Reliability Engineering Coordinator

A great British food company
Premier Foods is one of Britain’s biggest listed food companies, employing over 4,000 colleagues at 15 manufacturing sites and offices up and down the country.
Many of our brands have been part of UK life for more than a century and you’ll find them in 94% of British households.
At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and future colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.

Reliability Engineering Coordinator
Salary £45,000 per annum
Based - Moreton (Wirral)
Full time, permanent

We are recruiting for a full time, permanent Reliability Engineering Coordinator to be the site lead for all engineering reliability activities, supporting, training, educating and improving overall performance at our Moreton site.
The Reliability Engineering Coordinator will ensure that the site has the correct maintenance strategy in place for site equipment, which involves optimising preventative and proactive maintenance against reliability and objectives.

**What you will be doing**:
Effectiveness & Efficiency
Assess and organise the requirements of all external third-party technical support
Seek and implement alternative spare parts to minimise spend & extend component life cycle
Support Plant overhauls by planning and coordinating activities for your function
Monitoring the efficiency of Maintenance Execution
Utilise CI tools, review and continually improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the maintenance plan
In collaboration with Engineering Manager assess the effectiveness of the maintenance plan and identify any essential technical training requirements.
Coach and train Employees to enable effective execution of the asset care plans
Corporate responsibility & sustainability
Ensure all contractors comply with site standards (QESH, contractor control and procurement)
Follow Site Safety best practices to ensure safe working for self and to protect the safety of colleagues to demonstrate zero accident behaviour
Act as a role model Safety through Behavioural Safety programmes
Continuous Improvement
Identify opportunities for improving line utilisation and machine reliability through the maintenance plan or CI projects.
Provide advice and guidance to manufacturing and distribution in response to breakdowns where needed
Share and replicate best practices across the site network
CAPEX
Ensure effective maintenance plans (including technical docs, Maintenance Operating Procedures), in the delivery of the Site Capital Plan
Support future CAPEX plan development through analysis of machine obsolescence programme
Provide REC sign off prior to Capex purchases

**What we need from you**:
Minimum 5 years Food & FMCG background
Engineering Degree/equivalent or accomplished engineer through apprentice route with relevant expertise
Knowledge of condition monitoring techniques and how this can support a reduction in maintenance (associated qualifications advantageous)
Proven history of data analysis which leads to making recommendations of how a system is performing and where improvements can be made
Understanding of equipment reliability techniques and how this can bring overall efficiencies to plant
Proficient in the use of SAP
Experience of indirect management of multi-functional/disciplinary teams
Strong working knowledge/experience of Rockwell/Allen Bradley/Siemens control system