Vacancy
We have an exciting opportunity for a Project and Reliability Engineer to join our Engineering team at our manufacturing site in Loughton, Essex. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will play a key role in driving engineering improvement and asset reliability across the site. Working in a highly regulated and secure environment, you will lead engineering projects end-to-end while embedding a strong reliability culture to ensure critical production assets operate safely, efficiently, and with minimal downtime.
This is an opportunity to make a visible impact on performance, quality, and continuous improvement within a complex manufacturing operation.
Key Responsibilities
Project Engineering
- Lead end-to-end delivery of engineering projects, including scoping, budgeting, planning, installation, commissioning, and handover.
- Prepare project documentation including business cases, specifications, schedules, risk assessments, and proposed solutions.
- Ensure all project activities comply with De La Rue standards, regulatory requirements, and site security protocols.
- Support upgrades of legacy equipment and integration of new technologies to enhance process stability, efficiency, and security.
Reliability Engineering
- Analyse asset performance and develop reliability improvement plans for critical production and utilities equipment.
- Implement RCA, FMEA, and other reliability tools, driving sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
- Optimise maintenance strategies using data-driven decision-making.
Technical & Operational Support
- Provide engineering expertise to Operations, Maintenance, and Technical teams.
- Support breakdown investigations and complex engineering interventions.
- Identify opportunities for automation and process optimisation.
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Days: 09:00 to 17:00 Mon‑Fri with a 30‑minute unpaid lunch break each day (37.5 hours per week)
Base Location: Loughton, Essex
About De La Rue
De La Rue is a leading supplier of currency solutions and a long‑standing trusted partner to central banks and governments worldwide. Our products underpin the integrity of economies and trade, enabling businesses and citizens to participate securely in their respective economies. With a heritage spanning over 200 years, we remain a global leader in advancing security and integrity for currency solutions, supplying 54% of the world’s central banks and manufacturing in the UK, Europe & Asia. We produce fully finished banknotes, polymer substrate, security and currency services.
Skills, Qualifications and Experience
- Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing or related discipline.
- Experience in project or reliability engineering within manufacturing or regulated industries.
- Strong knowledge of RCA, FMEA, RCM, and reliability tools.
- Proven ability to deliver engineering projects safely, on time and within budget.
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
- Experience with CMMS systems.
- Experience in high‑security or regulated environments (desirable)
- Knowledge of lean, Six Sigma, or CI methodologies (desirable)
- Familiarity with automation and control systems (desirable)
- Professional accreditation (IEng/CEng) or working towards it (desirable)
Benefits
- Eligibility for our annual incentive scheme
- 26 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Contributory pension scheme (De La Rue pays 1.5x the employee’s contribution – employee contributions up to a maximum of 6%, with employer contributions up to 9%)
- Private health insurance – No cost for single cover, subsidised rates for additional dependent cover
- Life assurance – 4x your annual salary
- Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our Annual Leave Flexibility Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Subsidised Gym Memberships
- Various other perks and Employee Assistance packages
- Enhanced family friendly policies (e.g., four weeks paid paternity leave)
Vacancy
We have an exciting opportunity for a Project and Reliability Engineer to join our Engineering team at our manufacturing site in Loughton, Essex. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will play a key role in driving engineering improvement and asset reliability across the site. Working in a highly regulated and secure environment, you will lead engineering projects end-to-end while embedding a strong reliability culture to ensure critical production assets operate safely, efficiently, and with minimal downtime.
This is an opportunity to make a visible impact on performance, quality, and continuous improvement within a complex manufacturing operation.
Key Responsibilities
Project Engineering
- Lead end-to-end delivery of engineering projects, including scoping, budgeting, planning, installation, commissioning, and handover.
- Prepare project documentation including business cases, specifications, schedules, risk assessments, and proposed solutions.
- Ensure all project activities comply with De La Rue standards, regulatory requirements, and site security protocols.
- Support upgrades of legacy equipment and integration of new technologies to enhance process stability, efficiency, and security.
Reliability Engineering
- Analyse asset performance and develop reliability improvement plans for critical production and utilities equipment.
- Implement RCA, FMEA, and other reliability tools, driving sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
- Optimise maintenance strategies using data-driven decision-making.
Technical & Operational Support
- Provide engineering expertise to Operations, Maintenance, and Technical teams.
- Support breakdown investigations and complex engineering interventions.
- Identify opportunities for automation and process optimisation.
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Days: 09:00 to 17:00 Mon‑Fri with a 30‑minute unpaid lunch break each day (37.5 hours per week)
Base Location: Loughton, Essex
About De La Rue
De La Rue is a leading supplier of currency solutions and a long‑standing trusted partner to central banks and governments worldwide. Our products underpin the integrity of economies and trade, enabling businesses and citizens to participate securely in their respective economies. With a heritage spanning over 200 years, we remain a global leader in advancing security and integrity for currency solutions, supplying 54% of the world’s central banks and manufacturing in the UK, Europe & Asia. We produce fully finished banknotes, polymer substrate, security and currency services.
Skills, Qualifications and Experience
- Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing or related discipline.
- Experience in project or reliability engineering within manufacturing or regulated industries.
- Strong knowledge of RCA, FMEA, RCM, and reliability tools.
- Proven ability to deliver engineering projects safely, on time and within budget.
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
- Experience with CMMS systems.
- Experience in high‑security or regulated environments (desirable)
- Knowledge of lean, Six Sigma, or CI methodologies (desirable)
- Familiarity with automation and control systems (desirable)
- Professional accreditation (IEng/CEng) or working towards it (desirable)
Benefits
- Eligibility for our annual incentive scheme
- 26 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Contributory pension scheme (De La Rue pays 1.5x the employee’s contribution – employee contributions up to a maximum of 6%, with employer contributions up to 9%)
- Private health insurance – No cost for single cover, subsidised rates for additional dependent cover
- Life assurance – 4x your annual salary
- Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our Annual Leave Flexibility Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Subsidised Gym Memberships
- Various other perks and Employee Assistance packages
- Enhanced family friendly policies (e.g., four weeks paid paternity leave)
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