Maintenance Engineer

Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive pension scheme

Discretionary annual bonus

Professional development and growth

Generous annual leave + 12 flex days

Private medical health cover

Job summary

Nestlé York Factory is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to enhance asset reliability and drive continuous improvement in the Aero Department. You’ll use maintenance data and structured methods to reduce losses, strengthen planned maintenance, and support the factory’s long-term strategy.

Working with planners, technicians, and operations, you’ll build capability, ensure safety and compliance, and deliver sustainable improvements across the line and maintenance teams.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance or equivalent qualification.
• Advanced engineering apprenticeship or equivalent practical training.
• Experience analysing breakdowns and using structured problem-solving to improve reliability.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Ability to influence, coach and collaborate across levels while taking initiative.

Responsibilities

• Identify and manage reliability risks using factory data to focus improvement activity.
• Translate factory maintenance strategy into robust departmental plans to improve equipment performance.
• Lead root cause analysis and improvement work to reduce stoppages and strengthen standards.
• Support expansion of Total Productive Maintenance through coaching technicians and operators.
• Help maintain GMP, quality, engineering changes, and line-release requirements.
• Build specialist knowledge of process equipment and contribute to improvements.

Skills

Planning & prioritisation

Collaboration & coaching

Maintenance improvement

Maintenance systems

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance

Modern advanced engineering apprenticeship

HNC/HND/BEng in engineering

Tools

SAP

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Job description

Confectionery

York Factory

Full Time, Permanent

Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week

Salary: Circa £50,000 per annum

Some of our fantastic benefits

• Comprehensive pension scheme - up to 12% employer contribution
• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• A focus on professional development and growth
• Generous annual leave allowance plus 12 additional flex days
• Private medical health cover

About Us

Our Confectionery team in York helps make some of Nestlé's best-known brands, including KitKat, Aero and Yorkie. The factory uses controlled process plant and automated filling and packaging lines to produce high-quality products for consumers.

As Maintenance Engineer, you will help improve the reliability and performance of assets within the Aero Department. You will use maintenance systems, data and continuous improvement methods to reduce recurring losses, strengthen planned maintenance and support the factory's long-term maintenance strategy.

Working closely with maintenance planners, technicians and operational colleagues, you will build capability across the department and help create safe, compliant and sustainable improvements.

Your Impact

You will turn maintenance insight into practical improvements that increase asset reliability, reduce disruption and support consistent factory performance. Your work will also help colleagues build the knowledge and confidence to sustain improvements over time.

• Asset reliability: Identify and manage reliability risks, using factory data to focus improvement activity where it will have the greatest impact.
• Maintenance strategy: Translate the factory maintenance strategy into robust departmental plans that improve asset intensity and equipment performance.
• Continuous improvement: Lead root cause analysis and improvement activity to reduce stoppages, prevent recurrence and strengthen maintenance standards.
• TPM capability: Support the expansion of Total Productive Maintenance by coaching technicians, craft colleagues, apprentices and operators.
• Standards and compliance: Help maintain Good Manufacturing Practice, quality, engineering change management and line-release requirements.
• Technical ownership: Build specialist knowledge of process-specific equipment and contribute to line and maintenance working group improvements.

Your Ingredients for Success

You will bring the practical engineering knowledge, problem-solving capability and collaborative approach needed to improve maintenance performance in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Essential

• Engineering qualification: NVQ Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance, or an equivalent recognised qualification.
• Apprenticeship: Completion of a modern advanced engineering apprenticeship, or equivalent practical training.
• Maintenance improvement: Experience of analysing breakdowns and using structured problem-solving methods to improve equipment reliability.
• Planning and prioritisation: Ability to manage competing priorities and maintain progress in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Collaboration and coaching: Ability to influence, coach and work effectively with colleagues at different levels, while also using your own initiative.

Desirable

• Maintenance systems: Knowledge of SAP for maintaining plans and schedules.
• Improvement methods: Knowledge of DMAIC, Lean and fishbone analysis.
• Controls knowledge: Exposure to Allen‑Bradley programmable logic controllers.
• Electrical qualification: 18th Edition Wiring Regulations qualification.
• Further education: HNC, HND or BEng in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Automated manufacturing: Experience of working with automated processes and programmable logic controllers.

What You Need to Know

Closing date: Wednesday 21/10/2026.

We will be considering candidates as they apply and may close the advert early should sufficient applications be received.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Our Commitment to Inclusive Hiring

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect. We believe that embracing diversity and creating an inclusive environment enables everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovation. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Accessibility and Adjustments

At Nestlé, we're committed to creating an inclusive and supportive recruitment experience where everyone can perform at their best.

If you require any adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know. We'll work with you to understand your needs and make appropriate arrangements. Any information you share with us will be treated in the strictest confidence and used only to support you throughout the recruitment process.

To find out more about Nestlé's commitment to DE&I: Nestlé's Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace

To find out more about your recruitment journey with Nestlé: Recruitment Journey | Nestlé UK & Ireland

Confectionery

York Factory

Full Time, Permanent

Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week

Salary: Circa £50,000 per annum

Some of our fantastic benefits

• Comprehensive pension scheme - up to 12% employer contribution
• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• A focus on professional development and growth
• Generous annual leave allowance plus 12 additional flex days
• Private medical health cover

About Us

Our Confectionery team in York helps make some of Nestlé's best-known brands, including KitKat, Aero and Yorkie. The factory uses controlled process plant and automated filling and packaging lines to produce high-quality products for consumers.

As Maintenance Engineer, you will help improve the reliability and performance of assets within the Aero Department. You will use maintenance systems, data and continuous improvement methods to reduce recurring losses, strengthen planned maintenance and support the factory's long-term maintenance strategy.

Working closely with maintenance planners, technicians and operational colleagues, you will build capability across the department and help create safe, compliant and sustainable improvements.

Your Impact

You will turn maintenance insight into practical improvements that increase asset reliability, reduce disruption and support consistent factory performance. Your work will also help colleagues build the knowledge and confidence to sustain improvements over time.

• Asset reliability: Identify and manage reliability risks, using factory data to focus improvement activity where it will have the greatest impact.
• Maintenance strategy: Translate the factory maintenance strategy into robust departmental plans that improve asset intensity and equipment performance.
• Continuous improvement: Lead root cause analysis and improvement activity to reduce stoppages, prevent recurrence and strengthen maintenance standards.
• TPM capability: Support the expansion of Total Productive Maintenance by coaching technicians, craft colleagues, apprentices and operators.
• Standards and compliance: Help maintain Good Manufacturing Practice, quality, engineering change management and line-release requirements.
• Technical ownership: Build specialist knowledge of process-specific equipment and contribute to line and maintenance working group improvements.

Your Ingredients for Success

You will bring the practical engineering knowledge, problem-solving capability and collaborative approach needed to improve maintenance performance in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Essential

• Engineering qualification: NVQ Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance, or an equivalent recognised qualification.
• Apprenticeship: Completion of a modern advanced engineering apprenticeship, or equivalent practical training.
• Maintenance improvement: Experience of analysing breakdowns and using structured problem-solving methods to improve equipment reliability.
• Planning and prioritisation: Ability to manage competing priorities and maintain progress in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Collaboration and coaching: Ability to influence, coach and work effectively with colleagues at different levels, while also using your own initiative.

Desirable

• Maintenance systems: Knowledge of SAP for maintaining plans and schedules.
• Improvement methods: Knowledge of DMAIC, Lean and fishbone analysis.
• Controls knowledge: Exposure to Allen‑Bradley programmable logic controllers.
• Electrical qualification: 18th Edition Wiring Regulations qualification.
• Further education: HNC, HND or BEng in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Automated manufacturing: Experience of working with automated processes and programmable logic controllers.

What You Need to Know

Closing date: Wednesday 21/10/2026.

We will be considering candidates as they apply and may close the advert early should sufficient applications be received.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Our Commitment to Inclusive Hiring

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect. We believe that embracing diversity and creating an inclusive environment enables everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovation. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Accessibility and Adjustments

At Nestlé, we're committed to creating an inclusive and supportive recruitment experience where everyone can perform at their best.

If you require any adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know. We'll work with you to understand your needs and make appropriate arrangements. Any information you share with us will be treated in the strictest confidence and used only to support you throughout the recruitment process.

To find out more about Nestlé's commitment to DE&I: Nestlé's Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace

To find out more about your recruitment journey with Nestlé: Recruitment Journey | Nestlé UK & Ireland