Process Quality Engineer

Process Quality Engineer

Salary up to 35k (subject to skills and experience) fantastic benefits including company bonuses healthcare plan and generous pension scheme.

Location: Onsite Cheltenham

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 youll instantly see that no matter our department or location we all share the same cultural values at Kohler Mira.

From day one youre 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.

Opportunity

As our Process Quality Engineer youll play a key role in driving a culture of continuous improvement across our manufacturing operations. Youll use your expertise in Quality Assurance Statistical Process Control (SPC) Root Cause Analysis and process improvement techniques to identify opportunities solve complex problems and enhance performance.

Youll champion Six Sigma methodologies applying the DMAIC framework to deliver sustainable improvements in quality efficiency and customer satisfaction. Working closely with cross-functional teams youll help shape best practices influence positive change and ensure our processes consistently deliver exceptional results.

• Act as a responsible Process Quality Engineer for all key production lines within both buildings.
• Develop sound product knowledge.
• It is expected this person will be very much a hands-on person who will personally take responsibility for doingand will spend a large proportion of their time on the factory floor working closely with staff and process owners on continual improvement projects.
• Meticulously monitor production processes to identify deviations from quality standards and promptly address any issues
• Liaise / Collaborate closely with all levels of Operations & stakeholders. Use relationships to maintain a network to support Production / Quality Strategies.
• Harvest and trend Infinity Smart Factory and Ignition data as an enabler to communicate current and potential future state issues.
• Support the removal of manually recorded OEE data.
• Work with the Controls team to validate Ops Link OEE portion 3.0.
• Working closely with AME ensure PFMEAs are effectively maintained and controled.
• Support production with RCA and drive resolutions. Ensure appropriate measurement techniques are used.
• Ensure Control Plans PPTRs and associated documentation are implemented effectively and maintained.
• From a quality perspective support new production equipment to ensure a smooth handover from NPI.
• Capture and analyse manufacturing metrics to identify trends gaps and opportunities for improvement including the realisation of those improvements
• Facilitate machine and process capability studies using data and statistical techniques. Promote and ultilise techniques for continuous improvement such as Poka-Yoke (Error Proofing) and Measurement System Analysis
• Operate without need for technical supervision.
• Drive quality communication to ensure knowledge is shared and recorded.
• Define and develop cell data structure and management in conjunction with appropriate stakeholders (collection output analysis and communication)

Skills/Requirements

• A relevant mechanical or electro-mechanical HNC or higher qualification.
• Minimum of 5 years experience ideally completed 4 year engineering apprenticeship.
• Experience of communicating information at all levels across various functions: written & verbally concisely and accurately.
• A tenacious enthusiastic results driven individual with excellent time management skills.
• A confident user of Microsoft office software.
• Must be structured and organised with an ability to work on their own within a team.
• Project Management experience with six sigma green belt project leadership experience.
• Trained to use MS Project.

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 were driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious healthy and sustainable lives.

About Us

In the UK Kohler Mira Ltd. is made up of three market leading brands: Mira Showers Rada Controls and Recoup. Where our brands differ in market position they are equal in their commitment to design innovation and providing a single level of quality regardless of price.

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 Miras 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

Note for Recruitment Agencies: The Kohler Talent Acquisition team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible. We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us. Speculative CVs sent by any agency to Kohler Co. without a specific request by our Talent Acquisition Team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable.

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