Senior Reliability Engineer - Utilities

As our Senior Utility Reliability Engineer, you will be the guardian of our plant’s most critical utility systems—ensuring steam, compressed air, chilled water, power distribution, and other essential services operate with precision and resilience. Your expertise will directly reduce unplanned downtime, extend equipment life, and improve energy efficiency, enabling our manufacturing teams to deliver on time, every time. You won’t just solve problems—you’ll prevent them before they happen.

Your

• ◆Lead reliability strategies for plant utility systems, including boilers, chillers, compressors, HVAC, and electrical distribution.
• ◆Develop and implement predictive and preventive maintenance programs using tools like vibration analysis, thermography, and oil analysis.
• ◆Analyze equipment performance data to identify trends, root causes, and opportunities for improvement.
• ◆Partner with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams to design and execute reliability improvement projects.
• ◆Manage critical spares strategy and ensure availability for high-impact utility assets.
• ◆Drive compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards for all utility systems.
• ◆Manage utility R&M budget including utility invoice tracking.
• ◆Mentor technicians, fostering a culture of reliability and continuous improvement.

• ✓Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• ✓7+ years of experience in reliability engineering, preferably in manufacturing or heavy industry.
• ✓Strong knowledge of utility systems such as steam generation, compressed air, chilled water, and power distribution.
• ✓Proficiency with reliability tools and methodologies (RCFA, FMEA).
• ✓Experience with CMMS (SAP PM) and data analysis tools.
• ✓Demonstrated success in reducing downtime and improving asset performance.
• ✓Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence cross-functional teams.

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Business accumen, Productivity management, Improve business processes, Advanced Analytics, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Planning, Logistics Management.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.