Reliability Controls Technician - Plant Automation & Improvement

Mars Wrigley Confectionery UK (SLO, WAL, ISB & PAD); Exeter; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite restaurant on site

Welcome bonus paid in first week

Mars University development

Private healthcare + parental leave

Onsite gym and health services

Pension up to 9%

Life assurance 4x salary

EV salary sacrifice

Gym membership & wellbeing support

Annual leave 24–32 days

Free parking on site

Job summary

Mars Wrigley Plymouth is seeking a Reliability Technician to join our factory team and support the master plan. You will manage day-to-day electrical issues across the site, working within FMOS processes to align maintenance with production priorities and site targets.

This role focuses on improving equipment reliability and safety to world-class levels, coordinating with Production TLs, and driving continuous improvement through plant enhancements and root-cause analysis.

Qualifications

• Advanced technical skills with relevant education and hands-on experience.
• Strong electrical systems experience, PLC programming and fault finding.
• Commitment to continuous learning and development; support maintainability lifecycle.
• Experience developing equipment and process specifications.
• Basic project management skills in engineering/reliability projects.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD (or similar).
• Robotic experience (beneficial).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Production and Maintenance to resolve breakdowns and reliability issues.
• Attend FMOS meetings and own electrical/controls actions and root cause solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement through plant enhancements and RCA.
• Review and optimise planned maintenance to improve reliability.
• Provide tech support including performance standards and repair specs.
• Maintain documentation, reports, and project updates per processes.
• Coordinate with engineering, operations and external partners; share knowledge.

Skills

Electrical/Mechanical engineering

PLC programming

Fault finding

Continuous learning

Project management

Robotics

Education

HNC in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Mars Wrigley Plymouth is seeking a Reliability Technician to join our factory team and support the master plan. You will manage day-to-day electrical issues across the site, working within FMOS processes to align maintenance with production priorities and site targets.

This role focuses on improving equipment reliability and safety to world-class levels, coordinating with Production TLs, and driving continuous improvement through plant enhancements and root-cause analysis.