Staff Engineer - Continuous Improvement in Cheltenham

In this role, you will be central to delivering our operations strategy - creating a safer workplace, driving efficiency and quality improvements, reducing cost, and ensuring we meet customer commitments on time. Your work will directly influence how our production lines perform today and how they evolve for the future. Based at our Cheltenham site, you will collaborate closely with production teams and a wide range of supporting functions to make meaningful, measurable impact.

Responsibilities

• Owning the delivery of new manufacturing systems, assembly automation and equipment to the production lines on time, budget and to the highest level of safety and quality.
• Using data and trends to identify improvement initiatives and drive actions to deliver key metrics of SQDCP.
• Coaching and mentoring engineers and production support technicians in engineering best practice and practical problem solving.
• Working closely with production, quality, maintenance, safety, supply chain and product development functions in problem solving, improvement activities and capital project delivery.
• Ownership for problem solving, systematically working through variables to identify root causes and put in place solutions within tight timescales.
• Ensuring process controls and documentation is in place for all manufacturing processes in line with business requirements and ISO9001.
• Identifying potential hazards through risk assessment and putting in place measures to support our drive towards zero injuries.
• Support and drive the Continuous Improvement Strategy by applying Lean Manufacturing tools (5S, SMED, No Fault Forward, Flow, Pull, TPM, VSM, Kaizen, Problem Solving, Visual Management) to achieve or exceed the facility goals for efficiency and cost.
• Monitors results to ensure improvements are sustained for the long-term.
• Able to implement projects which are effective, sustainable and compliant with EHS.
• Communicate project status in a consistent, coherent and timely manner at all levels of the organisation.

Qualifications

• A degree or equivalent qualification in an engineering discipline or equivalent engineering experience with a completed engineering apprenticeship.
• Experience within an assembly and test environment.
• Formal qualification in Six Sigma, project management and/or lean tools would be beneficial.
• Experience with automated assembly equipment and OEE would be beneficial.
• Able to effectively communicate with and influence all levels of the organisation.
• Self-motivated with a high level of urgency and can evidence a structured project management approach.
• A tenacious, enthusiastic, results driven individual with excellent time management skills.
• Structured and organised - Able to work alone, within a team or leading a team as required.
• Drive the adoption of best practices that are developed across the division.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with the leadership team and process owners to align objectives and remove obstacles for process improvement.
• IT literate, Microsoft applications.

Benefits

Salary up to £52K (subject to skills and experience) + fantastic benefits including company bonuses, healthcare plan and generous pension scheme.

Company Culture

Designing award-winning products for our market-leading brands is our lifeblood. Whether you arrive at our facilities in Cheltenham, Worcester or Hull, have a visit from a Service Engineer or pick up the phone to our Customer Service team, you will instantly see that, no matter our department or location, we all share the same cultural values at Kohler Mira. From day one you are part of the Kohler Mira community – a collaborative, forward focused team with a shared pride in our work and commitment to delight our customers, develop innovative products and services and inspire our people. We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing, access to career growth and development opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a strong culture of innovation.