Divisional Reliability Manager

CBRE; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE in London is seeking a seasoned reliability and condition monitoring specialist to join its business intelligence function. The role focuses on asset lifecycle, driving condition monitoring and maintenance across multiple sites to improve equipment availability and uptime with minimal client impact.

You will perform monthly field condition monitoring on client sites, analyze data, produce reports, and lead projects to implement sustainable maintenance solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in a technical reliability role or similar in an industrial environment.
• ILM Level 5 in leadership and management.
• CMMS/CAFM systems experience; level 2 City & Guilds in planning and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Perform monthly condition monitoring on client sites and produce analytical reports with findings and recommendations.
• Lead and support project delivery for maintenance improvements and reliability initiatives.
• Assess and implement preventative maintenance optimization and risk analysis (FMEA, RCA).
• Support budgets, cost reduction programs, and forecasting for maintenance activities.
• Communicate insights effectively to stakeholders and coaching teams on technology solutions.

Skills

Condition monitoring

Reliability engineering

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Report writing

Leadership

Project management

Communication skills

Lean Six Sigma

Education

Engineering apprenticeship Level 3

ILM Level 5 leadership & management

City & Guilds planning & scheduling Level 2

Tools

CMMS/CAFM systems

Acoem OneProd Falcon

Nest software

Opt-align shaft alignment tool

Job description

The successful candidate will be a key role within the business intelligence function of the team, focusing on the lifecycle of assets whilst driving for driving condition monitoring & reliability centered maintenance across multiple sites’ hard services equipment, thus in turn improving equipment availability, and uptime with minimal impact to the client’s production, science research & humanitarian welfare.

The ‘field’ element of this role will primarily involve performing condition monitoring on additional client sites’ hard services on a monthly basis. Producing analytical reports with potential abnormalities and recommendations. These commitments to additional clients will create minor works or project opportunities where you will identify, project management, and support the installation and delivery of sustainable and reliable solutions to enhance maintenance practices.

Flexible working is a potential option and will need formulating and agreeing with your direct line managers, the majority of employees work from home a minimum of twice PCM.

More specifically, other key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Assisting the client’s team with system modification and project proposals within the context of system analysis as appropriate.
• Working with maintenance teams and applying general engineering knowledge to solve problems and form remediation plans.
• Performing condition monitoring and analysis.
• Leading and coaching various stakeholders in technology solutions for maintenance.
• Supporting new project commissioning & installations with precision maintenance practices.
• Supporting budget holders with forecasts and cost reduction programs/initiatives.
• Conduct routine engineering calculations.
• Assess business as usual system performance using appropriate analysis including:
  • Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
  • Reliability hazard analysis and Operational hazard analysis
  • Working knowledge of lean methodologies such as Six Sigma, Kaizen etc.
  • Fault tree analysis and Root cause analysis
  • Avoidance of single point of failure (SPOF)
  • Human error analysis
  • Preventative/Planned Maintenance Optimization (PMO)
  • Asset Criticality
  • Work order analysis such as Pareto analysis
  • Familiar with reliability SLA’s and KPI’s – MTTR, MTBF, OEE

The role holder should have a minimum of an engineering apprenticeship qualification at Level 3 and ideally have obtained reliability and condition monitoring skills, experience, and qualifications. Additionally, the role holder must be familiar with statistical analysis techniques and be able to translate them into suitable written reports that demonstrate a strong level of communication skills.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in a technical reliability role or similar, in an industrial manufacturing environment.
• ILM Level 5 in leadership and management, with experience of communicating and influencing stakeholders.
• Competent as a super user with CMMS / CAFM systems, with in-depth knowledge of planning and scheduling preferably level 2 city and guilds qualified.
• Multi-skilled engineering background with 9+ years’ experience.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of maintenance processes and tools used to analyse and manage asset reliability.
• Ability to read, understand and sketch technical drawings (machine and process) and literature to gather or present relevant work order information.
• Very strong analytical skills with a proven ability to break down and solve complex problems in a logical and structured approach.
• Strong relationship management and influencing skills.
• Ability to work to own initiative and as part of a team with minimal supervision.
• Robust and assertive attitude towards achieving results and motivating team members.
• High customer focus.

Desirable condition monitoring skills*

• VCAT II Certified with relevant experience.
• ARP A Certified with experience in consulting clients on reliability programs.
• UCAT I Certified with relevant experience.
• Experience with Acoem OneProd falcon vibration analyser & Nest software.
• Training and competent with shaft laser alignment (Opt-align touch).
• Familiar with engineering best practise techniques such as precision belt alignment and using bearing inductors when refitting bearings onto machinery.