Lead Reliability Engineer - Dairy Plant Transformation

Arla Foods A.m.b.a; North Devon; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance (4x annual salary)

Canteen subsidy

Discounted Arla products

Annual pay review

Job summary

Arla Foods A.m.b.a is seeking a Reliability Engineer to join the Taw Valley Creamery team. The role focuses on leading reliability improvements, implementing Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM), and ensuring competence of site technicians in root cause analysis, FMECA and related disciplines.

The role supports a major £179 million investment as the site undergoes transformation and expansion, with responsibilities spanning M&E strategy, project collaboration, and reliability program leadership

Qualifications

• Strong background as a Reliability Engineer with experience leading reliability improvement projects.
• Experience implementing Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) and overseeing site-wide reliability programs.
• Competence in root cause analysis, FMECA and reliability KPI improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical reliability and continuous improvement agenda across the site, designing the M&E strategy for asset management aiming for OEE, material loss and cost optimization.
• Lead early equipment management with capex project managers to ensure reliability resources for new projects, supporting FAT, SAT, commissioning and validations.
• Optimize PM design to improve reliability KPIs (Unplanned Downtime, Technical uptime, MTBF, MTTR, maintenance compliance) using lubrication, condition monitoring, RCM and FMECA.
• Develop and lead the reliability program; create Major Incident Reports (MIR), implement RCA tools and track countermeasures.
• Create plans to shift R&M spend from breakdown to preventive and predictive maintenance, improving asset reliability and cost efficiency.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Root cause analysis

FMECA

RCM

Maintenance planning

Job description

Arla Foods A.m.b.a is seeking a Reliability Engineer to join the Taw Valley Creamery team. The role focuses on leading reliability improvements, implementing Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM), and ensuring competence of site technicians in root cause analysis, FMECA and related disciplines.

The role supports a major £179 million investment as the site undergoes transformation and expansion, with responsibilities spanning M&E strategy, project collaboration, and reliability program leadership