Reliability Maintenance Engineers
Location: Lactalis UK & Ireland, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway, DG9 7DA
Hours: Full-time, Permanent, Dayshift
Join the World’s Largest Dairy Business
Lactalis UK & Ireland is part of the Lactalis Group, the world’s largest dairy company, producing market-leading brands enjoyed by millions of consumers worldwide. We are currently looking for two Reliability Maintenance Engineers to join our Engineering Team in Stranraer.
This is an exciting opportunity for motivated engineers to play a key role in improving equipment reliability, driving continuous improvement, and supporting operational excellence within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
About the Role
Reporting to the Reliability Maintenance Manager, you will focus on enhancing the performance, reliability and efficiency of our production assets. Working closely with Engineering, Production and Quality teams, you’ll use your technical expertise to identify improvement opportunities, reduce downtime, and contribute to the development of proactive maintenance strategies.
This is an ideal opportunity for an engineer who enjoys problem solving, analysing equipment performance, and delivering sustainable improvements that have a direct impact on operational success.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Supporting site-wide reliability and asset improvement initiatives
- Delivering predictive and preventive maintenance activities
- Investigating equipment failures and identifying long-term solutions
- Using maintenance and performance data to drive continuous improvement
- Supporting engineering projects, plant upgrades and capital investment programmes
- Working collaboratively across departments to improve equipment performance and efficiency
- Promoting engineering best practice, safety and compliance standards
What We’re Looking For
We’re keen to hear from candidates who have:
- A time-served apprenticeship or recognised engineering qualification in Mechanical, Electrical or Multi-Skilled Engineering
- Experience within a manufacturing, food production, FMCG or similar industrial environment
- Strong knowledge of maintenance and reliability principles
- Experience using CMMS or computerised maintenance systems
- Excellent analytical and fault-finding skills
- A proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement
- The ability to work effectively with colleagues across multiple functions
Desirable Experience
- Reliability engineering methodologies such as FMEA, RCA or condition monitoring techniques
- Lean manufacturing, TPM, Six Sigma or continuous improvement programmes
- Food manufacturing or regulated production environments
What We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Company pension scheme (6% employer contribution)
- Holiday entitlement (34 days annually)
- Life assurance (3x annual salary) and employee benefits package
- Training and development opportunities
- A chance to develop your career within a global organisation