Reliability Lead

Position Title:Reliability Lead

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID:39400

Reliability Lead.

About McCain.

At McCain were feeding the world: from French fries to Smiles we contribute to the important role food plays in peoples lives. Thats why were dedicated to ensuring our core valuesFamily Authentic Trusted and Qualityshine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience a presence in more than 160 countries and a global team of 22000 people our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together along with our business and community partners to bring sustainable growth and positive change today tomorrow and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!

Why join the McCain family.

• Your Life were here to help you fulfil your potential flourish and thrive in work and life.
• Your Success work alongside passionate individuals who are committed to supporting your career ambitions drive and success.
• Your Impact we want you to make a meaningful lasting impact for you for your colleagues and for the business.

About the role.

In every role McCainers are ambitious curious and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy.

As Reliability Lead youll be at the heart of driving unstoppable plant performancemaximizing uptime slashing maintenance costs and elevating our food safety standards to new heights. Your proactive mindset will keep McCains manufacturing assets running at full throttle powering our commitment to exceptional quality and operational excellence.

By owning routine condition monitoring youll catch potential equipment issues before they strike enabling swift targeted action that prevents unplanned downtime and boosts asset longevity. Your reliability engineering expertise will fuel our evolution from reactive fixes to predictive data-driven maintenancestrengthening McCains focus on safety efficiency and smart cost management.

Youll also play a key role in championing our GB Reliability Vision: By 2030 while fostering a strong network and inclusive culture we will achieve zero engineering contamination. Your leadership will shape a culture of reliability innovation and continuous improvement across all our sites.

Leadership Principles.

Our principles each with related practices guide our actions across the organisation. Together they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.

We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights we drive mutual success.

We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition curiosity and smart risks we can accomplish goals refine processes and innovate to scale success.

We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first showing humility and working together.

We act like owners. Together we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.

Accountabilities.

Data Analysis & Problem-Solving

• Dive into equipment performance data uncover trends and lead powerful root cause analyses.
• Turn insights from Power BI and SAP into impactful reliability improvements smart decision-making and forward-thinking strategies.

Condition Monitoring

• Champion our condition monitoring programs ensuring proactive use of cutting-edge predictive toolsvibration analysis thermography oil analysis ultrasound and more.
• Keep oil sampling on track and swiftly action recommendations to safeguard equipment health.
• Seek out and recommend innovative technologies that push our reliability performance even further.

Maintenance Optimisation

• Elevate maintenance procedures to boost equipment uptime and minimize unexpected breakdowns.
• Continually refine schedules based on real asset performance.
• Introduce next-generation reliability technologies that enhance efficiency and long-term asset resilience.

Continuous Improvement & Training

• Spot opportunities for optimization and lead targeted improvement projects.
• Deliver engaging training that strengthens reliability expertise across the site.
• Embed a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence in every team.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with production and site teams to troubleshoot issues prioritize actions and keep performance on track.
• Collaborate with OEMs and contractors to align support with site reliability ambitions.

Safety & Compliance

• Champion safety at every turn upholding company policies and creating a work environment where responsibility and wellbeing come first.

Qualifications & Skills.

• Exceptional analytical mindset with hands-on experience using powerful data tools like Power BI and SAP to turn numbers into meaningful action.
• Proven expertise in root cause analysis and reliability engineering backed by a strong history of driving measurable improvements.
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement effective maintenance procedures that enhance reliability and minimize downtime.
• Outstanding communication and collaboration skills enabling you to influence partner and deliver results across diverse multidisciplinary teams.
• Solid understanding of manufacturing operations and asset management best practices with the ability to apply them in fast-paced environments.
• A strong commitment to safety innovation and continuous improvement always looking for smarter better ways to keep equipmentand peopleperforming at their best.

Location.

Scarborough:

Youll be based at our Scarborough plant in North Yorkshire. We opened this plant back in the swinging sixties but its definitely not stuck in the past. Its one of the largest French fry factories in the world and after a recent development its also one of the most high tech. Our team of over 300 colleagues work hard to make sure the quality of our products keep our customers returning for more for now and years to come!

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Whittlesey:

Youll be based at our Whittlesey plant in Peterborough. If youve spotted our three wind turbines then youll know where we are! With about 400 employees on site were one of our largest plants across the GB business. Our Whittlesey plant is where we make our famous French Fries as well as our chilled products such as our Shake Shake Fries. OR

The benefits of working for McCain.

Although we do encourage you to taste the goods youll be pleased to know we dont pay you in chips. For working hard youll also get a great salary and some pretty good benefits including:

• An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
• Flexible holidays where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
• Optional health cash plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Chips In Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the competitiveness resilience and long-term development of McCain communities across the globe

And of course being part of a Global business there are great opportunities to shine/thrive should you wish to relocate in the future. We have an ambitious 5-year growth plan that presents development & progression opportunities for those who seek it out.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individuallyyour impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here you have the opportunity to learn grow and thrive while being yourself.

Come and join The Makers to see why we are better together.

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McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity resilience and success and makes our business qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex age veteran status disability or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms) please let us knowand we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family:Manufacturing

Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Scarborough
GB - United Kingdom : England : Whittlesey

Company:McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd