Permanent
The Compleat Food Group
Are you an experienced engineering professional with a passion for reliability, data, and continuous improvement?
At The Compleat Food Group, we’re looking for an Engineering Reliability Lead to play a pivotal role in driving a proactive maintenance and reliability strategy across our Milton Keynes site. This is a high-impact opportunity to improve asset performance, reduce downtime, and help shape a best-in-class engineering function.
The Role
This is a key position combining reliability engineering and maintenance planning leadership. You’ll take ownership of implementing reliability-centred maintenance (RCM), predictive maintenance, and data‑led decision making, while leading the site’s engineering planning function through the CMMS. Working cross‑functionally with production, quality, and central teams, you’ll help build a sustainable reliability culture and ensure maintenance activity is efficient, effective, and future‑focused.
Key Responsibilities
Reliability & Asset Performance
- Develop and implement reliability-centred maintenance strategies
- Lead root cause analysis (RCA), FMECA, and breakdown investigations
- Improve asset performance, reduce downtime, and extend equipment life
- Implement predictive and condition‑based maintenance techniques
- Track and report reliability KPIs, driving continuous improvement
- Lead the site maintenance planning function
- Manage and optimise the CMMS for planning, reporting, and compliance
- Ensure maintenance work is effectively scoped, prioritised, and resourced
- Maintain a strong maintenance backlog and ensure timely completion
- Coordinate labour, materials, and spare parts with engineering stores
Data & Performance
- Analyse downtime, failure trends, and maintenance costs
- Use data insights to drive engineering and operational improvements
- Develop reporting tools to support decision-making
Food Safety, Quality & Compliance
- Ensure all engineering activity supports food safety and product quality
- Maintain audit‑ready documentation and compliance records
- Support audits and ensure adherence to internal and external standards
- Support and develop the engineering planning function
- Coach and mentor engineers and planners
- Work cross‑functionally across production, quality, and central teams
- Promote a high‑performance, accountable engineering culture
About You
We’re looking for a proactive, data‑driven engineer who thrives in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.
You will have:
- Level 3 apprenticeship in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
- Strong experience in maintenance and reliability engineering
- Background in FMCG or manufacturing (food manufacturing desirable)
- Strong knowledge of RCM, FMEA/FMECA, and root cause analysis
- Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- HNC/HND or degree in an engineering discipline
- Experience implementing predictive maintenance or condition monitoring
- Experience leading maintenance planning or scheduling
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