Reliability Manager

We are FBC UK, Fox's Burton's Companies! ……And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge).

FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company.

We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We are proud manufacturing partners to some of the biggest UK retailers and household names. We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries across the UK, located at Isle of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset and our HQ in St Paul's.

Together, we employ circa 4,000 amazing colleagues across all our locations.

Whilst we know that we have delicious products we also know that that the key ingredient to our success is our people, and the passion we have for our brands. You could be the jammy to our dodger, party ring to our Fox’s or the choc-chip to our Maryland?! We knead people with innovative ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the commitment to drive FBC UK to success.

We are committed to building an inclusive workforce that feels empowered to build a fulfilling and successful career. By embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) we create a supportive environment for people to thrive and strive to have more positive impact.

We understand that having formal and on-the-job learning opportunities is key to our colleagues’ professional and personal growth. We are committed to providing an environment where everyone can learn from each other and grow through a variety of learning experiences.

Our colleagues make our business special. With strong community values, we believe FBC UK is a more prosperous and fun place to work when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, entrepreneurial and supporting each other whilst meeting our business goals.

We're looking for an experienced and driven Reliability Manager to join our Edinburgh Bakery and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our engineering function. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a skilled and established reliability team while being a key member of a high-performing Engineering Leadership Team that is committed to delivering operational excellence across the site.

In this role, you will be responsible for maximising equipment reliability and supporting continuous production through the implementation of engineering and reliability best practices. You will lead the development and execution of the site's reliability strategy, ensuring engineering resources, maintenance programmes and asset improvement initiatives are aligned to business objectives and deliver sustainable performance improvements.

Working closely with the Engineering Manager and wider site leadership team, you will have the opportunity to drive meaningful change across the bakery, identifying opportunities to improve processes, enhance equipment performance and embed a culture of continuous improvement. Your leadership will be instrumental in developing team capability, delivering sustainable improvements and helping the site achieve its operational and strategic objectives.

Just as importantly, you'll act as an ambassador for our company values, championing safety, collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement while creating an environment where both people and performance can thrive.

• Champion a strong safety culture by ensuring Health & Safety remains the highest priority, promoting safe systems of work and full compliance with site standards and procedures.
• Lead, coach and develop the…