MacGregor Black
Lead Reliability Engineer
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Lead Reliability Engineer
Do you have strong experience in reliability, maintenance or engineering within a fast-paced FMCG or food manufacturing environment?
Are you confident leading reliability improvements, reducing downtime and improving asset performance?
Do you have the technical and leadership skills to drive a proactive reliability strategy across a large manufacturing site?
MacGregor Black are partnering with a leading food manufacturing business to recruit a Lead Reliability Engineer to join their Engineering team on a permanent, full-time basis.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Reliability Engineer or Engineering Leader to take ownership of site-wide reliability, asset performance and continuous improvement within a large-scale food manufacturing environment.
Working closely with Engineering, Maintenance, Operations and Planning teams, you will lead reliability initiatives designed to improve equipment availability, reduce downtime and optimise asset performance.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the Reliability Engineering team.
- Develop and implement proactive, predictive and condition-based maintenance strategies.
- Analyse downtime and equipment performance data to identify root causes and improvement opportunities.
- Drive reliability and asset care improvements across the site.
- Support planned maintenance, engineering projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Monitor key engineering performance metrics including OEE, MTBF and MTTR.
- Lead cross-functional reliability reviews and improvement projects.
- Manage contractor and OEM support where required.
- Oversee asset care documentation, PM reviews, calibration and equipment assessments.
- Identify training and development requirements within the Reliability team.
What We’re Looking For
- HND or above in Engineering, ideally Mechanical, Electrical or a related discipline.
- Proven experience in reliability, maintenance or engineering within FMCG, food manufacturing or a similar environment.
- Experience leading engineering teams, projects or reliability initiatives.
- Strong understanding of CMMS, asset management and engineering performance metrics.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong leadership, coaching and influencing abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
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Desirable
- Experience with reliability methodologies such as RCM, FMEA or TPM.
- NEBOSH or IOSH qualification.
- Experience managing contractors and OEMs.
- Experience within a large-scale manufacturing environment.
- CAD experience.
What’s on Offer
- Monday to Friday, 08:00–16:30.
- Opportunity to join a leading food manufacturing business.
- Senior position with significant influence over site reliability and asset performance.
- Supportive and progressive engineering environment.
- Ongoing training and professional development.
- Competitive benefits package.
For more information, please contact Courtney Cummings.
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