Reliability Engineer

Finsbury Food Group
Sheffield, UK
7 days ago
Apply on uk.indeed.com
Prepare application

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Shift work
Job source

Tech stack

Computerized Maintenance Management Systems Communication Softwares

Job description

You’ll work as an active part of a skilled cross-functional planned maintenance team, carrying out planned maintenance activities, repairs and improvements across production plant, equipment and buildings. Your work will play an important role in maintaining the safety, reliability and efficiency of the production process.

You’ll continuously develop your knowledge of the engineering requirements of bakery processes, systems and machinery, using this knowledge to support reliable and efficient production. You’ll ensure planned maintenance work is completed to strict schedules while identifying opportunities to improve equipment reliability and reduce waste.

A key part of your role will be carrying out a range of inspection processes, including composite panel, emergency lighting, ACM, flour sifter, flour line magnet and auto lubricator inspections. You’ll ensure inspections are completed accurately and that the appropriate documentation is maintained.

You’ll also carry out identified general building maintenance repairs and improvements and proactively support the management of baking trays and tins across the site. You’ll help maintain effective pest proofing by ensuring doors, entrances and exits are maintained to the required standard.

You’ll use Mainsaver CMMS to accurately track maintenance and asset management activities, ensuring work is recorded correctly. You’ll also ensure materials and parts are booked out appropriately and that reorder levels are maintained to support effective maintenance activity.

Safety, Food Safety and Hygiene will always be a priority. You’ll follow good working practices and actively contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, constantly looking for opportunities to improve efficiency, equipment reliability and ways of working.

Requirements

  • Experienced or knowledgeable in plant maintenance, ideally within a manufacturing or FMCG environment.
  • A thorough and detailed approach to maintenance and inspection work.
  • Self-motivated and able to work effectively as part of a skilled engineering team.
  • Literate and numerate, with the ability to complete accurate maintenance and inspection documentation.
  • A good communicator, including confidence using digital communication tools.
  • Knowledge of plant maintenance and inspection processes.
  • Mechanical Engineering experience would be desirable.
  • Basic welding skills would be advantageous.
  • Experience in building maintenance would be beneficial.
  • IPAF training would be desirable
  • Committed to high standards of Health & Safety, Food Safety and Hygiene.
  • Flexible and proactive, with a commitment to continuous improvement and operational reliability.

Benefits & conditions

Pulled from the full job description

  • Referral programme
  • Employee discount
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Company pension
  • Enhanced maternity leave
  • Enhanced paternity leave, * Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
  • Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
  • Death in Service Benefit
  • Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
  • Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
  • Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral - T&C’s dependent)
  • Employee Recognition Awards· Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
  • An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!

About the company

We have an opportunity for Reliability Engineer to join our Engineering Team on our Sheffield site as part of the Finsbury Food Group.

Finsbury Food Group is a leading specialty bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards and build long-term relationships within the food service channel. Finsbury offer a wide range of bakery products and are a leading frozen supplier in the Foodservice sector.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic, fast-paced manufacturing environment where quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything we do.

Apply for this position

This job is hosted externally. Click below to view the full posting and apply.

Apply on uk.indeed.com
Prepare application

Good distractions

Talks and stories from around this role — technically off-topic, practically not.

2:20 min

Communicating software deviations with empathy to encourage positive improvement

Ingo Philipp · LIVE

2:26 min

Building a healthy engineering culture to achieve operational excellence

Tejas Chopra Tejas Chopra · LIVE

4:22 min

How communication failures impact software project success rates

Gigi Gigi · World Congress 2024

6:58 min

Building engineering communities and finding technical inspiration

1:58 min

Winning production engineer trust with classical development cycles

Ilie-Daniel Gheorghe-Pop Ilie-Daniel Gheorghe-Pop · World Congress 2026 Europe

44 sec

Tracking workplace sentiment through real-time behavioral analysis integrations

Axel Ebert Axel Ebert +1 · World Congress 2026 Europe

Videos

See all

Related articles

See all