**Senior Staff Engineer, Continuous Improvement** Carrigtwohill, Cork **Position Summary:** We’re looking for an experienced Continuous Improvement professional to lead key Lean and Six Sigma initiatives that drive efficiency, quality and performance across our operations. In this role, you’ll act as a technical leader, designing, implementing and sustaining process improvements that make a real impact on cost and productivity. You’ll take ownership of major projects, coach others in Lean methodologies, and help build a culture of operational excellence. You’ll help shape how we design, build and continuously improve what we do. This is a chance to lead meaningful change, develop processes and systems that deliver results. **What You’ll Do** **:** + Lead investigations, analysis, and implementation of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to improve lead time, productivity, first pass yield, and cost performance. + Manage and deliver significant improvement projects through the PMO, ensuring results are both measurable and sustainable. + Lead value stream mapping (VSM) and lean lighthouseprojects that align with site and business strategy. + Partner closely with engineering, quality, and operations to support technology development, process optimization, and automation initiatives. + Develop and implement best practices and standards for Industrial Engineering. + Provide development and guidance in problem solving for assigned co-op, technicians and engineers. + Support and lead Kaizen and waste elimination projects that deliver meaningful value to the business. + Guide teams in Lean fundamentals, VSM, SMED, and work measurement techniques, ensuring improvements stick. + Collaborate on layout design and process changes to ensure alignment with Lean principles and optimised flow. + Lead and participate in cross-functional and cross-divisional CI initiatives. + Provide technical and cultural leadership in promoting a continuous improvement mindset across teams. **What You’ll Need** **:** + Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, or a related field (advanced degree a plus). + Proven record of leading and implementing Lean and CI projects, not just facilitating but delivering real, quantifiable improvements. + Strong understanding of Lean tools (e.g. VSM, Kaizen, SMED etc.) + Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification (Master Black Belt a plus). + Experience setting up new CI programs or frameworks from the ground up. \#IJ This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days. Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.