At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead maintenance strategies, focusing on proactive and predictive maintenance to enhance equipment reliability.
- Company: Join a global leader in product, process, and packaging manufacturing.
- Benefits: Competitive salary up to £55k, plus bonuses, pension contributions, and healthcare.
- Other info: Opportunities for career progression and exposure to global engineering standards.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Qualifications: Degree or NVQ level 3 in Engineering with experience in maintenance reliability and asset care.
The predicted salary is between 48150 - 58850 £ per year.
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Nottingham
Client: Global Product, Process and Packaging Manufacturer
Job Reward: Target of £50k - £55k DOE, plus £5k Bonus, £5k Pension contribution plus Healthcare
Hours: Monday to Friday, 38 hours, no shifts, plus overtime on weekends
Reporting to the Site Head of Engineering Department – Engineering Maintenance, Planning & Reliability
Are you a maintenance engineering professional who genuinely believes that planned maintenance should be the standard? Experience of making the transition away from reactive maintenance? Do you have a strong background in maintenance planning, reliability engineering, and asset management? Having worked in factory environments? Do you have hands-on engineering experience implementing RCM and lean maintenance tools? You could be an apprentice trained or a graduate engineer, with a skill set for driving world-class maintenance standards.
We are looking for an Engineering Reliability & Maintenance Lead to play a key role in strengthening this client’s site asset maintenance performance, improving engineering equipment reliability and driving a manufacturing site towards a proactive, data-led maintenance culture. Working in the process manufacturing area.
You will lead a maintenance and reliability strategy that prioritises planned and predictive maintenance over reactive work. In this engineering maintenance leadership role, you will partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance and Continuous Improvement teams to reduce unplanned downtime and improve asset life.
This role is ideal for a senior engineer, a Reliability Maintenance Planner, a Maintenance Manager or a Continuous Improvement Engineer from a maintenance background, who is ready to lead a large area, coordinate shift engineers, passionate about reliability, structured modern maintenance, and continuous improvement, and who wants to make a measurable impact in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Key Responsibilities - Site Engineering Reliability & Maintenance Leader
- Lead the implementation of reliability-centred maintenance (RCM)
- Take the helm of a large site’s asset maintenance management strategy.
- Focus on proactive, preventative & predictive maintenance.
- Improve equipment reliability, reduce unplanned downtime, and embed engineering best practices across the site.
- Drive maintenance improvement initiatives focused on reducing unplanned downtime and improving OEE.
- Analyse equipment performance data to identify repeat failures, losses, and reliability risks.
- Facilitate root cause analysis (RCA) and ensure sustainable corrective actions are implemented.
- Lead a planned, predictive, and reliability-centred maintenance engineering approach.
- Support the transition from reactive to planned and predictive maintenance strategies.
- Embed autonomous maintenance routines.
- Improve CMMS effectiveness.
What You’ll Bring - Engineering Reliability & Maintenance Leader
- Degree or NVQ level 3 minimum qualified in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or Mechatronics) or equivalent.
- Proven experience in maintenance reliability, maintenance improvement, or asset care within FMCG or high-volume process or complex manufacturing.
- Strong working knowledge of RCM, RCA, and lean maintenance methodologies.
- Experience using CMMS systems (e.g. SAP PM, Maximo, Mainsaver, Movex or similar).
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into practical engineering actions.
What We Offer - Engineering Reliability & Maintenance Leader
- The opportunity to work within a world-class manufacturing environment as a Manager / Leader of this function.
- A key stakeholder management and influencing role, and a technical Subject Matter Expert for Maintenance.
- Exposure to global engineering standards, tools, and best practices.
- Development plan to move to more senior engineering leadership roles.
- A culture focused on safety, quality, continuous improvement, and sustainability.
- Clear development and career progression opportunities.
- Competitive salary and excellent benefits package including £5k bonus potential.
- The chance to influence how the factory performs by embedding sustainable maintenance excellence.
If you’re a qualified senior reliability maintenance engineer or maintenance leader who thrives on improving reliability, reducing losses, and raising standards in manufacturing, we’d love to hear from you. You will be a maintenance and reliability leader to take ownership of a large site’s asset care strategy and continue building a high-performing, proactive maintenance culture.
Ready to make an impact?
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