Join Mars Wrigley in Plymouth as an Electrical Reliability Engineer on a full-time, 40-hour weekly schedule (Monday to Fri, 7:00 am–3:30 pm). In this on-site role, you will drive continuous improvement of plant electrical systems, manage day-to-day electrical issues, and collaborate with production and maintenance teams to ensure high equipment availability, offering a salary of £45,200–£50,900 plus a £5,000 welcome bonus.
Requirements
Advanced technical skills combining relevant education and hands-on experience (e.g., HNC in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering)
Strong electrical systems experience, PLC programming, and fault finding
Basic project management skills within engineering or reliability projects
Working knowledge of AutoCAD or similar
Robotic experience is beneficial
Skills & Responsibilities
Electrical Systems & PLCs: Manage day-to-day electrical issues, programming, and fault finding to ensure equipment reliability and safety.
Continuous Improvement: Drive plant enhancements, obsolescence management, and effective root cause solutions.
Maintenance Optimization: Review and optimise planned maintenance schedules alongside Production and Maintenance teams.
Project Support: Provide technical support, equipment performance standards, and basic project management for engineering initiatives.
Potential transition routes: People from maintenance engineering or automation roles may bring strong troubleshooting and technical skills, alongside meeting the required electrical systems experience.
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💼 The Role
We're looking for a talented Reliability Engineer to join our vital factory team and play a key role in supporting site development and delivering the master plan. You will manage day-to-day electrical issues across the factory, working within FMOS processes to support departmental targets and overall business priorities.
This role focuses on driving continuous improvement of plant electrical systems, maintaining standards, managing obsolescence, and delivering effective root cause solutions. You’ll help improve equipment reliability, availability, and safety to world-class levels.
Working closely with Production TLs, you’ll ensure maintenance and production priorities are aligned to achieve factory performance goals.
⭐ What’s in it for you?
Hot food restaurant on site
Welcome bonus paid in your first week salary
Career growth opportunities with structured development & Mars University
Private healthcare + equal parental leave
Onsite gym and nurse/osteopath/podiatrist
Generous pension (up to 9% contribution)
Life assurance (4x salary)
Gym membership & wellbeing support
Annual leave starting at 24 days, rising to 32 with service
Free parking on site:
✅ What We’re Looking For
Advanced technical skills, typically gained through a combination of relevant education (e.g. HNC in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering), job-related training, and significant hands-on experience
Strong electrical systems experience and PLC programming and fault finding
Commitment to continuous learning and professional development and the Ability to support project engineering to ensure maintainability and lifecycle reliability
Experience developing equipment and process specifications
Basic project management skills within engineering/reliability projects
