Senior Manufacturing Engineer *Internal Only* at Lush

We are building a brand that represents the people of the world. It’s what you do that counts, and we are always looking to expand perspectives and voices to shape our future. 

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Who we are
You might know us as the inventors of the bath bomb, but there’s more to this great-smelling, partly employee-owned, family-run company than pioneering cosmetics. We believe our business should put more back into the world than it takes and demonstrate that capitalism can be a force for good.

The Living Wage Foundation’s statement 'a hard day's work deserves a fair day's pay' is one that we are proud to commit to in the UK. As an accredited Living Wage employer, we put our people first and fight cruel practices like animal testing, promote regeneration, and show that it is what’s inside that counts - whether that’s an ingredient in a product, or the minerals in a smartphone.

The team
The Process Improvement team is a multi-disciplined function ideal for managing change within our organisation. The team has a diverse skill set, with team members who have developed within Lush, with an inherent understanding of the business, and those with external Mechanical / Manufacturing / Process expertise from other business sectors. Process Improvement is not as simple as just making a process faster or more efficient. We work in close collaboration across the organisation and at multiple levels.

We provide expertise in solution finding for a multitude of challenges, including increasing productivity & efficiency, reducing or eliminating repetitive operations, and “working smarter”. This includes our ability to evaluate data, produce & present that data to support business cases or development opportunities, whatever they may be. We also look at opportunities to improve our ways of working, including creating & implementing processes & procedures that can add value to our business and enhance the overall quality of what we do and how we do it.

We have global influence, and we work closely with our respective sites in the UK and across the World, including Germany, Croatia, Australia, Japan, and North America. We are constantly looking to develop ourselves and the organisation we work in. We support “Lean” awareness across the organisation and build our team's skills & abilities.

Please note: We may close this vacancy early if we receive an overwhelming response or our business requirements change.

This role requires broad expertise across diverse manufacturing technologies, processes, and methods, spanning both low- and high-volume production. Experience within automotive, aerospace, cosmetic, food, or pharmaceutical industries is a distinct advantage. The engineer possesses a solid foundation in general engineering principles, including mechanical, fluids, thermodynamics, and chemical engineering, and operates with a sound understanding of Lean methodologies. They are highly proficient in autonomously deploying these tools to execute complex process improvement assignments and deliver scheduled solutions. Operating in a structured and methodical way, the engineer ensures accurate project data documentation, is highly competent at compiling and communicating technical data clearly to all stakeholders, and is driven to continuously seek overall process, product, and business improvements, embodying the "right first time, every time" ethos and the role model behaviour expected of a senior team member.

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