Maintenance & Reliability Technician in Ivybridge
Job Description
Job Description:
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Location: Plymouth (PL6 Estover)
Salary: £45,200–£50,900 dependent on experience
Welcome Bonus: £5,000 + Performance Bonus & Exceptional Benefits
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⏰ Shifts: 40 Hours Mon-Fri: 7.00am-3:30pm
Why Join Us?\n
Become a part of Mars Wrigley Plymouth and help us create a better world, one delicious bite at a time! We’re a vibrant community that values long-term careers, offering competitive rewards, fantastic perks (including freebies!), and top-notch development opportunities to fuel your growth across our world-famous brands. Your future matters, and we’re dedicated to supporting you every step of the way.
The Role\n
We’re on the lookout for a talented Reliability Technician to join our essential factory team. In this pivotal role, you will:
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- Manage day-to-day electrical issues across the factory.
- Work within FMOS processes to support departmental targets and overall business priorities.
- Drive continuous improvement of plant electrical systems, maintaining standards, managing obsolescence, and delivering effective root cause solutions.
- Enhance equipment reliability, availability, and safety to world-class levels.
- Collaborate closely with Production TLs to align maintenance and production priorities, achieving factory performance goals.
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⭐ What’s in it for You?\n
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- On-site hot food restaurant
- Welcome bonus paid in your first week salary
- Career growth opportunities with structured development & Mars University
- Private healthcare + equal parental leave
- Onsite gym and access to nurse/osteopath/podiatrist
- Generous pension (up to 9% contribution)
- Life assurance (4x salary)
- EV salary sacrifice scheme
- Gym membership & wellbeing support
- Annual leave starting at 24 days, rising to 32 with service
- Free parking on site
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✅ What We’re Looking For\n
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- Advanced technical skills, typically gained through 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, with the ability to support project engineering for maintainability and lifecycle reliability.
- Experience developing equipment and process specifications.
- Basic project management skills within engineering/reliability projects.
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD (or similar).
- Robotic experience (beneficial).
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Key Responsibilities\n
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- Collaborate with Production and Maintenance teams to identify, track, and resolve breakdown and reliability issues.
- Attend FMOS meetings, taking ownership of electrical and controls-related actions and root cause solutions.
- Drive continuous improvement through plant enhancements and effective root cause analysis.
- Review and optimise planned maintenance schedules to improve reliability and performance.
- Provide technical support, including equipment performance standards and repair specifications.
- Maintain accurate documentation, reports, and project updates in line with team processes.
- Coordinate with engineering, operations, and external partners, while supporting knowledge sharing and training within the team.
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What You Can Expect from Mars\n
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- Work alongside 130,000+ Associates worldwide guided by our Five Principles.
- Be part of a purpose-driven company shaping “the world we want tomorrow.”
- Access world-class training & development from day one.
- Join a company with an industry-leading salary and benefits package.
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