Reliability Engineer

Our client is a leading FMCG / Manufacturing company known throughout the globe, offering consumers some of the best products.

Job Role & Key Responsibilities:

We are recruiting for a Reliability Engineer to join a leading FMCG manufacturing environment, supporting highly automated production lines. This is a days-based role focused on improving asset reliability, reducing downtime, and driving continuous improvement across engineering and production operations.
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting planned maintenance strategies, improving equipment performance, and working closely with operational teams to deliver safer, more efficient, and more reliable production processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive reliability improvements across automated production machinery and canning/packaging lines.
• Support the development and delivery of planned preventative maintenance strategies.
• Carry out root cause analysis to reduce equipment failure, downtime, and recurring faults.
• Work closely with engineering, production, maintenance, and CI teams to improve site performance.
• Support health, safety, and environmental standards through risk assessments, safe working practices, and hazard reduction.
• Assist with the delivery of SOPs, training plans, and knowledge sharing across engineering teams.
• Provide technical support on reactive issues and support continuous improvement projects.
• Help drive autonomous maintenance and preventative routine maintenance activity across production lines.

The Ideal Candidate will have:

• Experience in an FMCG, food, beverage, packaging, or fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong mechanical and electrical engineering knowledge within a production setting.
• Experience supporting planned and preventative maintenance activities.
• Good fault-finding skills across automated machinery and production equipment.
• Knowledge of PLCs, HMIs/MMIs, SCADA, and maintenance systems.
• A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to identify and resolve recurring issues.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with internal teams.
• Relevant engineering qualifications, such as HNC/HND or equivalent experience.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience within a lean manufacturing or continuous improvement environment.
• Knowledge of SAP or similar maintenance/engineering systems.
• Experience with predictive, preventative, and corrective maintenance planning.
• Understanding of utilities, energy reduction, waste streams, and environmental best practice.
• Experience working with contractors, suppliers, permits to work, isolation/lock-off procedures, and risk assessments.
• Knowledge of engineering stores, procurement, stock control, or budget management.

Benefits Include:

• Great salary package
• Bonus scheme
• Pension
• Monday to Friday days-based role
• Training and development opportunities
• Opportunity to work within a well-invested FMCG manufacturing environment
• Involvement in continuous improvement, reliability, and site performance projects

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please get in touch with us or apply below.