Project Engineer- New Product Development

Location: Cheltenham

Salary circa £40K (subject to skills & experience), plus a fantastic benefits package including staff discounts and company bonus.

Opportunity:

Designing award-winning products for our market-leading brands – Mira Showers, Rada and Kohler UK - is our lifeblood. We focus on investment, investing in the best technology and resources available and investing in each and every individual. Put simply, it’s who we are. Whether you arrive at our factories in Cheltenham 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 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 (who knew a bathroom manufacturing company did all this?!)

But, to get to where we want to be, we are looking for an enthusiastic project engineer to come and join our exciting Digital Programme Team. We are looking for someone who is passionate about ideation, prototype development, testing, validation, and pushing the boundaries of what is possible. You should be ready to work closely in a committed, multi-disciplined team to bring the next innovative Digital showering experience to the market. Find out more below!

Job Summary

In this incredible role, you will be actively developing new products within our portfolio and technologies for Kohler Co. For this you will need to be a curious and tenacious individual with a drive to experiment and develop next generation showering experiences.

• Create and execute design solutions, using engineering fundamentals and logic backed up by practical technical problem solving, to support the development from an idea to a product in the market.

• Bring ideas, innovations, future trends and new opportunities through to next generation products.

• Work within an NPD Project team, carry out a broad scope of complex engineering tasks including integrating existing technologies into projects and technical assignments. Having autonomy and is fully accountable for completing and defining work packages.

• Oversee complex engineering analysis using theoretical and practical tools (e.g. CFD, FEA). Lead by example in using fact-based decision making, achieving timely consensus within the team, and avoiding over-analysis.

• Own the of delivery of assigned work packages to a high quality, on time, and with consideration given to cost and sustainable goals.

• Be an active and engaged member of the Digital team (and wider engineering team), bringing your insights to team meetings and innovation sessions and supporting the other team members.

• Lead the testing of new concepts/products using both novel and iterative development approaches to seek optimum product performance.

• Benchmark and test of competitor’s products, bringing insights.

• Proactively collaborate with a multifunctional team deliver project to time, cost, and quality targets, with a full alignment to standards & legislation.

• Compilation and entry of supporting data such as: product BOMs, design record files, engineering changes.

• Work within an established new product development process.

• Measure and balance your actions and decisions against time, cost, quality, and sustainability goals.

• Champion and develop best practice.

• Support continuous improvement within the department and support wider business activities, e.g. early career programmes, stewardship etc.

• The role may occasionally require visits to customers and suppliers, both domestic and international.

Skills/Requirements

• A qualified Mechanical Engineer, who has gained experience through either apprenticeship or higher education, i.e. HND, degree, or with intern and/or co-op experiences. Will have at least 2 years of relevant industry experience.

• A strong team player with a positive attitude who is excited to work collaboratively.

• Highly motivated and self-driven with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Initiative-taking, proactive and results driven.

• Passionate about new technology, naturally inquisitive, and driven to identify and solve engineering problems.

• Appetite for learning about new technologies and methodologies and integrating them into product ideas and designs.

• Used to working with a new product development process.

• Working knowledge of FMEA’s, DFA, CFD, FEA and Moldflow.

• Designing for various manufacturing processes: injection moulding, machining etc.

• 3D / 2D CAD, preferably Creo Parametric.

Desirable Requirements:

• An appreciation of water/fluid principles and/or fluid control systems.

• A working appreciation of electronic and electrical systems.

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.

About Us

In the UK, Kohler Mira Ltd. is made up of three market leading brands: Mira Showers, Rada Controls, and KOHLER. 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 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 (https://mykohler-my.sharepoint.com/personal/robin_johnson_kohlereurope_com/Documents/Desktop/talentacquisitionuk@kohler.com) .

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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