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09.07.2025

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Are you passionate about driving engineering excellence and leading continuous improvement? At Refresco, were looking for a dynamic Reliability & Improvement Engineer to play a pivotal role in optimising our plant performance and equipment reliability. Working at the forefront of innovation in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, youll champion strategic initiatives, coach engineering teams, and deliver tangible results that support our growth and success. If you're ready to make a real impact and thrive in a collaborative, high-performance culture we want to hear from you.

Reliability & Improvement Engineer Bridgwater, Somerset

Shift Pattern: Days Monday Friday 38 hours

Whats in it for you?

• 10% Annual bonus
• 4% Employer pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Online doctors appointments for you and your family
• Access to employee benefits platform Cheers which includes flexible benefits such as; healthcare cover, healthcare cash plan, dental insurance, car scheme, activities pass, financial services, will writing services etc.

About the Role:

As a Reliability & Improvement Engineer, you will be a key driver in delivering Engineering Excellence through the application of five strategic pillars:

• Autonomous Maintenance
• Focused Improvement
• Professional Maintenance
• Early Equipment Management
• Training & Development

Key Responsibilities:

• Champion engineering best practices and drive change in collaboration with the Departmental Engineering Manager.
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and high performance.
• Coach teams on Maintenance and Reliability tools, concepts, and practices to build capability and long-term sustainability.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities through improved equipment reliability, parts life, labour efficiency, and other techniques.
• Evaluate training needs and contribute to developing and enhancing maintenance training programs.
• Utilise CMMS systems (IDhammar/SAP) for data analysis and reliability action planning.
• Apply in-depth analysis, testing, and measurement for effective risk-based failure mitigation.
• Share best practices and root cause solutions across the organisation to ensure standardisation and improve performance.
• Maintain a strong Mechanical/Electrical foundation, with a sound understanding of automation.
• Ensure all work aligns with Refresco safety policies, procedures, and compliance requirements.
• Be directly accountable for the mechanical efficiency (MME) of the process plant.
• Lead the escalation and resolution of service risks, budget control, and achievement of KPIs.
• Contribute to volume and EBITDA targets through effective reliability initiatives.
• Inspire and engage engineering colleagues to identify, prioritise, and execute corrective, preventative, and predictive actions using root cause analysis.

What Were Looking For:

• A passionate and proactive individual with a strong Mech/Elec background.
• Proven experience in engineering leadership with a drive for continuous improvement.
• Strong interpersonal skills to coach, influence, and motivate teams.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a commitment to high performance and team development.
• A role model who embraces and promotes Refrescos core values, ESG goals, and our Great Place to Work culture.

About Refresco:

Refresco is the global independent beverage solutions provider for Global, National and Emerging brands, and retailers with production in Europe, North America, and Australia. Refresco offers an extensive range of product and packaging combinations from juices to carbonated soft drinks and mineral waters in carton, PET, Aseptic PET, cans, and glass. Refresco continuously searches for new and alternative ways to improve the quality of its products and packaging combinations in line with consumer and customer demand, environmental responsibilities, and market demand.

Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision. Were a global business and currently produce 12 billion litres of soft drinks from 64 manufacturing plants in 12 countries and were only just getting started.

Were the proud owners of six drinks manufacturing sites within the UK. Our UK business provides a great place to work for over 1,800 employees, who produce private label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading retailers.

Whether its packed in cartons, bottles or cans, we ensure that our products are made to the highest quality standards. Our products get where they need to be when they need to get there to meet the needs of our high-profile customers.

Refresco believes that equal opportunity for all is fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process.

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