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Reliability Engineer | East Kilbride 

A well established, multi-site manufacturer is looking for a Reliability Engineer to join their engineering team at their East Kilbride site. This is a great opportunity to step into a role where reliability is the core focus, not just one strand of a wider engineering remit, within a business that offers genuine progression across multiple UK sites.

What you'll be doing:

Managing asset reliability through the development and deployment of planned preventative maintenance activity

Leading breakdown review and root cause analysis, applying lean tools and best practice to constantly improve asset performance

Managing critical spares and consumables availability to support the site

Using CMMS data to shape and refine PM strategy, driving improvements in reliability, efficiency and cost

Supporting the rollout of asset care and autonomous maintenance activity in partnership with Operations

Acting as a technical point of reference for maintenance supervisors and technicians

Getting involved in continuous improvement projects across the site

What's needed:

Multi-skilled engineer (mechanical and electrical), ideally FMCG or food manufacturing background, though other high-speed manufacturing environments will be considered

Strong track record in PPM, breakdown analysis and reliability-focused maintenance

Experience managing critical spares would be a real advantage

Comfortable analysing CMMS and plant data to make evidence-based maintenance decisions

Some front-line management or team leadership experience preferred

A proactive, improvement-driven mindset

On offer

Monday to Friday role

Genuine progression within a wider group with multiple sites across the UK

Interested? Apply to find out more, all enquiries handled confidentially