Nestle
Nestle
Nestle is a Swiss multinational food and beverage company with a broad portfolio spanning coffee, bottled water, dairy products, infant nutrition, confectionery, frozen foods, and pet care. Its products reach consumers worldwide through retail and foodservice channels, supported by large-scale manufacturing and supply-chain operations. On a job aggregator, Nestle’s profile is relevant to candidates exploring opportunities across food and beverage, manufacturing, and logistics, as well as work connected to nutrition, health, and wellness initiatives.

Corporate Maintenance Engineering Expert - Nestlé Onsite

Lead Nestlé’s maintenance strategy across U.S. food manufacturing facilities. Coach teams, manage maintenance systems and budgets, and drive standards, asset performance, and continuous improvement.

Description

  • Implement Maintenance Foundations and maintenance elements of Nestlé’s Agile Operations Operating Model for assigned categories
  • Connect Category Engineering, Hub Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and factory teams
  • Coach and support factories in delivering Nestlé’s maintenance strategy cost-effectively
  • Assess, improve, and execute category maintenance strategies
  • Report team performance and progress to corporate, technical, production, zone engineering, and global maintenance leaders
  • Align team goals and deliverables with market roadmaps and KPIs
  • Ensure category maintenance teams address factory and market requirements
  • Coordinate category strategy with Nestlé Continuous Excellence and global maintenance standards
  • Conduct factory visits that build maintenance capabilities
  • Document and communicate factory processes and systems
  • Assess team performance and support team development
  • Use internal and external benchmarks to identify improvements and advance maintenance performance
  • Develop factory relationships and secure alignment on maintenance strategy
  • Build, enhance, and oversee M&I budgets
  • Develop category capabilities that support M&I objectives
  • Deploy market processes, tools, guidance, and digital solutions
  • Develop and deliver training materials
  • Implement, monitor, coach, and refine M&I strategy
  • Own the maintenance system, including the PM pillar, AMM, and maintenance structures
  • Keep programs aligned with safety, environmental, and quality systems
  • Evaluate critical facilities, production lines, processes, and utilities
  • Promote engineering tools including PM, EM, AMM, and EFCA
  • Deploy maintenance best practices and verify factory adoption
  • Ensure factories maintain loss-reduction action plans and investigate non-compliance, major breakdowns, and KPI failures

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, chemical, electrical, or food engineering, or 20+ years of relevant food, beverage, or consumer products experience without a degree
  • At least seven years of technical experience, preferably in food manufacturing or consumer goods
  • Several years leading maintenance or serving as a factory engineer in a plant
  • Willingness to travel domestically at least 50% of the time
  • Practical expertise with PM systems, including implementation and TPM impact
  • Experience leading a maintenance improvement team in a factory
  • Ability to lead indirectly and influence strategy across organizational levels
  • Knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems; SAP Asset Management Module experience preferred
  • Intermediate proficiency with digital tools including Microsoft Office, Power BI, and Copilot
  • Ability to present and deliver content effectively to varied organizational audiences
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to communicate and build relationships throughout the organization
  • High motivation and effective self-management
  • Strong team orientation and servant-leadership approach
  • Working knowledge of Nestlé Corporate Business Principles and expert knowledge in the assigned functional area
  • Knowledge of Nestlé Engineering Standards and Manufacturing Resources Performance Measurement
  • Deep knowledge of costing guidelines, finance and accounting principles, and operational business drivers
  • Knowledge of food-processing plants and technologies, food safety, and hygienic engineering
  • Knowledge of Nestlé safety, health, and environmental standards
  • Knowledge of people development and management tools
  • Knowledge of Nestlé quality, regulatory, intellectual property, and business standards, including NGHE, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001
  • This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship

Benefits

  • Performance-based incentive opportunities
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Healthcare coverage
  • Additional benefits across a broad range of programs
  • Inclusive work environment
  • Relocation assistance is not available

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