Continuous Improvement Engineer

As a Continuous Improvement Engineer, you are the face of continuous improvement within your assigned plant. You play a crucial role in optimizing processes, with particular attention to people, machines, and materials. You don’t do this from behind a desk, but right on the shop floor — where the real action happens. Together with employees, you actively work toward set goals to elevate efficiency, productivity, and quality.

• You are responsible for setting up, developing, and executing improvement projects in the field of Operational Excellence.
• Through thorough analyses of work processes and challenges, you arrive at a clear problem definition. Based on this, you proactively propose improvement initiatives, develop action plans, and monitor the progress of all actions taken.
• Together with your project team, you implement concrete improvements that optimize existing processes.
• In addition, you actively participate in Operational Excellence audits, which you prepare yourself and whose actions you follow up closely.
• You also play a key role in strengthening the continuous improvement culture within the organization. You support the Plant Manager and the Plant Team with analyses and dashboards and report on progress achieved using clear KPIs.
• Furthermore, you coach, guide, and train Yellow and Green Belts in improvement techniques and tools, thereby fostering a proactive mindset and delivering tangible results.

• You possess a Bachelor’s level of education and have at least 2–3 years of work experience in a production environment. Experience in the Food industry is a plus.
• Strong technical background, preferably as a Production Engineer or Technical Engineer, with a hands-on approach on the shop floor.
• Able to build bridges and navigate easily across all levels of the organization.
• Strong communication skills in both Dutch and English.
• Natural leader who thrives on guiding and coaching people.
• Preferably hold a Black Belt certification, or at minimum a (Lean) Green Belt certification, with the motivation to achieve a Black Belt.

• An inspiring work environment:
  As a market leader in the Benelux in service slicing, salami, and poultry, we create, package, and deliver top-quality meat products. Always fresh, always full of flavor, with innovation as our driving force.
• A warm welcome in a family-like and informal atmosphere:
  At DeliBarn, we value an open and informal company culture. Your colleagues are ready to welcome you with open arms and share their experience. A friendly atmosphere and personal approach ensure you feel completely at home.
• Focus on your future with support and growth opportunities:
  We offer plenty of space to grow and develop new skills. You will be supported by experienced colleagues who guide you, working together on your professional growth. If you like taking initiative, you will feel right at home.
• A place in our team of passionate Food Lovers:
  At DeliBarn, we make products to love. In our mission to shape a tasty future, we strive to create a wide range of meat products that connect people, cultures, and traditions.
• An attractive salary package with extra tasty benefits:
  Including 8% holiday pay, a 3.25% year-end bonus, travel allowance, participation in a pension scheme, laptop and mobile phone, Benefits@Work, and 24 vacation days.