Reliability Engineer

Avara Foods Ltd.; Brackley; Sur place; GBP 36 000 - 44 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

31 days holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Life assurance/insurance

Discounts and cinema tickets

Résumé du poste

Avara Foods Ltd. is seeking a Reliability Engineer for its Brackley site to drive asset reliability and maintenance planning. You’ll monitor downtime, analyze trends, and lead continuous improvement projects within the engineering team.

The role welcomes both graduates and experienced engineers, with regular hours Monday to Friday 08:00–17:00 and a collaborative environment across maintenance and operations.

Qualifications

• Engineering qualification above L3 (Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required).
• Experience gained from an Engineering Maintenance environment.
• Self‑motivated attitude with the ability to multi‑task and thrive in a timeline‑driven environment.
• Good interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work individually or as part of a team.
• Ability to problem solve.
• Strong Analytical skills.
• Good IT ability.

Responsabilités

• Maintain reliability and asset care for equipment in the area.
• Maintain high reliability and availability via an effective planned maintenance regime.
• Analyse downtime and efficiency to drive continuous improvement.
• Raise planned maintenance or reactive maintenance jobs for the area.
• Review completed job sheets for the area.
• Produce downtime data for weekly meetings.
• Lead and support installation and capital projects.
• Collaborate with colleagues, suppliers and contractors.
• Identify engineering and KPI improvements.
• Coordinate with on‑shift engineers to resolve issues.
• Support maintenance planning to improve asset availability.
• Coordinate OEM service visits and plan follow‑up work.
• Oversee calibrations and PUWER assessments for compliance.

Connaissances

Engineering

Reliability engineering

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Outils

CMMS (Mainsaver)

CAD

Description du poste

Who are we, and what do we do?

You may not have heard of us, but there’s a good chance you’ve enjoyed our products. Avara Foods is one of the UK’s leading food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the country’s major supermarkets and well‑known restaurants.

We own and manage our entire supply chain, from farms to factory and all the way to the customer door – meaning we have careers that cover a whole range of functions. We have major processing sites across England and Wales, and an agricultural network of over 350 farms, spanning from North Yorkshire to the South Coast and Wales.

A Little About Our Brackley Site

Our advanced manufacturing site in Brackley, is one of our main processing facilities with over 700 talented people helping us to deliver high quality products to our customers and making the business a trusted leader in fresh foods.

We’ve recently invested £11 million in advanced technology and colleague amenities, making it one of the most advanced food manufacturing facilities in the UK.

About The Role

Are you passionate about Engineering? Looking for a new challenge? Do you have experience or qualifications in Reliability engineering?

As an inclusive, forward‑thinking business, we take pride in our approach to investing in our people across Avara Foods and are looking for a highly competent and motivated Reliability Engineer to join our Engineering Team, based at our Brackley site.

There is an opportunity for the role to be undertaken by engineering graduates as well as experienced professionals.

As a Reliability Engineer, you’ll be working Monday to Friday 08:00-17:00

What will you be doing as a Reliability Engineer at Avara?

As a Reliability Engineer you’ll have Engineering responsibility for an area within the operational environment as the Reliability Engineer. Monitoring equipment downtime, analysing trends to drive continuous improvement and reliability initiatives and projects.

What will your key responsibilities as a Reliability Engineer include?

• Reliability/Asset Care Manager, responsible for all equipment in an area
• Maintain a high level of reliability and availability of factory equipment through an effective planned maintenance regime
• Responsible for the gathering and analysis of equipment efficiency and downtime in order to drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Raising of Planned Maintenance or reactive maintenance jobs for respective area
• Review of all completed job sheets in respective area
• Production of downtime data for weekly meetings
• Lead and support installation and capital projects
• Communicate and collaborate with other colleagues, suppliers and contractors
• Understanding of engineering and operational KPI’s and be able to identify areas for improvement
• Interact with on‑shift engineers and other site engineering teams to resolve challenging equipment problems
• Support the Site Principal Engineer and engineering peers to develop robust weekly and monthly maintenance plans that improve asset availability and equipment performance
• Coordinate OEM engineer service visits with production and planning teams and scheduling further work that arises from those inspections
• Oversee equipment calibrations and complete and review PUWER assessments to maintain equipment compliance

Essential

What you’ll need to be successful:

• Engineering Qualification above L3 (Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required, HND/HNC or L3 engineering qualification may be considered dependent on experience)
• Experience gained from an Engineering Maintenance environment
• Self‑motivated attitude with the ability to multi‑task and thrive in a timeline‑driven environment
• Good interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work individually or as part of a team
• Ability to problem solve
• Strong Analytical skills
• Good IT ability

Desirable

• Knowledge of CMMS system (Mainsaver/Spidex)
• CAD experience
• Experience in managing projects
• On site contractor management

The Benefits Of Working For Avara Foods

As a Reliability Engineer you will enjoy a secure, supportive and progressive working environment, where your contribution and achievements will be recognised and rewarded.

Benefits

• Up to £40,000 DOE
• 31 days holiday allowance
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance/insurance
• Various lifestyle benefits, such as cashback perks, exclusive shopping discounts from well known retailers, and discounted cinema tickets!
• Wellbeing resources, including free online health advice & support, and wellbeing assessments.
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Free staff parking

What happens after you apply for this role?

After you’ve applied, you’ll be contacted in due course by a Resourcing Officer at our Brackley site, to discuss your application and CV further. There’ll also be a chance for you to ask us any questions you may have about the role.

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.