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This is a key leadership role, responsible for driving reliability, asset performance, and long-term engineering excellence across the site. You’ll lead a small team of Reliability Engineers and work closely with the Engineering Reliability manager and the maintenance operations team, to deliver strategic reliability improvements and optimise asset lifecycle management.
Job Responsibility:
Lead and manage the Reliability Team, ensuring effective delivery of asset performance, maintenance planning, and reliability projects
Act as lead for reliability and asset care, championing continuous improvement across site
Develop and sustain proactive maintenance strategies, including predictive and condition-based maintenance, to improve equipment availability and reduce unplanned downtime
Analyse performance and downtime data to identify and eliminate root causes of equipment failure
Collaborate with the wider Engineer Team to coordinate planned maintenance, improvement activities, and engineering support during production
Support the Engineering Reliability Manager in the development and execution of the site’s maintenance and reliability roadmap
Maintain the office, reliability- and outside areas to high standard, ensuring regular checks are conducted and satisfactory feedback is received from GMP/WPW audits
Lead cross-functional reliability reviews, ensuring effective communication between Engineering, Operations, Planning, and technical teams
Manage contractor and OEM support, ensuring all work complies with site safety, technical, and legislative standards
Ensure all rectification actions identified on service reports are followed up and completed in a timely manner
Identify the training needs of the team in order to coach, train and develop the team to provide the opportunities to develop to their potential
Oversee asset care documentation, including PM reviews, calibration schedules, and PUWER assessments
Lead or support capital and improvement projects, ensuring reliability principles are built into design and implementation
Requirements:
HND or above in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or related discipline)
Proven experience in reliability, maintenance, or engineering leadership in an FMCG or manufacturing environment
Strong understanding of maintenance systems (CMMS), asset management, and performance metrics (OEE, MTBF, MTTR)
Demonstrable leadership, coaching, and influencing skills
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication abilities
Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively across teams
Nice to have:
Experience leading engineering teams or projects in a large-scale manufacturing site
Reliability tools knowledge (RCM, FMEA, TPM)
NEBOSH or IOSH qualification
CAD experience and contractor management exposure
What we offer:
6% Pension
31 Days Holiday
Life Assurance
Private Medical Health Cover
Subsidised Canteen
Free Staff Parking
Wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including discounts with major retailers and access to health resources