Process Engineer

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Supply​

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

Our Process Engineers are responsible for a cell's short term performance, working closely with, Process Leads, Maintenance, Operations, and reporting into our Site Improvement Engineer.  They act as a core process owner and subject matter expert for assigned manufacturing technologies, equipment, or processes. 

Location: Hull, HU8 7DS

Hiring Manager: Adam Close

Your responsibilities

• Partner with cell Process Leads to deliver Tactical Improvement Plans (TIP) to drive improvement of KPIs (i.e Planned and Unplanned Downtime Losses/Waste).
• Proactively driving and ownership of actions from line level reviews.
• Actively build world class capabilities within the manufacturing environment.
• Lead implementation of centre lining, defect handling, best run settings, SMED. 
• Lead complex problem-solving activities using structured CI tools (e.g. RCA, A3, DMAIC).
• Deliver daily improvement actions to reduce losses, improve efficiency, and enhance process robustness.
• Implement process improvements aligned to site CI strategy and business objectives.
• Review and address chronic losses at cell level through data-driven analysis and action plans.
• Develop and deliver process and continuous improvement training to operators, technicians, Engineers and cell leaders.
• Coach teams in CI methodologies, problem-solving tools, and standard work.
• Support talent development by embedding a continuous improvement culture.

The experience we're looking for

• Green Belt Six Sigma.
• Bachelors in Engineering or HND qualified in Mechanical Engineering with industry experience. (desirable)
• 5-10 Industry experience within manufacturing environment.
• Project Management qualification (Desirable) (e.g. CAPM, PMP, APM, Prince2)  

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.