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Engineering - Reliability Lead Poole

New Engineering Role - Poole

Monday to Friday 8.30 - 17pm

The Reliability Lead is responsible for driving the successful roll out and implementation of a proactive maintenance strategy at our largest Bakery site in the group. The roles aim is to enhance equipment reliability, reduce unplanned downtime, and extend asset life by shifting maintenance practices from reactive to predictive and preventive approaches.


This role will lead cross-functional efforts to analyse asset performance, identify failure modes, and implement condition monitoring and data-driven maintenance practices. Through strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, root cause analysis, this role ensures a sustainable, proactive maintenance culture.

What you will be doing:

As a Reliability Lead at The Compleat Food Group, you will develop and lead the implementation of a proactive maintenance strategy focused on reliability-centred maintenance (RCM), condition monitoring and predictive analysis; ensuring maintenance practices meet all relevant safety, regulatory, and environmental requirements.


Food Safety, Quality and Integrity: The role will ensure maintenance practices meet all relevant safety, regulatory, and environmental requirements whilst promoting a safe and reliable working environment through proactive risk mitigation.


Health, Safety and Environment: You will lead by example in implementing and enforcing the highest standards of health and safety across all team activities, ensuring compliance with safety protocols and procedures, and promoting a safety-first culture.


Financial Performance Management: You will assist in managing the team's budget by ensuring efficient use of resources, controlling costs associated with equipment downtime and repairs, and identifying cost-saving opportunities while maintaining operational performance.


Asset Care: You will use CMMS & root cause analysis data to review PPM schedule and align with business needs & asset criticality assessment. You will drive initiatives to improve asset performance and reduce maintenance costs over time.


Resource Management: You will manage the Engineering Planner & Engineering Stores & Purchasing Lead to ensure that all planned work generated through the maintenance schedule is planned & completed effectively with the correct bill of materials and associated costs, whilst maintaining a healthy work order backlog.


Governance: You will ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and best practices for operational and safety standards. You will report any deviations from standard procedures and implement corrective actions to maintain high levels of performance and accountability.

Who we are looking for:

You will possess considerable experience in Electrical, Mechanical or related engineering field. You will have utilised these skills within an FMCG environment, experience within a food manufacturing environment is highly desirable


You will have completed an apprenticeship to a minimum level 3 qualification in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering fields. Further training through to HNC/ HND is also desirable.


Skills and Competencies:

Strong leadership skills to effectively guide, motivate, and manage a team, ensuring high performance and adherence to safety and quality protocols. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address equipment issues, safety concerns, or process inefficiencies quickly and effectively. Clear communication skills to ensure effective collaboration across departments (e.g., Quality Assurance), conduct team briefings, and manage shift handovers. Focus on driving ongoing improvements in processes, maintenance strategies, and team performance to ensure long-term operational success and adherence to best practices Strong organisational skills to effectively prioritise tasks, manage schedules, and ensure that maintenance activities and team operations are completed on time, with minimal disruption to production.


What's in it for you?


Along with an Industry forward salary you are also entitled to:

33 Days annual leave 2 Employee Volunteering Days per year Online and High-street retailer discount scheme Employee well-being and community support groups Informal and Formal training opportunities with personalised online LMS platform Charity Initiatives and Team events 24/7 Access to Grocery Aid (Free Financial, Emotional and Practical Support) Physical Wellbeing Benefits - Free on demand exercise hub and various gym discounts. Online Wellbeing benefits Free Financial wellbeing - mortgage calculators, budget tools, financial aid tools Holiday Discounts via Online Retail Discount


We are looking for somebody looking to take their next step in Engineering within a Reliability area. Somebody who is ready now to progress their career and move forward with a dynamic, innovative and supportive Engineering team at our large Bakery in Poole. Please send submit your cv with your application to apply now.



The Compleat Food Group fosters an inclusive, respectful culture where everyone feels safe, supported, and valued. We welcome diverse talent, knowing it drives exceptional results and a better workplace. We are committed to Fairness, Equity, Inclusivity, and Respect, we ensure all colleagues can thrive by bringing their whole selves to work. As an equal opportunity's employer, we provide all the support you need to succeed.


Contact us with any questions about Diversity & Inclusion or accessibility during the application process.

Recruitment Agencies:

We have a small, active and trusted Preferred Supplier List to assist us if required. We do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions. We only accept CV submissions for roles released to you directly by our Talent Acquisition team.


If you would be interested in working with us please send a message to recruitment@compleatfood.com and should we have any roles we need additional support with we will reach out to you.