Job Description
Reliability Technician - Lubrication
Location: Scarborough
Salary: upto £40k DOE
Shift: Panama
Overtime: Paid
We are recruiting for a Reliability/Lubrication Technician to join a well-established, high-volume manufacturing site in Scarborough. This is a great opportunity for a mechanically minded engineer or technician with experience in lubrication, reliability or condition-based maintenance to join a forward-thinking engineering team.
The Role
Working as part of the Reliability team, you will help improve asset reliability, equipment life and OEE, while reducing unplanned downtime.
Key responsibilities include:
- Deliver planned preventative lubrication schedules across the site
- Lubricate and inspect bearings, gearboxes and rotating equipment
- Monitor automatic lubrication systems and single-point lubricators
- Identify wear, leaks and abnormal equipment conditions before they result in failure
- Maintain lubricant storage, handling and contamination-control standards
- Record maintenance activity and raise notifications through SAP/CMMS
- Work closely with Engineering and Production around planned maintenance and shutdowns
- Support continuous improvement of lubrication routes, frequencies and reliability practices
What We're Looking For
- Engineering qualification such as NVQ Level 2/3, City & Guilds, or relevant time-served experience
- Mechanical understanding of bearings, gearboxes, rotating equipment and lubrication systems
- Previous maintenance, reliability or lubrication experience
- Understanding of PPM and predictive/condition-based maintenance
- FMCG or food manufacturing experience would be advantageous but isn't essential
- Lubrication or CBM qualifications such as ICML MLT I or Mobius Category I would be beneficial, although training can be provided
- Strong attention to detail and a proactive approach to reliability and health & safety
What's on Offer?
- Paid overtime
- Excellent pension, with employer contributions up to 12%
- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service
- Private healthcare and health cash plan
- Life insurance
- Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
- Cycle to work scheme
- Excellent training and long-term career development opportunities within a large, progressive manufacturing business
This is a particularly good opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer, Reliability Technician, Lubrication Technician or Condition Monitoring Engineer looking to develop further within reliability engineering.
Reliability Technician in Scarborough employer: Castle Employment Group
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