Job Description

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Site Reliability Engineer in our state-of-the-art facility in Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland. The Site Reliability Engineer will lead initiatives to ensure the reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls, and safety/security systems. This role involves measuring asset performance and fostering cross-functional collaboration to review and analyse data, driving continuous improvement initiatives.

We are committed to building a diverse team and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

What you will do:

Bring energy, knowledge, innovation to carry out the following:

Perform and facilitate Asset Management Strategies (AMS) and Risk-Based Asset Management (RBAM) on critical assets, ensuring that all voices are heard in the decision-making process.
Collaborate with diverse teams to define, design, develop, monitor, and refine an Asset Reliability Strategy that includes prescriptive and predictive programs, ensuring that designated site equipment operates safely and reliably.
Attend and represent the site at the Asset Reliability and Maintenance (ARM) CoE meetings and monthly EMEA forum.
Support investigations into deviations to identify root causes and implement effective corrective and preventive actions. Proactively address emerging trends with a focus on inclusivity in problem-solving.
Coach, mentor, and provide technical training to colleagues on reliability and asset lifecycle management, with an emphasis on empowering underrepresented groups in the field.
Provide technical support to operations, maintenance management, and technical personnel, ensuring that all team members feel supported and valued.
Participate in the development of design and installation specifications, commissioning plans, and criteria for evaluating equipment and technical maintenance service providers. Develop acceptance tests and inspection criteria.
Support the final check-out process of new installations, ensuring that all team members contribute to the success of the project.
Support the use of predictive technologies and systems designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems.
Provide input to Risk Management and Business Continuity Plans to anticipate reliability-related and non-reliability-related risks that could adversely impact plant operations.
Utilize data analysis techniques to define operating conditions, reliability, and costs of assets, including Statistical Process Control, Reliability Modelling, Asset Utilization, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, and Remaining Useful Life.
Apply value analysis to repair/replacement, repair/redesign, and make/buy decisions, considering diverse perspectives in the decision-making process.
Develop and present performance metrics and set up regular cross-functional reviews of initiatives to ensure transparency and inclusivity.
Support Engineering Excellence Initiatives and participate in local and corporate programs that promote diversity and inclusion.
Ensure sustainability is a factor of our Reliability and Asset Management strategy
Pursue and utilize new technologies and methodologies that enhance reliability and foster innovation.
Manage and coordinate activities related to the site’s RAMP, including periodic report-outs to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) on progress and planning/facilitating annual RBAM across the site.

Any other duties as and when assigned by the Manager to support direct team, broader team and for development purposes.

What skills you will need:

In order to excel in this role, you will more than likely have:

Engineering qualification with 4+ years of experience, including a focus on reliability roles.
Knowledgeable of asset and reliability maintenance requirements and Asset Lifecycle Standards, such as ISO 55000.
Proven experience in problem-solving and continuous improvement methodologies.
Working knowledge of SAP or another Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
Familiarity with Maintenance and Reliability programs.
Experience in facilitating Design Reviews, FMEA Studies, and Safety Reviews.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and networking skills.

As a company, we are committed to 'Inventing for Life' in all that we do. We keep the patient at the very heart of all that we do and strive to find solutions and treatments for some of the world's most challenging healthcare needs.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. Please don't hesitate to contact the Talent Acquisition Advisor assigned to this role should you need any support during our recruitment process.

We are committed to flexible working where possible, and this is why our Company has introduced a new hybrid working model for office-based colleagues around the world.

As a company, we are committed to keep the patient at the very heart of all that we do and strive to find solutions and treatments for some of the world's most challenging healthcare needs.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. Please don't hesitate to contact the Talent Acquisition Advisor assigned to this role should you need any support during our recruitment process.

We are committed to flexible working where possible, and this is why our Company has introduced a new hybrid working model for office-based colleagues around the world.

Please feel free to speak to us about what flexibility means to you during your application.

So, if you are ready to:

Invent solutions to meet unmet healthcare needs, please apply today.

Required Skills:

Asset Management Operations, Asset Management Operations, Business Continuity, Business Continuity Management (BCM), Business Management, Continual Improvement Process, Cross-Cultural Teams, Design History File (DHF), Emerging Trends, Engineering Standards, Identifying Customer Needs, Industrial Engineering, Maintenance Management, Maintenance Supervision, Manufacturing Quality Control, Manufacturing Scale-Up, Medical Device Regulations, Multilingual Communications, New Product Introduction (NPI), Productivity Management, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Systems, Professional Engineering, Risk Management, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Supply Chain Sourcing {+ 2 more}

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

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Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

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Job Posting End Date:

11/4/2025

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Requisition ID:R368062

Senior Reliability Engineer

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