px Group
Reliability Engineer
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Reliability Engineer
Application Deadline: 24 September 2026
Department: Engineering
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Wyke
Reporting To: Reliability Manager
Description
Our Business
px PEOPLE, their commitment to excellence, innovation, and teamwork, are the reason for px Group’s continuing growth and success story. We aim to be the elite provider of operations management, engineering services, and energy management solutions in high hazard, highly regulated industries nationally and as we grow, across Europe and globally. For more information visit www.pxlimited.com.
Located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, px Group’s Wyke Agrichemicals Manufacturing Plant site is one of the UK’s leading crop protection manufacturing facilities and an important part of px Group’s Chemical division. The site manufactures and supplies products that help farmers protect crops and produce more from the land.
Wyke is a Top Tier COMAH site, operating a complex chemical manufacturing environment where safety, reliability, and operational excellence are fundamental to everything we do. With a skilled workforce across manufacturing, engineering, laboratory, supply chain, and support functions, the site offers the opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals in a highly technical environment.
The Opportunity
We are now recruiting for a Reliability Engineer.
As a Reliability Engineer at our Wyke site, you will play a critical role in improving asset reliability and plant performance. Working across engineering, maintenance, and operations, you’ll identify failures before they occur, lead root cause analysis, and deliver practical, high-impact reliability improvements across site. This is a highly hands-on role combining field-based condition monitoring with data analysis, offering the opportunity to make a meaningful and lasting impact on an ageing plant environment.
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver reliability improvement initiatives and small CAPEX projects.
- Own and enhance the site condition monitoring programme (vibration, oil analysis, thermography & ultrasound).
- Analyse condition monitoring data and convert insights into actionable maintenance plans.
- Drive continuous improvement through troubleshooting guides, SOPs, and defect elimination strategies.
- Work closely with maintenance, planners, and operations teams to ensure corrective actions are executed effectively.
- Optimise maintenance strategies / plans aligned to equipment condition.
- Identify risks, including abnormal operating conditions and compliance considerations such as ATEX.
Minimum Requirements
We’re looking for a proactive, hands-on engineer with a strong reliability mindset and a passion for continuous improvement.
You’ll bring:
- Proven experience applying RCM or FMECA-based maintenance strategies in an industrial environment.
- Vibration Analysis CAT I / CAT II certification, or demonstrable experience analysing vibration spectra.
- Strong hands-on experience with plant equipment such as pumps, motors, and gearboxes.
- Experience using CMMS and reliability systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle, Machine Sentry).
- Ability to interpret condition monitoring data and translate it into effective maintenance actions.
- A structured approach to root cause analysis and defect elimination.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
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Ideally, you’ll also have:
- An engineering apprenticeship or degree in a relevant discipline.
- Broader experience across condition monitoring techniques (e.g. thermography, oil analysis, ultrasound, motion amplification).
- A mindset focused on continuous improvement, accountability, and collaboration.
What you will receive from us
- 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
- A boosted pension scheme – we’ll match 1.25% to every 1% you pay (up to 8%)
- Simply Health Cash Plan
- Staff Meals
- Onsite parking
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.
Please note this role may close early or be extended depending on the volume of applications.
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