Continuous Improvement Manager

Job Overview

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Limited is a leading facilities management organisation delivering essential services across the UK. We are seeking a highly capable Continuous Improvement Manager to support our Cumbria Consortium CCS framework contract. This role is central to ensuring that our services remain efficient, resilient, and aligned with both client expectations and the regulatory standards of the nuclear environment.

We're looking for a proactive and commercially minded Continuous Improvement (CI) Manager to join our team supporting a major client in West Cumbria. This is a standalone role where you'll work closely with operational teams, stakeholders, and clients to uncover opportunities and deliver real improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the end-to-end CI process: idea generation, business case development, client presentation, and delivery.
• Building strong relationships with onsite and offsite teams to identify efficiencies, innovation opportunities, and cost savings.
• Creating high‑quality written business cases that clearly articulate benefits and solutions.
• Tracking, prioritising, and delivering approved CI initiatives.
• Acting as a trusted partner to the client and internal stakeholders.

What You Will Need

• Proven track record leading continuous improvement or operational excellence initiatives.
• Experience applying Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or similar methodologies in a practical environment.
• Demonstrated success delivering measurable improvements in efficiency, quality, cost, or customer experience.
• Experience facilitating workshops, coaching teams, and influencing cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Background in operations, manufacturing, logistics, service delivery, or a similar process‑driven environment.
• Experience within nuclear, defence, or other highly regulated sectors.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent advanced CI qualifications.
• Project‑management certification (e.g., PRINCE2, APM, PMP).

Benefits

• Bonus Scheme
• Pension
• Life Assurance (up to 4x salary)
• Private Healthcare
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Shares Schemes (including [Employer hidden] Matching Share Plan)
• Salary Finance Options
• Holiday (option to purchase up to 5 extra days)
• MiDeals high street discounts
• Virtual GP

Meet the Recruiter

Marie Hyde - [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] - [contact hidden]

Since 1987, [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]’s 80,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools. Join our [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Team. Together our diversity makes us stronger.

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