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This role involves ensuring the maintenance and reliability of manufacturing equipment in a fast moving industrial setting. The Reliability Technician will play a key part in optimising performance and minimising downtime.
Client Details
This opportunity is with a well-established medium-sized organisation in the FMCG manufacturing sector based in Wigan. The company is known for its commitment to innovation, sustainability and high standards in production, supplying blue chip companies across the UK and globally.
Description
As the Reliability Technician you responsibilities will be as follows;
- Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on machinery and equipment, ensuring Continuous improvement is carried out to improve productivity and machine efficiency.
- Diagnose and resolve mechanical and electrical faults, structuring plans to prevent these in the future.
- Reliability focused using modern techniques such as TPM, RCA, RCM and FMEA.
- Support the continuous improvement culture and failure analysis agenda by analysing CMMS data to develop action plans to permanently solve problems by addressing the root cause.
- Lead problem solving sessions
- Support KPI analysis both weekly and monthly and ensure KPIs are met.
- Coaching and supporting reactive engineers to develop their skills on your assets.
- Develop and drive the execution of MTBF strategic improvement plans based on data analysis.
- Control of planned maintenance outages and events.
- Provide support for project activity and change initiatives as appropriate.
- PPM development to achieve the right balance of efficient (compliance) and effective (first time Fix) maintenance.
Profile
A successful Reliability Technician should have:
- A Minimum Level 3 qualification in Mechanical or Multi Skilled Engineering
- Proven track record of CI, machine optimisation projects.
- Relevant technical qualifications or certifications.
- Proficiency in diagnosing and repairing equipment faults.
- A proactive approach to problem-solving and maintenance tasks.
Job Offer
- Competitive salary of 51,374
- Overtime opportunities - high potential earnings on top of base salary. 1.5x or 2x on Sundays.
- Standard working hours from Monday to Friday, 07:30-15:30.
- Matched pension contributions of 4.5%.
- Permanent position offering stability and career growth.
If you're ready to take on this exciting role in Wigan within the engineering and manufacturing department, we encourage you to apply today!
