Edwin James Group is a national technical and process services group based in Burton Upon Trent, UK. We are a market leader in facilities engineering, offering mechanical, electrical, energy, and process engineering solutions. Our group brand portfolio includes Parker Technical Services, Musk Process Services, and Peak Technology Solutions. At Edwin James Group, we are known for our client-focused philosophy and delivering outstanding work for our clients.

We are now looking to recruit an additional Reliability Engineer to join our site-based team in Stowmarket. . As the Reliability Engineer you will be required to improve productivity by ensuring our clients’ assets are effectively maintained and their plant is running reliably and safely.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and eliminate failure modes across production assets though focused projects and improvements.
• Understanding of Condition Monitoring Techniques (vibration, acoustic, thermography) to drive proactive/predictive maintenance.
• Sound Understanding of Lubrication Principles.
• Work closely with the client to ensure delivery of Condition Based Monitoring program and identify Energy saving opportunities.
• Analysis and reporting of CMMS data for improvement opportunities (MTBF, MTTR etc)
• Delivery of Site/Project KPI metrics.
• Ensure Client / Musk Asset Care strategy (Predictive or Planned maintenance activities) prevent failures.
• Use CMMS data to optimise existing Asset Care Strategy (Frequency, task, Part required).

Skills and Experience:

• Sound Understanding of Lubrication Principles.
• Have a proven track record dealing with, maintaining and improving mechanical and electrical equipment and services.
• It is expected that you should have a good Industrial maintenance engineering background and have an understanding of Reliability techniques such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM)
• Have a customer focussed attitude to represent the company and the group in a professional and effective way.
• Excellent IT skills in MS Office (especially Word and Excel) are needed for the role
• Experience of CMMS systems would be advantageous
• Familiarity with equipment such as, High speed centrifuge machines, Screw conveyors, Belt conveyors, Pneumatic transfer systems, Alignment, Mechanical strainers, Centrifugal and PD pumps.

Specific Qualifications

• Hold relevant Electrical / Mechanical qualifications ie C&G/NVQ/HNC
• Understanding of Condition Monitoring Techniques (vibration, acoustic, thermography).

What we offer

• A competitive salary and benefits package appropriate to this position
• Supported training both internally and externally
• Career Development within a growing and constantly evolving business

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.