Lead Maintenance & Reliability Engineer – Multi-Site Impact

Sofina Foods Europe

Grimsby

On-site

GBP 45,000 - 65,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance

Company Bonus Scheme

Company Pension Scheme

Enhanced Sick Pay

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Job summary

Sofina Foods is seeking a Maintenance & Reliability Engineer based in Grimsby to drive engineering excellence across regional sites, moving maintenance from reactive to planned, evidence-led reliability.

You will lead RCA, optimise CMMS, develop risk-based maintenance, mentor site teams, and contribute to reducing downtime and cost of failure. Join Sofina Foods to shape maintenance practices, work with Heads of Engineering, and build long-term capability across the region.

Qualifications

Apprentice trained with a Level 3 qualification in Mechanical, Electrical or Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent time-served experience.
At least 5 years' experience in a maintenance or reliability role within FMCG, food or high-volume manufacturing.
Demonstrable experience delivering Root Cause Analysis on live plant.
Hands-on experience with CMMS data, hierarchy, and maintenance governance.
Strong understanding of preventive and predictive maintenance techniques.
Experience with asset criticality, risk assessment, FMEA or reliability-centred maintenance.
Able to analyse downtime and failure data and turn findings into practical improvements.
Comfortable influencing and coaching people who are not directly within your reporting line.

Responsibilities

Deploying and embedding Maintenance & Reliability standards across sites, including consistent RCA, PPM, and planned maintenance practices.
Leading Root Cause Analysis on significant equipment failures and ensuring actions are implemented and sustained.
Improving CMMS data quality, asset hierarchy, downtime coding, and failure categorisation to support better decision-making.
Developing and implementing risk-based maintenance strategies, including asset criticality assessments and reliability-centred maintenance approaches.
Analysing downtime, maintenance, and reliability data to identify trends, challenge assumptions and drive measurable improvements.
Supporting investment decisions through asset risk assessments and robust ROI-based business cases.
Working with site teams and stores to improve critical spares strategies and optimise stock levels.
Coaching and mentoring Heads of Engineering and site engineers, sharing best practice and developing long-term engineering capability across the region.