Reliability Engineer

Due to investment into this food manufacturing business in Skelmersdale we are looking for two reliability engineers to join the Engineering team, you'll have ample opportunities to enhance your skills through our development programmes. Over the past year, they have promoted several team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and predictive maintenance. This is an ideal environment for career growth, working a 12 hour days only pattern.

Our client really understands the skills shortage and is committed to looking after their teams, offering an excellent basic salary, quarterly bonus incentives, critical illness cover, discounted gym membership, market‑leading health and well‑being support, and a generous company pension of up to 15%. In addition, enhanced parental leave now includes 26 weeks of fully paid maternity leave and 10 weeks of fully paid paternity leave, among other benefits.

Join us and be part of a company that prioritises your development and well‑being.

• Work with Maintenance Planners, Line Engineering Lead and Manufacturing Technicians to ensure all planned maintenance is completed.
• Provide additional reactive support to Shift Technicians / Operations teams, when required.
• Create link with Controls System Specialist, Electrical Duty Holder, Reliability & Condition Monitoring Specialist to support completion of preventative work orders and in‑depth analysis countermeasures.
• Support Specialist teams delivering action completion and continuous improvement support.
• Provide support to ensure maintenance plans, task instructions and stores holdings are correct.
• Lead and support improvements through CI initiatives and preventative actions (to include health & safety and food safety actions).
• Drive and own root cause analysis completion.
• Creation of Visual Management for Planned Maintenance tasks.
• Ambassador for engineering standards and best practice across site.

• A minimum of a Level 3 Maintenance Engineer NVQ, BTEC.
• Understanding of SCADA control systems, and PLC fault finding would be an advantage.
• Multi‑skilled with an electrical bias.
• Previous experience in food manufacturing or FMCG environment.

• Salary £47,700.
• Quarterly bonus incentive of up to £3,000 pa.
• 42 hours across 3.5 days per week – 3 x 12 hour day shift.
• Shift: 06:00 – 18:00, aligned with site engineering shutdowns; an additional 6 hours alternating Wednesday and Friday each week 07:00 – 13:00.
• 23 days holiday (with the option to buy / sell holiday).
• Fantastic maternity, paternity and parental leave.
• Full career map & progression routes.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Subsidised canteen.
• Long Service Rewards.

If you feel this Maintenance Engineer opportunity would be right for you, please contact Daniel Fergus at Maintech Recruitment.

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