Maintenance Technician – Asset Care & Reliability Lead

Bulmers Ireland; Clonmel; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Bulmers Ireland in Clonmel, Ireland, is seeking a Maintenance Technician to lead maintenance and asset care on an assigned production line. You will optimise equipment performance, support line availability, and drive continuous improvement initiatives to deliver safe, reliable manufacturing performance.

Working with operations, engineering and support teams, you will troubleshoot issues, manage planned and reactive maintenance, and mentor operators.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance, engineering, manufacturing or production environments.
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working with automated production equipment.
• Understanding of preventative and predictive maintenance principles.
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work independently and prioritise workload effectively.
• Commitment to safety, quality and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance and asset care activities for the assigned production line or process area.
• Ensure all equipment is maintained in optimum operating condition.
• Manage planned and reactive maintenance activities to improve equipment reliability and performance.
• Support reduction of MTBF and MTTR.
• Become a super-user of the site s Pragma Engineering System.
• Ensure availability of critical spare parts and equipment in line with the site s asset criticality strategy.
• Record maintenance activities and capture asset performance data to support continuous improvement and maintenance best practices.
• Support the efficient running and operational performance of the assigned production line.
• Act as a key support to the Team Manager to achieve production and performance targets.
• Participate fully as a member of the production team and provide equipment cover where trained and authorised.
• Troubleshoot equipment and line availability issues, escalating appropriately when required.
• Provide technical support to production teams and operators.
• Support Front Line Asset Care programmes and operator development initiatives.
• Lead and participate in setup time reduction projects.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations.
• Participate in asset performance improvement workshops using FMEA, RCA, A3, maintenance optimisation, and spares optimisation methodologies.
• Support the implementation of new equipment and production line improvement projects.
• Support the achievement of Quality, Health & Safety, Hygiene and Environmental standards.
• Drive energy and environmental improvement programmes across the site.
• Manage engineering safety activities on the assigned line.
• Ensure compliance with Permit to Work systems and risk assessment requirements.
• Follow all company policies, procedures and statutory requirements.
• Train, coach and mentor operators and fellow technicians.
• Share technical expertise and promote best practice across teams.
• Support ongoing development of operator asset care capabilities.

Skills

Maintenance

Fault finding

Problem solving

Automated equipment

Preventive & predictive maintenance

Continuous improvement

Communication

Teamwork

Independence & prioritisation

Safety & quality

Education

Relevant engineering qualification

Tools

Pragma CMMS

Job description

Bulmers Ireland in Clonmel, Ireland, is seeking a Maintenance Technician to lead maintenance and asset care on an assigned production line. You will optimise equipment performance, support line availability, and drive continuous improvement initiatives to deliver safe, reliable manufacturing performance.

Working with operations, engineering and support teams, you will troubleshoot issues, manage planned and reactive maintenance, and mentor operators.