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Industrial Engineer - Continuous Improvement

Job details
Posting date: 26 March 2025
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 25 April 2025
Location: Pentrebach, CF48 4LA
Company: General Dynamics Lands Systems UK
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 477

Summary

Description

General Dynamics Land Systems is on the look-out for a full-time Industrial & Process Engineer to join our established Team. The successful and inclusive candidate will earn a favourable salary of £45,600 to £57,000 based on experience and potential. This is an ideal role for someone who has a proactive and positive mindset and a keen desire to grow professionally. Joining an established team based at our Merthyr ( South Wales ) facility, you will work across a range of stakeholders to reduce Hours per Unit (HPU) and cycle time through process efficiencies, waste identification, and elimination, ensuring that all improvements drive productivity without compromising Safety or Quality. You will be responsible for time and motion studies, process flow optimization, push/pull systems, sub-assembly efficiency, and lean manufacturing techniques. If you were already working in this position, this is what you would have been working on this week:
  • Drive HPU and cycle time reduction initiatives by identifying and implementing process efficiencies while maintaining the highest levels of Safety and Quality.
  • Conduct time and motion studies, process mapping, and spaghetti diagram analysis to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Optimize workflow, push-pull systems, sub-assembly integration, and overall vehicle build sequences.
  • Implement Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, and Six Sigma methodologies to drive continuous improvement and waste reduction.
  • Support Kaizen events and improvement initiatives across the shop.
To apply for this role, you will require the following:
  • Proven experience in a hands-on industrial/process engineering role within a manufacturing environment (preferably in complex, high-value vehicle assembly).
  • Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, TPS, and continuous improvement methodologies.
  • Skilled in process mapping, spaghetti diagrams, and time & motion studies.
  • Experience with push-pull systems, sub-assembly integration, and manufacturing flow optimization.
  • Ability to work closely with shop-floor teams, supervisors, manufacturing engineers, manufacturing quality engineers, and engineering teams, ensuring all bases are covered while maintaining a focus on continuous improvement.
  • Excellent communication, active listening, and training abilities to coach teams on process improvements.
  • Resilient mindset – open to new ideas but committed to making decisions that benefit the business as a whole.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use data to drive decision-making.
  • Experience in heavy manufacturing, defence, or vehicle assembly is highly desirable.
Our Company Benefits: We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering highly competitive benefits:
  • A compressed nine-day fortnight – which means every other Friday off!
  • A flexible benefits scheme - allowing you to adapt your benefits to suit yours and your family’s needs
  • A personalised career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company
  • Professional training and development courses, both internal and external - allowing you to reach your full potential
  • A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognised and rewarded, which includes compressed hours, reduced hours and job share
  • A Company sports and social club, offering events at discounted prices – giving you the opportunity to meet and socialise with your fellow colleagues outside the workplace
About General Dynamics UK General Dynamics Land Systems is a global leader in providing products and support across the full spectrum of combat vehicles. Our global team has more than 6,000 employees working towards creating a diverse product portfolio delivering best-in-class capability to Armed Forces communities worldwide. In the UK, we employee more than 700 people and are leading the way in Armoured Fighting Vehicles and sustainment services. Our vision is documented and embedded into our culture, so all employees understand the Company’s direction and their role in achieving it. We are currently delivering the AJAX programme, providing 589 Armoured Fighting Vehicles in six variants to the British Army and have also developed and delivered 400 Foxhound vehicles - a highly-protected and mobile 4x4 platform with high-deployment availability.We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace – inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high performance team.

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