Reliability Engineer

Warburtons; Enfield; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual profit share

Additional holiday entitlement

Pension scheme (up to 12%)

Life assurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Warburtons is seeking a day-based Reliability Engineer at our Enfield site to join a growing team. You’ll work with senior management on projects to improve reliability and prevent issues through root cause analysis and preventive maintenance.

As the UK’s No.1 Bakery Brand, Warburtons offers a supportive environment with development opportunities, a profit-sharing culture, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing maintenance within a busy FMCG environment.
• Strong fault-finding and root cause analysis capabilities.
• Proven ability to plan and execute preventive maintenance.
• Good knowledge of health and safety regulations and PUWER/IOSH.

Responsibilities

• Drive improvements in asset reliability and reduce losses.
• Use SAP PM effectively to manage maintenance activities.
• Develop maintenance approaches for bakery equipment.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and food safety standards.
• Lead fault finding and root cause analysis to prevent recurrences.
• Support continuous improvement projects to raise plant efficiency.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Root cause analysis

Preventive maintenance

Electrical engineering

Mechanical engineering

SAP PM

Health & safety

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Apprenticeship

HNC

Degree

Tools

SAP PM

Job description

Shift Pattern: working 4 days per week, (between Monday and Friday)

Salary: up to £59,300 per annum depending on experience and skills

Benefits include: profit related bonus, award winning pension scheme and benefits for you and your family.

Location: Brimsdown, North London

Accessible from: M25 (15 mins), Brimsdown Overground (10 mins walk), Tottenham Hale & Liverpool Street Station

Are you already a Reliability or Maintenance Engineer with previous experience of working within a manufacturing environment?

We are looking to appoint a day-based Reliability Engineer to join our growing team. You’ll have the opportunity to work with our senior engineering management team on projects to improve reliability, and the identification of issues through root cause analysis and condition-based monitoring. You’ll be responsible for planned and preventative maintenance tasks to help prevent issues before they occur.

As the UK’s No.1 Bakery Brand and ranked in the top 5 of The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands, Warburtons is a name you can be proud of. We've been baking since 1876 and remain a fifth-generation family business with the sixth generation now part of our journey

Warburtons is built on strong values, a commitment to quality, and pride in everything we do.

At our Enfield site, you’ll join around 500 colleagues and work across 5 operating plants – all within a culture that values teamwork, development, and innovation.

Whether you’re an experienced mechanical or electrical Engineer, now is a great time to join a business that’s thriving, evolving, and investing in the future.

The Recipe

Our Engineers work in shift teams in close conjunction with production, safety and hygiene. The team undertake planned and preventative maintenance and are encouraged to use their engineering skills and experience to develop robust solutions and long-term fixes.

There's a huge variety of tasks that will range from general plant maintenance to improving plant reliability and diagnosing problems before they develop. The environment is a highly automated 24/7 food manufacturing plant.

As part of your role, you’ll be identifying and completing continuous improvement projects to increase plant efficiency, reduce downtime and save energy and associated costs.

We'll help to develop your technical skills by providing additional training and support.

The Role

You’ll ensure daily preventative maintenance activities are completed to a high standard, breakdowns are resolved quickly and efficiently to maximise plant reliability, performance, product quality and safety.

• Drive improvements in asset reliability and reduce losses
• Effective use of SAP PM
• Development of maintenance approach for bakery equipment
• Ensure plant and personnel (including external contractors) conform to Health and Safety legislation, policy and standards identifying any required actions so that the area of responsibility is healthy, safe and accident free.
• Compliance with quality and food safety legislation
• Electrical and Mechanical engineering experience
• Fault Finding and Route Cause Analysis skills
• Structured and practical engineering training (e.g. apprenticeship/HNC/degree).
• Knowledge and experience of maintenance preferably in an FMCG environment.
• H&S knowledge e.g., PUWER, IOSH – able to ensure a safe working environment.
• Communication and relationship building skills
• Analysing and problem-solving skills, anticipates problems before they occur and takes steps to deal with them

Extra Dough

Here's some of the benefits that you can enjoy!

• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
• Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement we'll give you the opportunity to purchase additional days
• Award winning pension scheme with company contributions up to a maximum of 12%
• Life assurance
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website including savings on meals out, holidays, retail and much more!
• Continued investment in your personal development
• Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
• Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service
• Access to 24-hour virtual GP through our Help at Hand App which also includes counselling and life coaching sessions.