Reliability Engineer - FMCG Automation (4-Day Week)

Synergi Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary profit-related bonus

4-day working week

Pension contributions up to 12%

Life assurance

Free on-site parking

Cycle-to-work scheme

Free physiotherapy service

Occupational health support

24/7 virtual GP access

Counselling and life coaching

Employee discounts platform

Job summary

Synergi Recruitment is sourcing a Reliability Engineer for a large-scale, highly automated bakery FMCG operation in the Greater London area. This is a day-based role within a fast-paced, 24/7 production environment, focusing on improving asset reliability, equipment performance and maintenance standards.

You will work with a large engineering team to reduce downtime and identify long-term improvements, using SAP PM for maintenance planning and asset management, and collaborating across

Qualifications

• Engineering background required (Electrical or Mechanical).
• Experience in maintenance within manufacturing.
• Root cause analysis experience and proactive reliability focus.
• Electrical candidates: fault-finding and PLC exposure advantageous.
• Mechanical candidates: pumps, motors, bearings, conveyors and gearboxes experience.
• Experience with preventative maintenance and reliability engineering.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned, preventative and reliability-focused maintenance activities.
• Lead and support root cause analyses to identify and eliminate recurring failures.
• Develop and implement reliability improvement projects.
• Undertake condition monitoring and asset performance activities.
• Identify opportunities to reduce downtime and maintenance costs.
• Support CI initiatives across the manufacturing operation.
• Utilise SAP PM for maintenance planning and asset management.
• Collaborate with Production, Operations and other departments to improve equipment performance.
• Maintain high Health & Safety and engineering compliance.
• Support reliability of automated production, processing and packaging equipment.

Skills

Electrical and Mechanical knowledge

Root cause analysis

Preventive maintenance

Asset reliability

Cross-department communication

Self-motivated improvements

Education

Engineering Apprenticeship/HNC/Degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP PM

Job description

Synergi Recruitment is sourcing a Reliability Engineer for a large-scale, highly automated bakery FMCG operation in the Greater London area. This is a day-based role within a fast-paced, 24/7 production environment, focusing on improving asset reliability, equipment performance and maintenance standards.

You will work with a large engineering team to reduce downtime and identify long-term improvements, using SAP PM for maintenance planning and asset management, and collaborating across