Industrial Engineer (24-month FTC)

Are you an innovative and strategic thinker with a passion for supply chain optimisation and continuous improvement? Do you thrive on designing and implementing efficient, high-quality solutions in a dynamic environment? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

Purpose: As an Industrial Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in driving our strategic priority to enhance our supply chain for our customers at our Distribution Warehouse in Frating. You will be involved in various initiatives such as designing new facilities, installing new automation, and enhancing warehouse infrastructure. Your expertise will be crucial in identifying, designing, and supporting the implementation of projects to improve efficiency, quality, reliability, and sustainability, ensuring we provide the right books at the right time to our customers.

Key responsibilities:

• Assess current warehouse layouts to support the design of new processes that minimise costs, increase quality, and improve overall customer value.
• Apply scientific and mathematical engineering principles to the distribution operation to build more efficient infrastructure.
• Analyse operating processes, including conveyor systems and automation solutions, and assess their suitability for PRH.
• Evaluate current operational practices and identify areas for improvement.
• Design and build proposals to achieve a lean, optimised operating model.
• Enhance ways of working for employees using engineering, math, business administration, and management knowledge.
• Combine technical abilities, people skills, and business expertise to design future solutions.
• Conduct statistical analyses and optimisation studies.
• Assist CI team members in developing their skills in reviewing operational processes and workflows using industrial engineering principles.

What you’ll bring:

• Extensive experience and track record in warehouse, distribution, logistics, and supply chain management and track record in successful implementation of warehouse solutions including automation.
• Extensive experience in project management, planning and delivery.
• Understanding of compliance guidelines for different industries, including health and safety, engineering standards, and environmental requirements.
• Extensive experience using Excel and Power BI and ability to build statistical and volumetric modelling.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for asking critical questions, presenting, coordinating, and implementing plans and delivering projects.
• Experience in compiling business cases and RFI/RFP documents and ability to perform feasibility analysis to determine the cost-benefits of proposed solutions.

Preferred criteria:

• Degree in industrial engineering or a related technical field (mechanical engineering, systems engineering, manufacturing engineering, civil engineering, or industrial engineering technologies, etc.).
• Project Management Professional (PMP) and PMI Agile Certification Practitioner (PMI-ACP).
• Lean or Six Sigma training.

Application instructions:

Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on Wednesday 22nd January.

£58,000 - £62,000 depending on how your skills and experience align to the role.

What you can expect from us:

Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.

Our benefits include:

• Financial – income protection, life assurance, childcare allowance
• Wellbeing – healthcare cash plan, critical illness cover, health checks
• Lifestyle – enhanced parental leave, tech scheme, free and discounted books

While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role, we expect that you will come into our office in Frating, Essex at least 3 days a week.

About Penguin:

We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. The essential criteria for this role are listed as part of the ‘What you’ll bring’ section. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.

We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing PRHCareersUK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.