Reliability Engineer Europe (m/f/d)

Bakelite; Barry; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Reliability Engineer to enhance maintenance strategies and minimize equipment failures. This role involves collaborating with site teams to implement reliability initiatives, conduct root cause analyses, and optimize maintenance costs. The successful candidate will leverage their expertise in engineering and asset management to drive improvements across multiple European sites. Join a forward-thinking company committed to sustainable practices and innovative solutions, and be part of a team dedicated to building a safer and better world.

Qualifications

• 5+ years managing reliability and maintenance programs in chemical or process industries.
• Expertise in SAP for asset management and maintenance planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance and reliability initiatives, driving improvements across sites.
• Facilitate root cause analysis and implement predictive maintenance techniques.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Root cause analysis techniques

Problem solving tools

Matrix organization collaboration

International travel readiness

Education

University degree in engineering

Tools

SAP Plant Maintenance

Job description

10 April 2025

At Bakelite, you’ll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today.

We’re Everywhere. Everywhere you look, you’ll find products enabled by Bakelite, from stronger homes to safer automobiles and everywhere in between. With more than 100 years of history and strong customer relationships, we boldly engineer sustainable products to tackle our world’s most challenging demands.

Join Our Team and Help Us Build a Stronger, Safer, Better World.

It’s Better with Bakelite.

Position Overview

The position is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining programs to minimize equipment failures and optimize maintenance strategies to reduce downtime and maintenance costs. These include, but are not limited to; Asset Criticality, Failure Reduction, Maintenance Strategy Reviews, Reliability & Maintenance Analysis & Root Cause Analysis across the European network of Bakelite Synthetics sites.

The Reliability Engineer will act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), providing specific guidance on maintenance and reliability matters and supporting closure of findings and actions across the region. The position is part of the engineering team and the postholder collaborates to set and meet goals, objectives, and performance metrics with the other groups in the operations organization, including site leaders, maintenance/engineering managers & representatives.

Job Description

• Lead and ensure execution of the maintenance & reliability initiatives at designated sites and driving improvements with the use of self-assessments, KPI’s and performance scorecards.
• Lead and facilitating root cause analysis (RCA) sessions, failure modes effect analysis (FMEA) workshops, and progress tracking meetings. Working closely with site teams to enhance thought processes and application of the tools.
• SME of Problem Solving tools of A3 thinking, 3C’s, 5 why’s, fishbone, cause and effect. Introducing these tools to site and providing support/guidance when requested.
• Oversee the program and identification of bad actors (failure reduction, loss elimination and mechanical integrity) and initiating reliability projects for each item. Leading the reliability focus at each site and ensuring progress is made through to the execution of solutions.
• Providing analysis of SAP data and information for notifications, work orders and maintenance plans/items. Further assessments of functional location structures, equipment numbers and materials to identify gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Generating monthly KPI’s and reporting trends, together with maintenance cost trends vs. budget with recommendations and actions for improvement.
• Provide guidance and expertise on countermeasure / solutions that could prevent or detect the causes established from investigations and daily simple problems arising.
• Oversee the possible solutions through investigations with vendors of design, capabilities, restrictions/limitations, material of construction, specification, costs, etc.
• Monitoring self-assessment activities and KPI’s to achieve the goals set at the beginning of each year. Whilst also auditing the outcome at the end of the year and review evidence provided from site or directly from SAP.
• Analyse existing planned maintenance tasks and identify changes / reductions that can be implemented to reduce overall maintenance costs and help to standardize processes across the designated sites.
• Identify predictive maintenance techniques that can be applied to increase plant availability and deploy them where cost-beneficial. Use of vibration monitoring, temperature tracking, oil quality, air pressure monitoring, etc.
• Work with procurement organisation to define standard equipment that can be procured for common duties across the European plants during projects or replacement of existing assets, along with spares.

Education & Skill Requirements

• University degree qualified in an engineering discipline.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including effective communication with others for whom English is their second language.
• Facilitation and implementation of various root cause analysis techniques.
• Ability to work within a matrixed organization and remotely with site teams.
• Willing to travel internationally as needed.

Experience in:

• Managing reliability and/or maintenance programs within the chemical industry or other process industries with a minimum of 5 years.
• SAP Plant Maintenance functionality and relevant transactions for asset management (notifications, orders, maintenance plans/items, documents, functional locations, equipment numbers, materials, etc).
• ISO55000 Asset Management Standard (previously PAS 55).

Want to be part of our team? Apply now and make sure to submit your CV in English!