Staff Engineer, Continuous Improvement

Onsite in Cheltenham

Salary up to 55K (subject to skills and experience) + fantastic benefits including company bonuses, healthcare plan and generous pension scheme.

Designing award-winning products for our market-leading brands – Mira Showers, Rada and Recoup - is our lifeblood. We focus on investment; investing in the best technology and resources available and investing in each and every individual. 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’ll instantly see that, no matter our department or location, we all share the same cultural values at Kohler Mira.

From day one you’re 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 are looking for a Staff Engineer to shape the future of our manufacturing operations. In this role, you’ll 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’ll collaborate closely with production teams and a wide range of supporting functions to make meaningful, measurable impact.

Responsibilities will include:

• 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.
• 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.

Skills/Requirements:

• 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.

We can offer you a lot in return! 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. With a genuine commitment to creating better tomorrows, we’re driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives.

Kohler Mira is committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse associates, consumers, partners, and global communities. As an equal opportunities employer, it is Kohler Mira’s policy to recruit, hire, and promote qualified people in all job classifications without prejudice. If, as an individual with a disability, you require adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact talentacquisitionuk@kohler.com.