About this role
Salary: £44,999 - 44,999 per year
Requirements
- Certification in a relevant continuous improvement discipline
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and evidence of continuing professional development in continuous improvement
- Data analysis skills, including processing large datasets, drawing conclusions, and creating clear visualisations
- Several years of experience in an operations environment
- Strong written and verbal communication, leadership, and partnership-working skills
- Ability to work at pace, multitask, and manage pressing deadlines
- UK citizenship
- Ability to achieve SC security clearance; BPSS pre-screening is required before starting
- Willingness to travel across the UK
- Desirable: experience in a service-oriented environment
- Desirable: experience with Power Apps, Power BI, SharePoint, Microsoft Office products, and Jira
- Motivated self-starter able to work independently and as part of a team in a dynamic environment
Responsibilities
- Lead continuous improvement projects across assigned programme lines using PDCA, DMAIC, or an aligned methodology, with a focus on cost reduction and efficiency
- Assess processes to identify opportunities to streamline work, reduce costs, and improve efficiency
- Support the development of change implementation plans, including timelines, resource allocation, and communication strategies, using the existing Continuous Improvement Toolkit
- Support the Head of Compliance and Continuous Improvement by facilitating workshops, training teams, and coaching them in improvement methodologies
- Chair the programme Continuous Improvement Working Group, managing governance, stakeholder engagement, action tracking, and escalation
- Coordinate, review, and assure subcontractor continuous improvement submissions, checking alignment with programme priorities, customer expectations, and measurable benefits
- Maintain evidence of Plan-Do-Check-Act activity under Service Delivery Plans, using continuous improvement governance to demonstrate progress, assurance, lessons learned, and sustained improvement
- Work across functions with the defence customer, subcontractors, and operations teams to assure the quality of continuous improvement deliverables
Technologies
- Support
- JIRA
- Power BI
- Security
- SharePoint
- AI
- Excel
- Exposed
- Machine Learning
More
We are a global defence and technology company seeking a UK-based Programme Continuous Improvement Lead for the LCST Programme in Bristol. The role supports our Mission Support & Integrated Logistics division and reports to the Head of Compliance and Continuous Improvement. It is hybrid, with at least one office day per week and UK travel. The programme supports the UK Ministry of Defences defence supply chain, including storage and distribution, global freight, and procurement and inventory management.
We offer a collaborative, inclusive culture; career development and learning opportunities; flexible working; a contributory pension, private medical insurance, 33 days of annual leave including public and privilege holidays, and flexible benefits such as life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, holiday purchase options, and a cycle-to-work scheme. The advertised pay range is £34,800–£43,500.
last updated 43 week of 2026