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# Reliability Engineer

- **Company:** FEI Foods LTD
- **Location:** Llantrisant, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £48,513
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computerized Maintenance Management Systems, Reliability Engineering
- **Published:** October 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=cf6206f2492b9cf2

## About the Role

* Time served through an engineering apprenticeship - NVQ L3 minimum.
 * ONC in Engineering discipline.
 * At least 5 years' experience in an engineering maintenance role within a manufacturing environment

## Description

As one of the Reliability Engineers, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth operation of our manufacturing process. You will work as part of the asset care (reliability) team, carrying out preventative maintenance, optimisation, continuous improvement actions and condition monitoring. You will drive the engineering standards and work within teams to deliver safety, quality, failure analysis and engineering best practice, that provides support to the operations team. This position requires a logical thinker with strong technical skills, experience of maintenance best practices within a fast-moving manufacturing environment and a passion for driving improvements in equipment reliability., * Responsible for carrying out PPM tasks as defined by the PPM & lubrication schedules on down days and/or during production

 * Ensuring work order completion with relevant reporting and follow-on work orders
 * Responsible for the timely hand-back of equipment in a running condition, ensuring all relevant documentation is completed
 * Identify and feedback on any amendments required to existing PPM work orders to ensure a fully comprehensive coverage of required works ensuring the best possible reliability of equipment
 * Assist in the development of the CMMS and associated PPM work orders ensuring concise instructions contained within the work orders - all relevant references, dimensions, tolerances, technical instruction and documentation
 * Carry out condition monitoring routes and execute follow-on work orders to pro-actively rectify any detected issues
 * Coaching and mentoring other engineering staff who assist with PPM activities
 * Coaching, mentoring and training monitoring of apprentices - Regularly liaising with external training providers and playing an active role in the ongoing apprentice development programme
 * Creating and delivering training instructions e.g. - engineering induction, centre-lining, sealing block setup, shuttle setup, etc.
 * Any other duties as required