Manufacturing Reliability & Continuous Improvement Engineer

The Advocate Group; England; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Advocate Group is recruiting a proactive Manufacturing Support Engineer for a busy food and beverage facility in the United Kingdom. You will maintain and improve production equipment to maximise uptime and performance, deliver planned maintenance, diagnose faults, and support KPIs.

You will work with PLCs and automation, apply Lean methods, and be flexible to shifts. A hands-on engineer with safety focus is essential to drive continuous improvement and cost performance.

Qualifications

• Engineering qualification such as HNC/HND or equivalent.
• Apprenticeship-trained engineer or equivalent industry experience.
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Experience within a manufacturing, FMCG, food, packaging or process environment.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Kaizen, 5S or similar continuous improvement methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining and improving manufacturing equipment to maximise uptime and performance.
• Delivering planned and preventative maintenance activities across site operations.
• Diagnosing faults and carrying out effective repairs to minimise downtime.
• Driving production efficiency, OEE improvements and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Supporting production teams to achieve operational KPIs and daily targets.
• Managing spare parts, stock control and engineering housekeeping standards.
• Ensuring all maintenance activities comply with health & safety and manufacturing standards.
• Contributing to projects focused on improving productivity, reliability and cost performance.

Skills

Fault-finding

Problem-solving

Continuous improvement

Lean manufacturing

Safety focus

Shifts flexibility

Team collaboration

Operational excellence

Education

Engineering qualification (HNC/HND)

Apprenticeship-trained engineer

Tools

PLCs, Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Automation

Job description

The Advocate Group is recruiting a proactive Manufacturing Support Engineer for a busy food and beverage facility in the United Kingdom. You will maintain and improve production equipment to maximise uptime and performance, deliver planned maintenance, diagnose faults, and support KPIs.

You will work with PLCs and automation, apply Lean methods, and be flexible to shifts. A hands-on engineer with safety focus is essential to drive continuous improvement and cost performance.