Job Description

At Doncasters we have an exciting opportunity for a Continuous Improvement Engineer to join our team in Groton, CT.

The Continuous Improvement Manager will be a change agent to drive the integration of a lean culture in which every employee contributes to how work flows through the plant with maximum efficiency.

Why join us?

Did you know that every time you take a flight, drive somewhere, or switch on a light, there’s a chance Doncasters played a part in making that happen?

As a leading international manufacturer of specialist superalloys and high-performance alloy components, we provide critical solutions to some of the world’s most demanding industries, including aerospace, Industrial Gas Turbines, automotive, medical, and other specialist sectors.

With a heritage spanning nearly 250 years, we’ve built a global reputation for technical excellence, innovation, and engineering that performs where it matters most. Today, we operate across 20 sites worldwide, employing almost 3,000 professionals. This includes engineers and production teams to HR, marketing, and other support functions, who are united by a shared sense of purpose.

At Doncasters, we believe in doing things the right way. That means acting with integrity, delivering with commitment, and working as one team to achieve more, together. Whether you're developing precision-engineered components, running world-class manufacturing operations, or supporting our people and processes, your role is part of something much bigger.

Join us and contribute to a legacy built on performance, precision, and the values that drive us forward - excellence, commitment, teamwork, and integrity.

What we can offer you:

• An interesting and varied field to work in

• An environment where you can learn and grow through constant development opportunities

• PTO

• Competitive 401K

• Competitive medical insurance

The Role:

The Continuous Improvement Manager will be a change agent to drive the integration of a lean culture in which every employee contributes to how work flows through the plant with maximum efficiency. This role will be assigned projects and tasks to support manufacturing and operations process improvement activities. The role will be a supporting function to the Manufacturing and Engineering teams to increase throughput, yield, quality, efficiency, and other key KPI’s and will support implementation of lean methodologies throughout the site.

• Lead Hoshin Planning across all levels and functions of the business and provide coaching and mentoring to deployment teams in the process and delivery of strategic continuous improvement initiatives and projects.
• Lead Kaizen events and coach others on how to lead Kaizen events.
• Perform data collection and time-studies.
• Build visual factory tools and shop aids, shadow-boards, dashboards, floor markings, etc.
• Manage the plant’s transformation roadmap, providing project management for the many initiatives in the roadmap.
• Train employees on 5S and lean principles.
• Support analytical problem solving and mistake-proofing corrective actions.
• Plan and execute TPM deployment and events and train others on TPM.
• Communicate regularly, concisely and transparently regarding opportunities for improvement and the actions required to close performance gaps.
• Lead and direct Root Cause Failure Analysis of significant people, process, and equipment related down time events; implement corrective actions to mitigate the probability of reoccurrence.
• Engage the workforce as a coach in order to develop a problem-solving culture at all levels of the organization.
• Successful completion of Kaizens and projects
• Measurable improvements in KPI’s such as Productivity, OEE and Rework

Interested?

If you have any of the below skills and qualifications, we would love to talk to you about your next

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline
• Minimum of 5 years work experience in manufacturing plant showing progression
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a full time Continuous Improvement position / Lean practitioner.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and PC applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Change Agent; must possess strong project and change management skills and excellent communication skills.

Equal opportunities:

Doncasters is committed to achieving workforce diversity and we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, national origin, race, age, sex, gender identity, disability- physical or hidden, sexual orientation, veteran status, religious belief, or any other characteristics protected by law. We provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We encourage all applicants to reach out if they require any support or accommodations to enable them to thrive throughout our recruitment process. Please contact careers@doncasters.com.

Qualifications

 Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline (Industrial, Manufacturing, or Mechanical) or equivalent years of work experience.
 Minimum of 5 years work experience in manufacturing environment.
 Green or Black belt training and/or certification highly desired.
 Kaizen participation highly desired
 Some training in Solidworks or AutoCAD preferred