Factories that can compete
More output from the same lines and better use of every labour hour make a site harder to beat. That is what keeps it, and the people in it, in work.
Careers
Solve problems worth millions, on the factory floor
We work inside UK food factories, beside the people who run them, and we guarantee our clients a return on our fees. You’ll own real work from your first project, with experienced consultants alongside you.
Why it matters
Do something real
Food manufacturers are being squeezed from every side, by competition at home and abroad. The efficient ones will last. Our work makes sure our clients are among them.
Less waste, more food
Better yield means more food from the same raw materials: less wheat, less energy and, in meat, fewer animals for the same output.
The shop floor and the data
Most of the week you are on the factory floor, with the people and the machines. The rest is the data and the analysis behind it. You need both, and you get both.
AI is making us better at our job, not obsolete
Graduate jobs that happen entirely on a screen are the ones AI is changing fastest. Ours happens in the factory, with people and machines. Our own AI, maji, does the slow data work, so more of our time goes on solving the problem.
The work
The kind of problems you’ll solve
Four projects we’re proud of. Each one was solved on the shop floor, with the client’s own team.
Capacity
A third more capacity from a flour mill
Everyone was focused on the milling. We built a simulation of work in progress and throughput across the site, which showed the real bottleneck was conditioning the wheat. Cutting conditioning from eight hours to six lifted peak capacity from about 300 to 400 tonnes a week.
Giveaway
Giveaway down by almost a third at a bacon producer
Across ten slicing lines, it came down to two problems: how packs were made up, and how the slicers were set. Giveaway fell from 2.4% to 1.7% in six months, worth about £600k a year.
Yield
More popcorn from every kernel
At a snack manufacturer, we built a trial kettle, sieved out the unpopped kernels and fixed the heating and stirring. Kernels popped rose from 85% to 95%, and waste more than halved.
Labour control
Labour productivity up 50%
At a snack manufacturer, we worked out the labour every product needs at every stage, smoothed the hourly peaks in the plan, and set up daily reporting so the team could control it.
A week at majaco
Most of the week on the shop floor, beside the client’s team
We don’t work from a head office. We’re on our clients’ sites, or wherever the job needs us to be.
On site
Where the problems are
On the line, in the planning office and in the morning meeting, with the people who run the factory.
Analysis and planning
Time to think it through
The rest of the week goes on the numbers, next week’s plan and time with our own team. maji does the slow data work, so more of your time goes on the problem.
Together
Regular team days
The whole team gets together to share what’s working, review projects and plan what’s next.
Who we look for
Curious people who want to own the result
We value evidence over opinion, partnership over hierarchy and impact over activity, and we encourage open challenge.
Good with numbers and with people
Every project has a technical side and a human side, and you’ll need both.
Quick to get to the answer
Given a £5m problem, you can work out within a week whether it can be solved, and how.
Ready to own the work
You’ll lead real work from your first project, and take on whole projects as you grow.
How you’ll grow
A clear path, on merit
You join as a Consultant, and the path runs through Senior, Lead and Principal Consultant to Director and Senior Director.
Merit, not time served
Promotion depends on what you show, how you work and the experience you build, not how long you’ve been here.
Room to specialise
At Director level you can become the firm’s lead in an area you care about, such as planning, labour control or AI tooling.
Register your interest
We hire graduates and experienced consultants, and welcome placements and internships. Most people join with a degree, apprenticeship or equivalent in engineering, operations, business, maths or science.
Tell us a little about yourself and we’ll be in touch. Your details go straight to our recruiting team, nowhere else.
Get in touch
How can majaco help you with your business?
Tell us about the line, the shift or the number that is bothering you. We will be in touch soon.