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Reliability Maintenance Engineer

Posted 23 June 2025
Salary £46,000-£48,000 depending on experience
LocationNewcastle upon Tyne
Job type Permanent
Industry Sector TechnicalEngineering
ReferenceJ139232
Job FunctionMaintenance

Job description

The rewards and benefits on offer:

  • 25 days holiday / 8 bank holidays (factory shutdown at Christmas only)

  • 100% attendance bonus payments (£200 twice per year, subject to tax & NI)

  • Pension scheme (employee contributes 6%, company contributes 9%)

  • General Life Assurance cover from day 1 (Death in Service benefit)

  • Westfield Medical cover from day 1 – company pays the membership fee, employee pays the tax on it

  • Comprehensive EAP – hundreds of high street discounts, same-day GP appointments, counselling services etc

  • Workwear and PPE provided

  • Free parking, good transport links locally

  • Subsidised food vending machine onsite (sandwiches, pasties, cakes, noodles, biscuits etc)

  • Free fruity Tuesdays & Wednesdays onsite

  • Regular reward events throughout the year e.g. Easter egg, Christmas hamper, Christmas party etc

MTrec’s New Opportunity:

MTrec Technical are proudly representing our prestigious engineering client, based in Tyne & Wear, with their plans for growth and expansion, by recruiting a permanent Reliability Maintenance Engineer to join their team. You will be joining a fast-paced, dynamic company, with an excellent team-based culture and huge opportunities to progress your career. Our client is a major international player in their specialist industry sector and supplies its quality products globally. You will be joining a very secure and expanding business, where you will enjoy a varied working environment, a great team culture and a great new career move.

If you are an experienced Reliability Maintenance Engineer, please apply now for an immediate response!

The Job you will do:

  • Collaborate with maintenance, engineering, production and other relevant stakeholders to identify and maintain critical assets

  • Optimize preventive (condition and time based) and proactive maintenance programs considering effectiveness and costs

  • Analyse error and failure data to identify, prioritize and implement corrective actions to improve overall asset efficiency

  • Ensure the measurement of results to drive improvement measures

  • Use relevant methodology to determine appropriate inspection, condition monitoring and preventative maintenance actions

  • Work cross functionally to ensure work is carried out using effective procedures and determine correct spare parts availability

  • Collect, process, analyse and supplement process and system data to optimize the overall efficiency of the systems

  • Ensure engineering stores are maintained at correct levels to ensure PM’s can be carried out and the effect of breakdowns minimised

About you:

  • It is essential you have proven experience in a reliability engineering role.

  • You will also have extensive experience of utilising reliability methodologies to identify root causes and implement permanent solutions.

  • It is essential that you are a time served engineer

  • Experience of managing critical parts stores and stock levels is highly desired.

  • You will also be experienced in the use of FMEA methodology to determine appropriate inspection, condition monitoring and preventative maintenance actions.

  • Experience within manufacturing/engineering industries is essential.

  • You will be a team-player, commercially aware, self-starting and change orientated with a high level of communication skills

  • You will possess a demonstratable, methodical and systematic approach to problem solving.

  • Computer literate with a good, up-to-date knowledge and understanding of systems, data interfaces and the operational use of spreadsheets and databases

  • Demonstrate leadership and change management abilities