Plant Improvement Engineer

Plant Improvement Engineer

Location: Royston, UK (site based role). This is a 12‑month fixed‑term contract. The role is instrumental in the success of the Royston site Maintenance and Engineering function. The key requirement is to root cause long‑standing issues with ageing assets and build a cost‑benefit analysis to engage stakeholders and facilitate a decision. Where the decision is to progress with a project, the engineer manages this within the management‑of‑change framework through contractors, ensuring hand‑back to operations and maintenance is well managed.

Responsibilities

• Lead root cause analyses for equipment failures, chronic issues and unplanned outages.
• Ensure corrective actions are defined, implemented and validated for sustained improvement.
• Create and refine preventive and predictive maintenance strategies aligned with asset criticality and plant utilisation.
• Collaborate with maintenance teams to optimise s...