Heidelberg Materials Where Diversity Empowers, Individuality Inspires, and Together, We can achieve Net Carbon Zero. We are dedicated to an inclusive and respectful workplace, valuing diverse skills and backgrounds for our business success. Our culture promotes openness, transparency, and individual growth. We actively encourage diversity in the construction industry and welcome all applicants, regardless of perfect alignment with job descriptions. Elevate your life with our family-friendly policies prioritising wellbeing. We are currently recruiting for a Process Engineer in our North aggregates team; this role will cover the whole North region but will have a specific focus on rail linked sites (Shap, Horton & Penmaenmawr) The North team is going through an exciting period of growth with an aim to be a leading region within the Heidelberg group; and the addition of this new role supports our ambition. There are a variety of projects, changes and people development opportunities available within the region. The role will be responsible for a number of key items, including: Continuous improvement – review on-site processes and equipment to identify and support the implementation of improvements that will reduce cycle times, process variation, defects, lead times, capped inventory or costs Lean excellence – providing leadership in driving a 5SLean and Six Sigma methodologies across the region; this might be through effective relationship building with operations & commercial teams, or developing & rolling our training & site engagement programs Operational excellence – supporting site teams and working along side specialist support teams to review data, identify areas for improvement and implement best practice to increase efficiency or improve production balance Leadership – being a key role model for your teams and others in the region, having continuous development conversations with your colleagues and finding opportunities to support & develop them Working together – although you will be part of the aggregates management team you will work with your colleagues from other business lines to identify & share best practice, look for material optimization or improvement opportunities and share resources to support site or reduce costs What you will need; Experience in the quarrying or heavy building/construction industry would be preferable but other operational/manufacturing experience would be considered Green belt (or higher) – or willingness to work towards Experience with large projects and process improvement work would be beneficial What’s on Offer: Salary Competitive Salary Location Horton, Abergele, Settle, Harrogate Hours 39.5 • Employer of choice : Armed Forces Covenant (Silver) / Disability Confident Committed / 5% Club (Platinum) / Mates in Mind / Clear Assured (Foundation) / The Mineral Products and Qualification Council (MPQC) / STEM Ambassador • Compensation Package : Bonus incentives / Generous Pension Schemes / Life Assurance • Work Life Balance : 27 days holiday (excluding bank holidays) / Agile working / Flexible working / Holiday purchase / Sabbatical • Family Friendly : Enhanced policies such as Maternity / Paternity / Parental Leave / Neonatal / Adoption/IVF/Menopause • Social Value : paid Volunteering Day every year / Communities (LGBTQ, Network of Woman, Woman in Science and Engineering (STEM), Armed Forces)