Facilities Engineer: Reliability & Maintenance Lead

Interaction Recruitment; Blackfield; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Bank holidays

Christmas shutdown

Career development

Safe working environment

Job summary

Interaction Recruitment is partnering with a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions in Northampton to recruit a Facilities Engineer. The role covers safety, reliability, and maintenance across mechanical and electrical systems, with a focus on risk reduction and efficiency.

You will develop maintenance strategies, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to reliability projects while ensuring compliance with health and safety standards in a full-time permanent

Qualifications

• Strong commitment to health and safety and risk mitigation.
• Solid knowledge of facilities engineering across mechanical and electrical disciplines.
• Proven experience in a facilities engineering or similar role.
• Relevant qualification (HNC/HND) in facilities or mechanical engineering; electrical qualification advantageous.
• Ability to diagnose issues and deliver cost-effective, practical solutions.
• Experience with HVAC, compressed air, boilers, fire protection, transport systems, or balers is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all safety systems and practices are followed, promoting a strong safety culture through regular safety conversations.
• Identify and manage asset reliability risks that could impact operations.
• Develop and implement predictive and preventive maintenance strategies.
• Collaborate with engineering and maintenance teams to improve plant reliability and performance.
• Support implementation of reliability-centred maintenance and TPM practices.
• Prepare reports, track performance, and recommend improvements based on data analysis.
• Identify and propose new technologies to enhance equipment reliability and efficiency.
• Conduct failure mode analysis and apply statistical techniques to predict and prevent failures.
• Contribute to capital projects to ensure reliability and durability is designed into new systems.
• Support resourcing, including overtime and staffing requirements aligned with operational needs.

Skills

Health and safety

Facilities engineering knowledge

Problem solving

Communication

Education

HNC/HND in facilities or mechanical engineering

Tools

SAP CMMS

MS Office (Word Excel)

Job description

Interaction Recruitment is partnering with a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions in Northampton to recruit a Facilities Engineer. The role covers safety, reliability, and maintenance across mechanical and electrical systems, with a focus on risk reduction and efficiency.

You will develop maintenance strategies, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to reliability projects while ensuring compliance with health and safety standards in a full-time permanent