Posted 17 Aug 2026 (80 days ago) · Job 9967 · Read from the employer's Greenhouse board, last checked 5 Nov 2026, 19:05 UTC

Reliability Engineer

HelloFresh · Derby, England, United Kingdom

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  • Mechatronics, Electrical & Electronic, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering qualification or understandingrequired

    Qualified or Solid practical understanding in Mechatronics, Electrical & Electronic, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineeringfrom the posting

  • automation engineering experiencerequired

    Experienced in Automation, Mechanical, or Maintenance Engineeringfrom the posting

  • PLC-controlled systemsrequired

    Proficient in PLC-controlled systems and automated processes, including programming, troubleshooting, repair, and maintenancefrom the posting

  • PLC programmingrequired

    Proficient in PLC-controlled systems and automated processes, including programming, troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of PLCsfrom the posting

  • HMI systemsrequired

    Proficient in PLC-controlled systems and automated processes, including programming, troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, and related control systemsfrom the posting

  • VFD systemsrequired

    Proficient in PLC-controlled systems and automated processes, including programming, troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, and related control systemsfrom the posting

  • technical manual interpretationrequired

    Comfortable interpreting technical manuals, engineering drawings, and schematicsfrom the posting

  • engineering drawings and schematicsrequired

    Comfortable interpreting technical manuals, engineering drawings, and schematics to support diagnostics and solutionsfrom the posting

  • reactive and preventative maintenancerequired

    Skilled in both reactive and preventative maintenancefrom the posting

  • CMMS systemsrequired

    Skilled in both reactive and preventative maintenance, with a track record of handling second-line escalations and completing CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) tasksfrom the posting

  • material handling systemsrequired

    Adept in material handling systems, with exposure to flow analysis, capacity visualization, and process monitoringfrom the posting

  • Root Cause Analysisrequired

    Experienced in leading Root Cause Analysisfrom the posting

  • Continuous Improvement initiativesrequired

    supporting CI (Continuous Improvement) initiativesfrom the posting

  • mentoringrequired

    A confident communicator and mentor, capable of coaching junior engineersfrom the posting

  • manufacturing or FMCG production environment experiencepreferred

    ideally within a manufacturing or production environment such as FMCGfrom the posting

  • DIQ systemspreferred

    familiar with DIQ and WMS systemsfrom the posting

  • WMS systemspreferred

    familiar with DIQ and WMS systemsfrom the posting

Read the full posting as the employer wrote it

Job Title: Reliability Engineer

Location: Smart parc, Spondon, Derby DE21 7HW

Shift: Monday to Friday, 40hrs.

Let's Discuss What's On The Table For You:

● 70% off HelloFresh or Green Chef boxes
● Company pension scheme
● Gym membership
● Bupa private medical insurance (including dental & family cover options)
● Mental health first aiders and an employee assistance programme
● Nursery support scheme
● Cycle to work scheme
● Group Life Assurance

Play a key part in supporting our Employee Resource Groups: FreshVets, Black Heritage Network, NEU Network (Neurodiversity), GET (Gender Equality Team) and FreshPride

About The Team:

As an Reliability Engineer you will be the site Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the team, for all controls systems, maintenance engineering, sensors, PLCs, communication protocols, and automation for the site. You will work with the facilities and maintenance teams and colleagues to maintain and repair conveyance, automation and facilities equipment to support operations uptime and improve reliability of our systems. 

What You Will Be Doing:

  • Work in a hands-on manner to actively monitor, fault find and repair systems in order to provide a high level of equipment availability to internal customers.
  • Perform preventive maintenance and routine inspections on assigned automation, robotics and control panels. 
  • Perform troubleshooting of assigned out of service equipment and correct issues, act as an escalation point for lower level technicians, and escalate to leadership and/or vendors as needed for additional troubleshooting.
  • Document all work in the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and ticketing systems as appropriate.
  • Mentor all maintenance personnel in developing appropriate skill sets and knowledge of equipment specializing in automation, controls and robotics.
  • Lead root cause analysis of major downtime events.
  • Act as a network resource for technical issues and lead network-wide root cause analysis.
  • Develop maintenance personnel knowledge on intermediate to advanced automation, controls and robotics.
  • Partner with engineering on commissioning of new controls systems.
  • Audit vendor work to provide feedback to leadership on quality of work and SLA performance.
  • Write and/or modify PMs to standardize across the network and increase effectiveness.

Who You Are:

  • Qualified or Solid practical understanding in Mechatronics, Electrical & Electronic, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering
  • Experienced in Automation, Mechanical, or Maintenance Engineering, ideally within a manufacturing or production environment such as FMCG.
  • Proficient in PLC-controlled systems and automated processes, including programming, troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, and related control systems.
  • Comfortable interpreting technical manuals, engineering drawings, and schematics to support diagnostics and solutions.
  • Skilled in both reactive and preventative maintenance, with a track record of handling second-line escalations and completing CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) tasks.
  • Adept in material handling systems, with exposure to flow analysis, capacity visualization, and process monitoring.
  • A confident communicator and mentor, capable of coaching junior engineers and stepping in as proxy for senior automation engineers when required.
  • Experienced in leading Root Cause Analysis, supporting CI (Continuous Improvement) initiatives, and familiar with DIQ and WMS systems.

To be considered for this role, you’ll need to have the independent right to work in the UK, as we're unfortunately unable to provide sponsorship at this time.

Next steps: Your application will be reviewed and if successful, a member of the Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch within 2 weeks.

You are required to cooperate with HelloFresh in all health and safety matters. You are responsible for ensuring you take reasonable care of your own health, and safety as well as others who may be affected by the work activities you undertake. You must report incidents immediately and actively raise health and safety-related concerns to your Line Manager. As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and secure environment, we will process Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks to the successful individual. Failure to disclose relevant information at application or throughout the process could affect your employment with the company. 

If you are currently a HelloFresh employee, please make sure you have discussed your application with your Line Manager.

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