Senior Engineering Technician

Location: Tutbury Factory

Shift Patterns: 6am – 2pm, 2pm - 10pm, 10pm – 6am Three shifts, requiring flexibility.

Salary: £52,555.83 (inclusive of shift allowance and contractual overtime) + potential bonus and other excellent benefits.

Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity here in Tutbury, we are looking for a Senior Engineering Technician to lead the engineering team to support with boiler operations, plant maintenance of steam, refrigeration, effluent and coffee grounds handling from a proactive and reactive perspective.

The right candidate will have the drive to develop themselves and realise their full potential. We are passionate about engineering and safety; we are looking for someone that will share these values and be ready to assume immediate responsibility as their career develops. You will be rewarded with a fantastic package with no limit on furthering your career and rapidly increasing your scope of responsibility within our diverse operations.

At Nestlé Beverages UK, we strive to put the consumer at the heart of everything we do and deliver the best-tasting and most permissible treats for consumers day after day. Nestlé Tutbury Factory in Staffordshire is the home of Nescafe and Dolce Gusto in the UK producing a range of beverage products. These are produced through a highly automated PLC controlled process plant and automated filling and packing lines. It is continually developing and expanding.

Manufacturing in Nestlé is all about ensuring the consumer receives a perfect quality product, at the right time and place whilst driving losses from our business to maximise efficiency and productivity.

A day in the life of… a Senior Engineering Technician

You will be leading a team of technicians who will have high expectations and projects to deliver.

You will be expected to prioritise and manage your workload and the workload of the team to ensure all industrial services requirements are fulfilled.

As a Senior Engineering Technician, you will supervise the team to provide professional engineering support through performing preventative and reactive maintenance repairs and servicing on the industrial services plant. This will include steam generating boilers, the largest refrigeration plant in the UK, coffee grounds handling systems for the site and effluent/water treatment processes, there will also be opportunities to utilise your skills working on engineering improvements within the department.

Key responsibilities of this role will include:

• Providing support to the AMM and Shift Management Team, leading daily maintenance activities, key shutdowns and plant improvements.
• Driving the use of break down analysis to continuously improve asset intensity.
• Leading the execution/prioritisation of planned maintenance activities, communicating with production and other stakeholders to achieve this.
• Supporting the AMM strategy by continually seeking opportunities to revise and improve the PM03 plan.
• Supporting management of the shift labour – ensuring the department always has engineering cover to the agreed minimum levels.

What will make you successful?

We’re looking for an experienced engineering technician and enthusiastic person to join our team. You will need to be a flexible individual with excellent attention to detail to succeed in our fast-paced environment.

• Ideally you will be dual trained (mechanical and electrical) with proven experience in manufacturing. FMCG experience would be preferred.
• Must have an NVQ Level 3 and National Certificate or Diploma in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent, as well as a time served apprenticeship (please ensure detailed on CV)

Other key attributes are:

• Will have a hands-on, practical approach to their work, along with a great can-do attitude.
• Will have the ability to lead a team in delivering compliance in safety, quality, cost and delivery.
• Will be able to support the development of the Engineering team in line with the Technical competency matrix.
• Will have strong fault-finding skills, and proven experience of using break down analysis to eliminate root cause.
• Will have good knowledge of GLOBE SAP systems and reporting.
• Will have good knowledge of PM methodologies and a drive to implement these with the team.

What you need to know

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect. When we embrace diversity and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. People of all gender identities, ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of the LGBT+ community are strongly encouraged to apply. If there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the application process, please let us know. We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity, our people make up several Colleague Networks who represent different experiences and communities who hold us accountable in creating a sense of belonging for all, and our values create the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution you bring.

We are committed to equal opportunity for all and we may collect relevant data for monitoring purposes during our candidate registration process. Be yourself, everyone else is taken!