About this role
Job title: Plant Improvement Engineer
About the Role This 12-month fixed-term contract role is based on-site in Royston, UK and supports the Royston site Maintenance and Engineering function. You will root cause long-standing issues with ageing assets, build cost-benefit analyses for stakeholder engagement, and manage approved projects through the management of change framework with contractors, ensuring hand back to operations and maintenance is well managed.
What You'll Do
- Lead root cause analyses for equipment failures, chronic issues and unplanned outages; ensure corrective actions are defined, implemented, and validated for sustained improvement.
- Create and refine preventive and predictive maintenance strategies aligned with asset criticality and plant utilisation.
- Collaborate with maintenance teams to optimise schedules, frequencies, and scope to minimise downtime and cost.
- Lead and support plant improvement projects aimed at enhancing asset integrity, equipment performance, process stability, and plant availability.
- Use CMMS data to identify bad acting assets, evaluate failure modes and analyse MTBF/MTTR.
- Manage contractors, review RAMS and ensure work is carried out per the plan; ensure safe systems of work are followed to execute the job.
- Engage with SMEs and the wider team to ensure needs and intent of the work are understood and stakeholders are aligned.
What We're Looking For
- Operational Maintenance Experience
- Root cause analysis/structured problem-solving experience
- Preventative maintenance / condition-based monitoring
- Excellent communication skills across all levels of the business
- Experience managing projects with contractors and reviewing RAMS
- Ability to use CMMS data to drive asset improvement and MTBF/MTTR analysis
Nice to Have
- Experience in a site-based manufacturing/industrial environment
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary aligned to role and experience; salary not disclosed
- Hybrid and flexible working where applicable
- Life and disability insurance
- Medical plans / health assessments
- Retirement savings / Share plans
- Commuter allowances and loans
- Saving accounts / house saving funds
- Fitness discounts