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Reliability Engineer

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Diageo

Reliability Engineer

Belfast, United Kingdom

Reliability Engineer - Guinness Beer

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Permanent Contract

Mon-Fri

Closing date: 30th December 2024

About us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

About the Function

Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo's 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It's an intricate and sophisticated operation that's the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.

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Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We're committed to realising our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress' goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we'll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.

About the role

As a Reliability Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in a dynamic team ensuring our equipment is efficient, reliable, and well-maintained to meet production goals. You will lead efforts to:
  • Enhance Asset Care KPIs by delivering effective maintenance, problem-solving, and asset improvement.
  • Ensuring maintenance plans are aligned with failure mode assessments.
  • Transition the department to a proactive and condition-based engineering approach, reducing reliance on reactive maintenance.
  • Root cause major breakdowns and implement solutions that improve asset reliability.
  • Utilise data analysis to scope and execute improvement projects that align with compliance, cost, and performance objectives.
  • Ensure critical spares and stock levels are optimised for operational efficiency.
  • Provide technical expertise during significant breakdowns, machine set-ups, and capital project commissioning.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives, collaborating across teams to deliver impactful results.


You will be a key contributor to developing a culture of excellence, coaching peers, and ensuring all Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) tasks are completed effectively.

About You

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented professional with the following qualifications and attributes:
  • Recognised Electrical or Mechanical apprenticeship with an HNC or equivalent.
  • Skilled in diagnosing and repairing complex machinery faults.
  • Experience with problem-solving techniques such as 5 Whys, RCPS, and familiarity with maintenance systems like SAP.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and comfortable with data-driven decision-making.
  • Knowledge of Reliability/Maintenance methodologies.
  • Fault finding expertise.
  • Leadership qualities with the ability to inspire and mentor others.
  • Excellent communicator and a collaborative team player.
  • Conscientious, detail-oriented, and solution-focused.
  • Positive, adaptable, and committed to safety and quality standards.


If you are a driven and innovative professional ready to take on a challenge, apply now to join our team and make a difference!

Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you're supported from day one.

Rewards & Benefits Statement:

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:
  • Share schemes.
  • Pension - Diageo pays up to 14%
  • Product Allowance
  • 10% Annual Bonus
  • 25 Days Annual Leave
  • And many more!


Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you capture this information when you submit your application.

Client-provided location(s): Belfast, UK
Job ID: Diageo-JR1107215
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • Pension
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Internship Program
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Woman founded/led

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