Reliability Engineer: Asset Uptime & Performance

DS Smith Europe; Burscough; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

DS Smith Europe in Burscough is seeking a Reliability Engineer to improve the reliability, availability and performance of our manufacturing assets. You will manage assets across their lifecycle, developing preventative and predictive maintenance strategies and using data and engineering insight to tackle recurring failures.

You will work with Engineering and Operations to maximise equipment uptime, reduce downtime, and support continuous improvements that enhance safety, quality and production

Qualifications

• Degree in an Engineering discipline or time-served engineer with significant manufacturing experience.
• Proven experience in Reliability, Maintenance or Engineering, with strong preventive/predictive maintenance knowledge.
• Experience using reliability and problem-solving techniques such as FMEA/FMECA, RCA, PM Optimisation and criticality analysis.
• Strong analytical skills with SAP or a similar maintenance management system to analyse data and manage maintenance programmes.
• Experience of condition monitoring techniques such as thermography or vibration monitoring is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage the asset care programme across the full equipment lifecycle, including preventative, predictive and breakdown maintenance.
• Develop and continuously improve preventative and predictive maintenance strategies using OEM recommendations and reliability principles.
• Analyse maintenance and performance data to identify equipment issues, prioritise opportunities and improve asset availability.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis and implement sustainable solutions to eliminate recurring failures.
• Coordinate with the Engineering Planner to ensure maintenance activities are planned, scheduled and delivered.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Maintenance management

FMEA/FMECA

RCA

SAP

Condition monitoring

Education

Engineering degree

Time-served engineer

Tools

SAP

Job description

DS Smith Europe in Burscough is seeking a Reliability Engineer to improve the reliability, availability and performance of our manufacturing assets. You will manage assets across their lifecycle, developing preventative and predictive maintenance strategies and using data and engineering insight to tackle recurring failures.

You will work with Engineering and Operations to maximise equipment uptime, reduce downtime, and support continuous improvements that enhance safety, quality and production