and facilitate workshops and training sessions to apply CI methodologies in practice
• You guide improvement teams in setting up, executing, and securing improvement trajectories
• You identify and prioritize improvement opportunities based on impact, effort, and business case
• You develop, implement, and secure operational standards and work instructions
• You monitor the progress of improvement initiatives and report on results and structural improvement opportunities
• You perform RCAs for operational and quality issues.