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Date Added: Tue 12/08/2025

Operational Improvement Specialist

Caerphilly, CF83, UK
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Company: RANDSTAD DELIVERY

Job Type: Permanent, Contract, Temporary, Full Time

Salary: £30500/annum

Are you a recent Engineering graduate? Do you consider yourself to be meticulous and an asset to a busy team? Are you based in or around Caerphilly?

We have an initially temporary Operational Improvement role available within Catnic's Caerphilly site. This role is ideal for someone with efficiency improvement skills and considers themselves to be personable, reliable and holding strong attention to detail.

Role: Operational Improvement Specialist

Location: Catnic, Pontypandy Industrial Estate, Caerphilly CF83 3GL

(100% office based)

Rate: £30,500 per annum/ £15.04ph

Contract length: 3 months initially with the view to transition into a permanent role

Shift Patterns: Mon-Thu 08:00-16:30 and Fri 08:00-15:30 (39 hours per week)

Start: ASAP (pending the result of a medical assessment which does include a Drug and Alcohol test)

Responsibilities:

Driving efficiency and improvements through the production and Materials departments

Identifying improvements to support future business growth

Liaising with the Operational Improvement Manager to support strategy and initiatives

Promoting continuous improvement initiatives throughout the business

Analysing operational data and unpicking this via MS excel

Presenting key insights from above data clearly and concisely

Developing and supporting with improving standard operating procedures

Monitoring performance within Caopex and revenue projects

Investigating process waste and identifying production improvements

Working closely with stakeholders across engineering, production and technical departments

Improving sustainability via improvement initiatives

Essential requirements:

Degree holder (or equivalent) within an Engineering, Business or Manufacturing capacity

Strong analytical skill and proven experience with numerical data

Exceptional IT literacy, in particular MS excel (Pivot tables and Vlook up)

Good verbal and written communication skill

Ability to work proactively and upon own initiative

Approachable persona with confidence speaking to stakeholders of all level

Benefits:

Advice and editing on your current CV

Dedicated team throughout your journey within the role

Paid holiday (35 days per year)

Pension scheme which includes 3% Employee Contribution

Exclusive online services including restaurant and retail discounts

Employee assistance Programme for mental, physical and financial support

Chance to receive retail vouchers for referring a friend

Opportunity for progression into permanent roles

Does this role sound interesting? Apply today and a member of the team will be in contact if you meet our requirements.

All applicants are subject to vetting checks including: Right to work check, medical check and reference check.

Randstad Business Support is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy
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