Reliability Specialist - Stourton Dairy

Reliability Specialist

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Annual Pay review
• Employer pension matched up to 6%
• X4 annual salary life assurance cover
• Flexible Benefits- buy additional days annual leave, reward gateway scheme- discounts with various retailers via my benefit platform.
• Strong career development & training (internal and external training)

Role Overview

Join our team as a Reliability Specialist at Arla Foods Stourton. You will be responsible for developing maintenance standards and optimizing asset reliability to eliminate unplanned stops and increase overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). This role demands ownership and leadership in all aspects of reliability and maintenance to eliminate unplanned stops and enhance overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).

Key Responsibilities

Asset Reliability

• The specialist role is responsible for leading root cause analysis and troubleshooting on operations plant/utility equipment and automation systems, to eliminate unplanned stops and increase OEE.
• Leads technical reliability improvement & modification projects within all areas of responsibility.
• Conducts analysis of all unplanned stoppages and owns/supports in solution delivery and close-out of actions to eliminate.
• Lead root cause analysis and troubleshooting for the department.
• Own the department's Asset Maintenance & Reliability Strategy.

• Ensure assets meet basic conditions by developing colleagues and leaders in Operator Asset Care.
• Manage suppliers, contracts, and compliance improvements.

Maintenance Strategy

• Leads selection, development, and implementation of the area asset maintenance programme.
• Accountable for creating and delivering SOPs and work instructions for technicians and operations.
• Delivers Maintenance Strategy actions.
• Perform role of site/department CMMS super-user.
• Create/update Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) master data.
• Executing planned maintenance activities requiring specialist expertise.
• Managing suppliers and specific contracts, including control of works.
• Managing specific QEHS compliance aspects and compliance improvements.

Developing People

• Responsible for ensuring the competence and work quality of shift engineers and PPM technicians.
• Responsible for ensuring the competence and work quality of Planned Preventative Maintenance.
• Responsible for upskilling the operational team in asset care across their area of responsibility.

Skills and Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance or equivalent; Modern Advanced Level Apprenticeship completed.
• Experience in maintenance strategy development and implementation. Proficiency with tools like CBM, RCA, FMECA, and CMMS (SAP PM).
• Desirable but not essential: HNC, HND, and/or BEng Degree.
• Desirable but not essential: 2-3 years of SAP experience

The Closing date for applications is Friday 13th December 2024. Please apply using the link or reach out to Alex Tyrrell, Senior Talent Partner, at Alety@arlafoods.com. We have a purpose for Good At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you? BEWARE! RECRUITMENT FRAUD It has come to our attention that there are a number of fraudulent emails and fake recruitment campaigns on the internet from people purporting to work for Arla Foods.