Reliability Engineer: Asset Care & Improvement

Yeo Valley Farms (Production) Ltd; Devon and Torbay; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive holiday allowance

Non-contributory pension scheme

Life cover

Healthcare cash back plan

Cycle to work scheme

Subsidised Yeo Valley products and 1y2

preferential rates with our partners

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Yeo Valley Farms (Production) Ltd is seeking an experienced Maintenance Engineer to deliver asset reliability and performance through predictive, preventative, and fault resolution activities in a manufacturing environment.

You will join a family-run business dedicated to sustainability and quality, with responsibility for driving continuous improvement, data-driven asset care, and cross-team collaboration to ensure high standards of safety and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship or equivalent level of training in a single engineering discipline.
• Demonstratable capability and application of engineering knowledge in applied skills.
• Previous experience of working in a manufacturing/production environment.
• Proactive approach to asset care.
• Logical approach to fault finding.
• Provides support and knowledge as a resource to others within own team.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate commitment to people and food safety through own working practices and standards in line with legislative, company and working procedures.
• Engagement in the development and support of a reliability centered approach to asset maintenance.
• Effective delivery of asset care through the application and completion of planned, unplanned, predictive and preventative engineering activity to a high standard.
• Collaborate with other teams and colleagues to effectively manage tasks and resources.
• Work in partnership with the site teams to develop knowledge and understanding in self and others of the assets and processes.
• Use problem solving techniques and root cause analysis to prevent, detect and eliminate faults, abnormalities and inefficiencies.
• Proactively participate in departmental and crossfunctional activity to deliver continuous improvement to support the ongoing development of a high performing workplace.
• Engage in and actively support project delivery across the site.
• Effective use and interaction with business systems to build, develop and make use of asset and performance data.
• Embrace and understand site, departmental and individual performance measures and the personal contribution to each.

Skills

Engineering knowledge

Manufacturing exp

Asset care

Fault finding

Team support

Education

Engineering apprenticeship

Job description

Yeo Valley Farms (Production) Ltd is seeking an experienced Maintenance Engineer to deliver asset reliability and performance through predictive, preventative, and fault resolution activities in a manufacturing environment.

You will join a family-run business dedicated to sustainability and quality, with responsibility for driving continuous improvement, data-driven asset care, and cross-team collaboration to ensure high standards of safety and efficiency.