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.

Maintenance Engineer – Aero Department, Nestlé York

Improve equipment reliability and maintenance strategy at Nestlé’s York confectionery factory. Lead root-cause analysis, Total Productive Maintenance capability and automated equipment improvements.

Description

  • Improve asset reliability and performance across the Aero Department
  • Apply maintenance systems, operational data and continuous improvement methods to reduce recurring losses and strengthen planned maintenance
  • Contribute to the factory’s long-term maintenance strategy
  • Use factory data to identify and manage reliability risks
  • Convert the factory maintenance strategy into actionable departmental plans
  • Lead root-cause analysis and improvement initiatives to reduce stoppages and prevent repeat failures
  • Expand Total Productive Maintenance by coaching technicians, craft colleagues, apprentices and operators
  • Support Good Manufacturing Practice, quality standards, engineering change controls and line-release requirements
  • Develop specialist expertise in process-specific equipment
  • Contribute to improvements through line and maintenance working groups
  • Partner with maintenance planners, technicians and operations colleagues to strengthen departmental capability

Requirements

  • NVQ Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance or an equivalent recognised qualification
  • Completed modern advanced engineering apprenticeship or equivalent practical training
  • Experience analysing breakdowns and applying structured problem-solving methods to improve equipment reliability
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and sustain progress in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
  • Ability to influence, coach and collaborate with colleagues at different levels while working independently
  • SAP knowledge for maintaining maintenance plans and schedules is desirable
  • Knowledge of DMAIC, Lean and fishbone analysis is desirable
  • Experience with Allen-Bradley programmable logic controllers is desirable
  • 18th Edition Wiring Regulations qualification is desirable
  • HNC, HND or BEng in a relevant engineering discipline is desirable
  • Experience with automated processes and programmable logic controllers is desirable

Benefits

  • Pension scheme with up to 12% employer contribution
  • Potential discretionary annual bonus
  • Professional development and career growth support
  • Generous annual leave allowance plus 12 additional flex days
  • Private medical health cover

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