Job Description

Kemira is a global leader in sustainable chemistry for water intensive industries. For more than 100 years, our chemistry has advanced human progress and quality of life. We call it chemistry with a purpose, better every day. At Kemira, we foster a collaborative and inclusive work culture that empowers our employees to thrive and make a difference. Learn more about Kemira at www.kemira.com/careers

We are now looking for a Maintenance Planning & Reliability Engineer our Operations Unit

The Operations unit at Kemira is dedicated to ensuring reliable, efficient manufacturing performance and continuous improvement to protect people, assets, and the environment. The team drives efficiency, agility, and strategic alignment by prioritizing and managing critical projects that enable sustainable value creation across Kemira.

This position is located in Bradford, United Kingdom and is on-site only.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring the reliability and availability of all site equipment through planned and preventative maintenance activities.
• Developing and implementing the long-term maintenance strategy for the Bradford site.
• Scheduling and planning site outages, including pre-planning meetings and post-outage reviews to drive continuous improvement.
• Leading root cause analysis into equipment downtime and identifying corrective and preventative measures.
• Developing and updating planned maintenance procedures using the SAP computerized maintenance management system.
• Managing the condition monitoring of rotating equipment.
• Contributing to site improvement initiatives to ensure operational efficiency targets are met.
• Identifying contractors and spare parts to meet cost, quality, and sustainability objectives.
• Supporting the maintenance team during peak periods and holidays.
• Participating in capital expenditure projects for maintenance improvements.

What you’ll bring to the team:

• Professional experience in an electrical or mechanical maintenance role.
• Knowledge of SAP or similar computerised maintenance management systems.
• Experience in maintenance planning and scheduling within a continuous production environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to collaborate across teams.
• Excellent organisational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Proficiency in computer applications relevant to the role.
• A proactive, self-motivated approach and a collaborative mindset, supporting Kemira’s principles to focus on growth, deliver value, and collaborate to succeed.

What you can expect from us:

• An attractive salary and benefits package including a discretionary bonus and attractive pension scheme .
• Challenging, interesting and varying tasks with training and development within the role allowing you to develop your expertise and grow professionally.
• A culture built on collaboration, inclusion, and growth.

• Excellent opportunity to be part of Kemira’s sustainability transformation for profitable growth.

Ready to create better every day? Join Kemira! For more information, please contact David McDonald,Maintenance Manager by email david.mcdonald@kemira.com

Please apply with CV no later than 11 January 2026 at kemira.com/careers.

Kemira is a global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water-intensive industries. We deliver tailored products and services to improve the product quality, processes, and resource efficiency of our diverse range of customers. Our focus is on water treatment, as well as on fiber and renewable solutions – enabling sustainability transformation for our customers. In 2024, Kemira reported annual revenue of EUR 2.9 billion with a global team of some 4,700 colleagues. Kemira is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.