Area Reliability Engineer

Overview

In this role you own maintenance and reliability across a key production area within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You will shape reliability strategy, drive continuous improvement, and collaborate with production, quality and engineering teams to boost uptime and performance. The position combines hands-on engineering with strategic improvements and offers long-term development. You’ll contribute to site reliability while adhering to safety and engineering standards.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Benefits
• Long-term career development opportunities
• Stable, well-established manufacturing environment
• Varied role with hands-on and strategic work

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance and reliability strategy for a designated production area
• Drive continuous improvement projects to increase uptime, performance, and capacity
• Manage preventative maintenance plans, work orders, calibrations and equipment overhauls
• Support capital projects and plant improvement initiatives
• Collaborate with production, quality and engineering teams to optimise performance
• Ensure compliance with health & safety, food safety and engineering standards

Key requirements

• Multi-skilled engineering background
• Experience in manufacturing or FMCG environment
• Strong understanding of maintenance and reliability principles
• Experience implementing continuous improvement initiatives
• Knowledge of PLC-controlled equipment
• Confident cross-functional collaboration and leading engineering projects

• cross-functional collaboration
• problem-solving
• communication
• maintenance planning
• reliability engineering
• calibration management

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