Reliability Engineer

A vacancy has arisen within the Maintenance department for a Reliability Engineer based primarily  will join them on a full‑time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary.

As one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of Kitchen, Bedroom and Bathroom fitted furniture, they have had unsuppressed growth, with almost 50 years’ experience. Their emphasis is on providing a high standard for all their products and the services they offer. They are currently seeking the very best people, to further strengthen their position within the industry by appointing dedicated individuals to share in their success.

As a Reliability Engineer you will work closely with the maintenance, production and quality departments to identify and mitigate risks to critical assets and aim to reduce equipment failures, improve systems and maximise uptime. You will develop and refine asset care plans using reliability‑centred maintenance and FMEA principles and drive a Continuous Improvement (CI) mindset, utilizing Lean methodologies and Root Cause Analysis to eliminate waste and optimise operational efficiency.

• Delivering a long‑term maintenance strategy
• Failure analysis and elimination.
• Develop and integrate condition‑based monitoring.
• Improve planned preventative maintenance activities.
• Improve production processes and maximise machine output.
• Analyse CMMS data, downtime trends, and KPIs.
• Lead root cause analysis activities.
• Create and enforce planned maintenance standards.
• Lead, coach and mentor the maintenance team in reliability practices.

• Proven experience in a reliability or maintenance engineering role.
• A successful track record of working within a manufacturing / maintenance environment, ideally within woodworking, FMCG or Packaging.
• Experience in implementing, or supporting roll‑out of, CI initiatives.
• Forward‑thinking nature alongside a collaborative hands‑on approach to day‑to‑day production activities.
• Lean Six Sigma qualifications/certificate (desirable).
• Excellent time‑keeping and time‑management skills.
• A full UK driving licence.

• An experienced multi‑skilled engineer.
• Educated to NVQ Level 3 in an engineering discipline.
• Able to motivate and manage a team.
• Communicates confidently with people at all levels.
• Works under pressure and maintains deadlines.
• Self‑motivated and willing to work as part of a team.
• Has excellent organisational, written and numerical skills.
• Computer literate.

This position will be rewarded with a competitive salary. If you wish your application to be taken further, please state your required salary.

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become their Reliability Engineer, then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, they’d love to hear from you.