At a Glance
- Tasks: Optimise optical sorter maintenance and manage spare parts for Glass Recycling sites.
- Company: Join Sibelco, a leader in sustainable industrial minerals for over 150 years.
- Benefits: Permanent contract, competitive salary, hands-on experience, and structured career development.
- Other info: Dynamic community focused on growth, innovation, and collaboration.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in recycling while gaining international exposure and leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Degree in STEM, strong analytical skills, and interest in operations and data.
The predicted salary is between 25000 - 32000 £ per year.
Location: Newhouse
At Sibelco, we advance life through materials. For over 150 years, we’ve been a trusted leader in sourcing, transforming, and distributing specialty industrial minerals. Our work powers progress across industries as diverse as glass, ceramics, construction, coatings, polymers, and water purification. Beyond our materials, we’re proud of our commitment to sustainability, innovation, and empowering people from all walks of life to thrive and make a meaningful impact.
The Sibelco Global Graduate Programme is designed to accelerate the careers of promising individuals. It is a two-year rotational programme consisting of two one-year assignments in key operational and commercial roles. The programme provides hands-on experience with real business projects, ensuring early responsibility and exposure to strategic decision-making. Participants are offered a permanent contract from the start, ensuring long-term career prospects within Sibelco. As part of this programme, we are recruiting a Reliability Engineer for our optical systems project. In addition, graduates must be open to spending their second year in a different cluster outside of their initial region to gain broader international or regional exposure.
Your Impact in This Role
This assignment focuses on optimizing optical sorter maintenance, spare parts management, and digital enablement across Glass Recycling sites, starting with a pilot in Newhouse and scaling across the region.
Your key responsibilities:
- Analyzing spare parts usage and maintenance practices to build criticality assessments and optimize planning
- Mapping current MRO sourcing, suppliers, and cost structures for optical sorters
- Implementing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models to improve lifecycle cost and reliability decisions
- Standardizing SAP codifications for optical sorter and MRO components
- Supporting deployment of the Mendix warehouse mobility app and training technicians
- Developing procedures and work instructions for improved maintenance and stock management
- Piloting solutions in Newhouse and scaling across additional Glass Recycling sites
- Collaborating with operations, maintenance, and digital teams across Europe
What You Bring to the Table:
- Degree in STEM field (engineering, data, or similar)
- Strong analytical skills and high attention to detail
- Advanced Excel skills; knowledge of SAP and Power BI is a plus
- Interest in industrial operations, maintenance, and continuous improvement
- Understanding of cost analysis and data-driven decision making
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Fluent English required; additional European languages are a plus
- Driving license is necessary
- Willingness to travel (up to 30%)
Our Selection Process:
- Application Submission – CV & Motivation Letter
- First Interview – Initial screening
- Assessment – Competency evaluation
- Business Case Study – Real-world challenge
- Panel Interview – Final discussion with stakeholders
Why Join Us?
This is a high-impact assignment with direct exposure to operations excellence, digitalization, and cost optimization in a key industrial environment. Sibelco’s Global Graduate Programme offers:
- A permanent contract from day one
- Competitive salary
- Real responsibility and hands-on experience
- Structured career development and mentorship
- Cross-functional and international exposure
This role is ideal for graduates who want to combine operations, data, and digital solutions to drive efficiency and reliability improvements in the recycling industry.
Sibelco is more than a workplace—it’s a community that encourages growth, innovation, and collaboration. We also welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to support you through the selection process.
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Reliability Engineer - Graduate Programme employer: Sibelco Group
At Sibelco, we are not just a leader in industrial minerals; we are a community that fosters innovation and personal growth. Our Global Graduate Programme offers graduates a permanent contract from day one, competitive salary, and the chance to work on impactful projects in a collaborative environment. With structured career development and opportunities for international exposure, joining our team means embarking on a meaningful journey towards leadership in the recycling industry.
