Maintenance Engineer: Reliability & RCA Lead (Hybrid)

MBDA UK; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Pension

Overtime

Flexi Leave

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Site facilities

Job summary

MBDA UK in Stevenage is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to lead fault finding and diagnostic on complex process and ESS equipment, applying corrective actions to reduce downtime and improve reliability.

You will drive RCA/FMEA, support condition monitoring and predictive maintenance, work with production and procurement to ensure maintainability, and comply with health and safety during all activities.

Qualifications

• Minimum HNC qualification in relevant field.
• Proven experience of preventative maintenance strategies.
• Knowledge of KPIs for maintenance applications (MTTR, MTBF and system availability) and ability to use data to analyse improvement actions.
• Experience using investigation techniques & conducting root cause analysis.
• SAP experience required – creating maintenance plans & workload scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Lead fault finding and diagnostic on complex process and ESS equipment, ensuring rapid identification and resolution of issues.
• Apply structured reliability and root cause methodologies (FMEA, RCA) to identify failure trends and implement long-term corrective actions.
• Drive continuous improvement activities to reduce downtime, improve reliability, and increase overall equipment effectiveness.
• Support implementation and management of condition monitoring strategies to proactively assess equipment health and support predictive maintenance.
• Work closely with production and engineering teams to ensure maintainability and reliability during procurement and introduction of new equipment.
• Support the development of maintenance procedures, risk assessments, and technical documentation.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety during all maintenance activities.

Skills

Preventive maintenance

Maintenance data analysis

Root cause analysis

Investigations

Education

HNC qualification

Tools

SAP

Job description

MBDA UK in Stevenage is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to lead fault finding and diagnostic on complex process and ESS equipment, applying corrective actions to reduce downtime and improve reliability.

You will drive RCA/FMEA, support condition monitoring and predictive maintenance, work with production and procurement to ensure maintainability, and comply with health and safety during all activities.