Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Nestle; East Staffordshire; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Pension up to 12%

25 days holiday plus 12 flexible days

2 paid volunteering days

Personal development focus

Job summary

Nestlé Tutbury Factory in Derbyshire is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to provide technical support for electrical and MES activities, aiming to improve asset performance and support capital projects while ensuring health and safety standards are met.

You will work across electrical engineering, automation, MES and process technology, collaborating with production teams to guarantee safe, reliable and compliant operations at our state-of-the-art coffee manufacturing plant.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 and time served apprenticeship in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience in an MES engineering or related role with practical electrical experience.
• Ability to apply electrical engineering knowledge in an operational manufacturing environment with safe working practices.
• Experience contributing to multidisciplinary engineering projects and commissioning or start-up of equipment.
• Ability to coordinate technical teams and communicate with Engineering, Production, Safety, Quality and Logistics colleagues.
• Ability to manage priorities and maintain technical documentation with change control and safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen electrical, process and equipment safety by applying standards and addressing risk.
• Improve availability and condition of electrical distribution, automation and MES assets.
• Shape practical technical solutions and support capital project delivery within quality, timing and budget.
• Maintain clear technical specifications, drawings and control documentation with change management.
• Identify safety, quality, efficiency and maintenance improvements using factory performance data.
• Support technicians, contractors and third parties with technical guidance and training.

Skills

Electrical engineering

MES engineering

Team coordination

Safety compliance

Education

NVQ Level 3 + electrical apprenticeship

Tools

MES systems

Process IT

Electrical testing

Job description

As Electrical Maintenance Engineer, you will provide technical support for electrical and MES activities across the factory. You will help maintain compliant assets, improve performance and contribute to capital projects, while ensuring that the health and safety of people, product safety and the environment are never compromised. Other key responsibilities of this role will include:

Key responsibilities

• Safe and compliant operations: Strengthen electrical, process and equipment safety by applying legal, corporate and site standards and addressing risk before it affects people, products or the environment.
• Reliable factory performance: Improve the availability and condition of electrical distribution, automation and MES assets so production teams can operate consistently and effectively.
• Capital project delivery: Shape practical technical solutions, align requirements across key stakeholders and support implementation that meets agreed quality, timing and budget expectations.
• Standards and governance: Maintain clear technical specifications, drawings and control documentation, using effective change management to protect compliance and long-term asset integrity.
• Continuous improvement: Use knowledge of factory systems, processes and performance measures to identify improvements in safety, quality, efficiency and maintenance effectiveness.
• Capability building: Support technicians, production colleagues, contractors and third parties with clear technical guidance and training that builds confident, sustainable ways of working.

Your ingredients for success

You will combine practical electrical engineering capability with a collaborative approach to factory improvement.

Qualifications

• Electrical engineering qualification: You hold an NVQ Level 3 and time served apprenticeship in Electrical Engineering.
• Relevant experience: You have experience in an MES engineering or closely related engineering role, with practical electrical experience.
• Electrical systems: You can apply electrical engineering knowledge in an operational manufacturing environment, including safe working practices, inspection and testing requirements.
• Project contribution: You have contributed to multidisciplinary engineering projects and supported the commissioning or start-up of technical equipment or production lines.
• Technical coordination: You can coordinate technical teams, contractors or third parties and communicate effectively with Engineering, Production, Safety, Health and Environment, Quality and Logistics colleagues.
• Performance and compliance: You can manage priorities against defined objectives and maintain accurate technical documentation while applying change control and safety requirements.

Desirable requirements

• Maintenance methods: Exposure to Total Productive Maintenance, preventive maintenance planning or maintenance execution.
• Food manufacturing: Knowledge of food processing, food safety or hygienic engineering requirements.
• Process technology: Exposure to process IT, automation infrastructure, calibration systems or Manufacturing Execution Systems.
• Management systems: Knowledge of environmental, health and safety, or quality management standards used in manufacturing settings.

In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Nestlé sponsorship.

We have a fantastic new opportunity for an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join the Engineering team at our state-of-the-art coffee manufacturing plant in Tutbury, Derbyshire.

Our Factory Engineering team helps keep our Tutbury operation safe, reliable and ready for the future. Working across electrical engineering, automation, Manufacturing Execution Systems and process technology, the team protects product quality, supports efficient production and enables investment in our manufacturing capability.

Nestlé Tutbury Factory in Derbyshire is one of the largest Nestlé factories in Europe after a £250 million investment over the last few years. The factory produces several of the most well-known Nescafé products in the world through freeze-dried, spray-dried, pod coffee production technologies and is at the forefront of coffee production globally.

We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity. We proudly signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter, are committed to Disability Confidence, and have been recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for gender equality for three consecutive years. Additionally, we are a headline partner of Diversity and Inclusion in grocery.

Benefits

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus.
• Generous pension scheme - up to 12% contribution from Nestle.
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement.
• 2 paid volunteering days.
• A focus on personal development and growth.