Reliability Engineer

Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

A vacancy has arisen within the Maintenance department for a Reliability Engineer based primarily  will join us 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, Symphony has had unsuppressed growth, with almost 50 years’ experience. Our emphasis is on providing a high standard for all our products and the services we offer. We are currently seeking the very best people, to further strengthen our position within the industry by appointing dedicated individuals to share in our 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 optimize 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/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
• 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.
• Able to communicate confidently with people at all levels.
• Able to work under pressure and maintain deadlines.
• Self‑motivated and willing to work as part of a team.
• Have excellent organisational, written and numerical skills.

This position will be rewarded with a competitive salary. In order for 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 our Reliability Engineer then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, they’d love to hear from you!