Senior Supplier Quality Staff Engineer req

Senior Supplier Quality Staff Engineer

Hybrid-with at least 3 days out of 5 per week onsite in Cheltenham Salary to be discussed on application + company bonus, private health care 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 seeking an experienced Senior Staff Supplier Quality Engineer to play a strategic role in shaping both product design and supplier manufacturing processes for Mira’s showering products. Find out more below!

This is a senior individual contributor position focused on owning quality outcomes across multiple programmes and key suppliers, operating with a high degree of independence. You will actively influence design decisions (materials, tolerances, interfaces) and work closely with a focused set of critical suppliers to ensure manufacturing processes and controls are robust, scalable, and aligned to design intent.

Alongside delivery, you will act as a coach and mentor to other associates, helping to strengthen capability in both product quality and supplier management, while influencing decisions across engineering, supply chain, and suppliers.

• Manages competing priorities with consistency and sound judgement
• Takes ownership for practical, high‑quality outcomes
• Influences effectively across functions
• Is committed to developing others and improving team capability

Act as a key design partner within NPD, actively shaping product architecture, materials selection, tolerancing, and interfaces to ensure designs are optimised for quality and manufacturability.

Build deep, strategic relationships with a focused set of critical suppliers, developing their capability in manufacturing processes, quality systems, and technical problem solving. Identify and cultivate new suppliers early in projects when new solutions are required.

Own supplier quality readiness across multiple programmes, ensuring alignment between product design and manufacturing capability from concept through to production.

Drive effective application of APQP disciplines, ensuring PFMEAs, control plans, and validation activities are technically robust and add real value. Maintains a leading edge understanding of tools and processes while teaching internal and supplier associates as appropriate.

Lead resolution of complex or high‑impact issues, ensuring structured root cause analysis and sustainable corrective actions.

Proactively identify risks in product design and supplier processes, addressing them early to avoid downstream impact. Use creativity and structured problem solving to identify novel solutions that balance the business and the customer.

Provide informal leadership across the organisation, influencing stakeholders and coaching other associates to raise overall capability.

Lead initiatives to improve supplier performance, internal processes, and quality practices across the organisation.

• Significant experience (10 years plus) in supplier quality, product quality, or manufacturing engineering, ideally within mechanical or electromechanical products
• A degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, or a related…