Are you a Reliability Engineer who loves problem-solving, analysing complex data and improving the long-term performance of critical assets? If you’re excited by the idea of using real-time asset health insights to reduce downtime and optimise maintenance strategies, this role could be your perfect next step.
We’re working with a major organisation responsible for a large, highly regulated UK infrastructure environment. This setting combines modern technology with legacy systems, offering a fascinating challenge for anyone passionate about asset performance, engineering optimisation and data-led decision making.
What’s the role all about?
As a Reliability Engineer, you’ll join the Chief Engineer's function and take a central role in understanding asset behaviour, analysing failure trends and helping shape smarter, more proactive asset management decisions.
You’ll work closely with multi-discipline engineers, data specialists and asset managers to identify failure modes, interpret performance data and recommend improvements that genuinely reduce cost, risk and downtime.
In this role, you will:
- Assess asset criticality and understand what data is available (or needed)
- Extract and interpret data from existing systems to assess asset health
- Recommend additional sensors, technology and data-capture methods
- Identify meaningful indicators of performance decline or incipient failure
- Define what “healthy” asset operation looks like for different asset types
- Analyse failure reports to understand operational impact and cost
- Apply statistical analysis to detect patterns, anomalies and failure modes
- Work with data teams to develop dashboards showing real-time asset health
- Support optimisation of maintenance strategies and asset management plans
This is a role where your insights directly influence operational performance, reliability and long-term planning across a significant engineering estate.
What you’ll bring
To succeed as a Reliability Engineer, you’ll need:
- Strong technical understanding of electromechanical systems, equipment and typical failure modes
- Experience analysing complex technical data for process improvement or root-cause analysis
- Ability to translate raw data into meaningful insights for non-technical stakeholders
- Understanding of physics-of-failure and material/component failure behaviour
- Experience with tools such as FMEA, FTA, RCM or HAZOP
- Passion for continuous improvement, optimisation and data-led engineering
- Understanding of maintenance strategy development
Desirable:
- HNC/HND/Degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline
- Professional membership or working toward IEng/CEng
- Eligibility for Security Clearance
Who you are
You’re curious, analytical and determined to understand why things fail — and how to stop it happening again. You enjoy digging into data, questioning assumptions and working collaboratively to improve systems and processes.
You’ll be:
- Inquisitive, methodical and persistent
- Able to balance technical detail with real-world operational needs
- Comfortable engaging with cross-functional teams
- Influential, with the ability to communicate complex insights clearly
- A natural problem-solver who enjoys improving how assets perform
Why apply?
- Work with highly experienced engineers in a unique and diverse infrastructure environment
- Play a strategic role in reducing downtime and improving critical asset performance
- Shape data-driven maintenance strategies and reliability practices
- Enjoy development opportunities, autonomy and meaningful work
If you're a Reliability Engineer who thrives on analysis, innovation and continuous improvement, this is a standout opportunity.
Ready to take the next step?
If you’re an experienced Reliability Engineer looking for your next challenge, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today — or contact me directly for a confidential chat.
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