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Maintenance Lead
Join Us at Reckitt
Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands – our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.
Join us in our fight to make access [to] the highest quality hygiene, wellness, [and] nourishment a right and not a privilege.
Supply Chain Opportunities
Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It ensures our trusted products reach people worldwide safely [and] efficiently, powered by talented [and] passionate teams.
As a leader in supply chain, Reckitt offers diverse, meaningful roles—from planning and procurement [to] manufacturing [and] logistics. Explore opportunities [with] teams like:
- Global Supply Planning – Develop [and] implement our global supply strategy.
- Procurement Centre of Excellence – Negotiate [and] manage supplier relationships.
- Manufacturing Excellence – Improve efficiency, quality, and safety.
- Logistics Excellence – Innovate in product distribution [and] customer delivery.
Maintenance Lead
About the Role
As a Maintenance Lead, you'll [play] a pivotal role in ensuring equipment reliability, performance, and compliance within a regulated OTC Health environment. Your responsibilities include:
- Leading all **engineering [and] reliability activities to achieve:
- Zero breakdowns
- Elimination of recurring losses
- Maintenance of validated, compliant equipment
- Collaborating closely with Cell Leads, Process Leads, Quality, Validation, [and] Engineering teams
- Driving CAPEX, safety, quality, [and] productivity improvements
- Hands-on technical leadership in a role that demands strong problem-solving, reliability expertise, [and] the ability to coach [and] upskill team members.
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Location & Employment Terms
📍 Nottingham, NG90 – On-site 🕒 Full-time, Permanent 📧 Recruiter: brenna.borghisanilevy@reckitt.com 👤 Hiring Manager: Simon Elrick
Key Responsibilities
1. Breakdown Elimination & Reliability Improvement
- Own the cell Breakdown Elimination (BDE) system, [and] lead root-cause analysis for major losses.
- Drive sustainable countermeasures using structured problem-solving tools.
- Develop [and] maintain equipment reliability strategies to reduce unplanned downtime.
- Analyse **failure data [and] loss trees to prioritise improvement initiatives.
- Ensure technical standards [and] critical spares strategies are maintained.
2. Maintenance Planning & Scheduling
- Lead the cell's maintenance planning [and] scheduling.
- Build [and] maintain preventive maintenance plans aligned to equipment criticality.
- Ensure effective weekly maintenance schedules [and] material readiness.
- Track **PM compliance [and] execution quality.
3. Zero Loss Mindset
- Champion Reckitt’s IWS Zero Loss goal within your cell.
- Eliminate chronic equipment losses impacting SQDCS metrics.
- Translate loss intelligence into actionable improvement plans.
4. Engineering Support for Projects
- Provide engineering input to **CAPEX [and] productivity projects.
- Support:
- URS development
- Design reviews
- FAT/SAT (Factory Acceptance/Start-Up Testing)
- Commissioning
- Ensure maintainability [and] reliability are integrated from design.
5. Capability Building & Coaching
- Train [and] coach team members in:
- CIL (Condition Improvement Language)
- Defect handling
- Basic condition monitoring
- Develop technical ownership among operators.
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6. Standards, Compliance & Safety
- Ensure compliance with **GMP, EHS, [and] engineering standards.
- Own engineering risk assessments
- Manage permit-to-work systems.
Requirements
Ideal Candidate
✔ Qualified engineer [or] equivalent technical experience ✔ Background in **maintenance planning, scheduling, [and] equipment reliability ✔ Experience in regulated environments (GMP/GxP highly desirable) ✔ Knowledge of TPM/IWS principles [and] maintenance excellence frameworks ✔ Proven root-cause analysis skills + experience reducing equipment losses ✔ Strong leadership & coaching abilities to influence across teams ✔ Ability to interpret **data trends [and] act on insights ✔ Experience supporting **engineering projects, commissioning, [or] CAPEX delivery ✔ Commitment to safety, compliance, [and] process discipline
What We Offer
At Reckitt, we support employee growth through:
- Inclusion & Diversity: Backed by four global Employee Resource Groups.
- Well-being Support:
- Parental leave benefits
- Employee Assistance Program (for mental health)
- Global life insurance protection
- Compensation & Benefits:
- Share plans for long-term investment
- Short-term incentives for outstanding performance
- Localized benefits aligning with market standards
We recognize that best fits aren’t always checkbox matches. [Thus, we invite applicants from all backgrounds!]
Reckitt’s equality principle applies: [All] qualified candidates receive consideration without regard for protected characteristics, including [but] not limited [to]: age, ability, ethnicity, gender [or] LGBTQ+ identity status, veteran status [or] caring responsibilities.
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