Process Performance Engineer (PPE) - Lineside
Location: Broughton
Hourly Rate: £30.40 PAYE / £40.66 Umbrella
Working Pattern: 35 hours per week (4.5 days, between 7am-7pm)
Contract: Ongoing contract
Security Clearance: BPSS+ required
Shape the Future of Manufacturing Excellence
As a Process Performance Engineer (PPE), you will play a key role in driving operational performance and manufacturing efficiency on the shop floor. Working closely with production teams, you'll help optimise processes, enhance line balancing, and ensure seamless delivery in line with production targets.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high-performing environment where continuous improvement, innovation, and collaboration are at the heart of everything we do.
What You'll Be Doing
You'll act as a critical link between production, engineering, and supply chain, ensuring industrial processes are efficient, robust, and continuously improving.
Key responsibilities include:
1. Developing and optimising production sequences and line balancing to improve efficiency and delivery
2. Monitoring manufacturing performance and identifying opportunities for improvement
3. Analysing and reducing inefficiencies (e.g. white space/red space) within production processes
4. Supporting production teams and resolving technical issues on the shop floor
5. Leading and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and operational excellence activities
6. Creating and maintaining key tools and documentation, including PERT charts and Standard Line Balancing (SLB)
7. Managing and maintaining Standard Time Value (STV) data and ensuring adherence to best practice
8. Collaborating with design and supply chain teams to translate industrial requirements
9. Supporting evaluation of manufacturing impacts relating to process or product changes
10. Coaching and supporting stakeholders in the use of process tools and methodologies
What We're Looking For
We're looking for a proactive and analytical professional with a passion for improving manufacturing processes and delivering results.
Essential experience and skills:
11. Proven experience in a manufacturing or production engineering environment
12. Strong understanding of process optimisation and continuous improvement methodologies
13. Experience of SAP systems
14. Ability to analyse data and translate insights into actionable improvements
15. Confident communicator with experience working cross-functionally
Desirable:
16. Experience in a lineside or shop floor engineering role
17. Knowledge of line balancing, build sequence planning, or industrial performance tools (e.g. SLB, STV)
18. Background in delivering improvement or transformation projects
Qualifications:
19. NVQ Level 4 (or equivalent experience)
Why Join Through Guidant Global?
At Guidant Global, we connect you with world-class organisations and provide the support you need to succeed.
20. Opportunity to work on-site within a leading manufacturing environment
21. Exposure to cutting-edge industrial processes and continuous improvement initiatives
22. A collaborative culture that values innovation, inclusion, and professional growth
Ready to Apply?
If you're passionate about driving efficiency, solving complex challenges, and making a measurable impact within a manufacturing environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and take the next step in your engineering career.