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Reliability Engineer

Job Posted: 16 days ago

Salary: £ 49,000 - 49,231 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Ashby

Expire in: 11 days

Job Description

Location; Ashby, Leicestershire

Reliability Lead – Monday to Friday Days | Leadership Route | 10% Bonus

We are working with a leading UK food manufacturing business, producing some of the nation's most recognised snack brands. The site is heavily invested in its people and equipment, with a strong culture of continuous improvement, reliability and employee development.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Reliability Lead to join the engineering team on a permanent Monday to Friday days pattern. As part of the site leadership team, you'll take ownership of a production area, building robust maintenance processes that maximise equipment reliability, reduce downtime and support wider operational performance.

This role would suit a Senior Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Team Leader, Reliability Engineer or Maintenance Lead who enjoys coaching others, driving improvements and working closely with production teams – and who wants to step into a leadership-focused role without giving up work-life balance.

Responsibilities of a Reliability Lead:

Lead maintenance planning and scheduling activities within your production area
	
Review equipment losses and implement corrective actions to improve reliability
	
Conduct root cause analysis and develop long-term solutions to recurring issues
	
Drive maintenance performance through daily and weekly review meetings
	
Support and develop Autonomous Maintenance activities across production teams
	
Coach and develop colleagues to improve engineering and operational capability
	
Work closely with Operations and Production to support capital projects, equipment improvements and site performance targets

Skills & Qualifications of a Reliability Lead:

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent Engineering qualification, with a strong maintenance engineering background in manufacturing
	
Experience leading, coaching or developing a maintenance or production team
	
Proven fault-finding, problem-solving and root cause analysis skills
	
Experience within FMCG, food manufacturing or automated production (desirable)
	
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, comfortable influencing across engineering and production

Benefits of a Reliability Lead:

Competitive salary, dependent on experience
	
Monday to Friday days role – 08:00 to 16:00
	
10% bonus scheme
	
Pension scheme with up to 7% employer contribution
	
25 days holiday plus the option to buy additional leave
	
Healthcare package including Digital GP and wellbeing support, plus an employee discounts platform
	
Career progression within a large multi-site manufacturing group, with ongoing training and development

If you feel this Reliability Lead role is right for you, please contact Becky Prince at Maintech Recruitment for more information or click apply.

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