Electrical Reliability Engineer- Mars Wrigley
23 days ago
Plymstock
Job Description: \n Location: Plymouth (PL6 Estover) Salary: £45,200–£50,900 dependent on experience Welcome Bonus: £5,000 + Performance Bonus & Exceptional Benefits \n ⏰ Shifts: 40 Hours Mon-Fri: 7.00am-3:30pm Why Join Us?\n Become a part of Mars Wrigley Plymouth and help us create a better world, one delicious bite at a time! We’re a vibrant community that values long-term careers, offering competitive rewards, fantastic perks (including freebies!), and top-notch development opportunities to fuel your growth across our world-famous brands. Your future matters, and we’re dedicated to supporting you every step of the way. The Role\n We’re on the lookout for a talented Reliability Technician to join our essential factory team. In this pivotal role, you will: \n\n • Manage day-to-day electrical issues across the factory.\n, • Work within FMOS processes to support departmental targets and overall business priorities.\n, • Drive continuous improvement of plant electrical systems, maintaining standards, managing obsolescence, and delivering effective root cause solutions.\n, • Enhance equipment reliability, availability, and safety to world-class levels.\n, • Collaborate closely with Production TLs to align maintenance and production priorities, achieving factory performance goals.\n⭐ What’s in it for You?\n\n, • On-site hot food restaurant\n, • Welcome bonus paid in your first week salary\n, • Career growth opportunities with structured development & Mars University\n, • Private healthcare + equal parental leave\n, • Onsite gym and access to nurse/osteopath/podiatrist\n, • Generous pension (up to 9% contribution)\n, • Life assurance (4x salary)\n, • EV salary sacrifice scheme\n, • Gym membership & wellbeing support\n, • Annual leave starting at 24 days, rising to 32 with service\n, • Free parking on site\n✅ What We’re Looking For\n\n, • Advanced technical skills, typically gained through relevant education (e.g., HNC in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering), job-related training, and significant hands-on experience.\n, • Strong electrical systems experience and PLC programming and fault finding.\n, • Commitment to continuous learning and professional development, with the ability to support project engineering for maintainability and lifecycle reliability.\n, • Experience developing equipment and process specifications.\n, • Basic project management skills within engineering/reliability projects.\n, • Working knowledge of AutoCAD (or similar).\n, • Robotic experience (beneficial).\nKey Responsibilities\n\n, • Collaborate with Production and Maintenance teams to identify, track, and resolve breakdown and reliability issues.\n, • Attend FMOS meetings, taking ownership of electrical and controls-related actions and root cause solutions.\n, • Drive continuous improvement through plant enhancements and effective root cause analysis.\n, • Review and optimise planned maintenance schedules to improve reliability and performance.\n, • Provide technical support, including equipment performance standards and repair specifications.\n, • Maintain accurate documentation, reports, and project updates in line with team processes.\n, • Coordinate with engineering, operations, and external partners, while supporting knowledge sharing and training within the team.\nWhat You Can Expect from Mars\n\n, • Work alongside 130,000+ Associates worldwide guided by our Five Principles.\n, • Be part of a purpose-driven company shaping “the world we want tomorrow.”\n, • Access world-class training & development from day one.\n, • Join a company with an industry-leading salary and benefits package.\n