Maintenance Engineer - Days

Find Apprenticeships; Sudbury; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the FMCG sector is seeking a talented Maintenance Engineer for its Sudbury site. This role involves optimizing maintenance costs and enhancing asset performance through effective preventive strategies. Ideal candidates will have an NVQ 3 in Engineering and experience in a manufacturing environment, coupled with a strong focus on safety and continuous improvement. A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, including bonus schemes, flexible working, and personal development opportunities, are offered.

Benefits

Flexible working scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Competitive pension

Bonus scheme

Personal development focus

Qualifications

• Educated to apprenticeship level NVQ 3 in Engineering.
• Experience in FMCG Food Environment preferred.
• Track record in Planned & Preventative Maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain production and packaging assets via preventative and predictive maintenance.
• Support breakdowns and participate in line improvements.
• Drive safety culture and ensure compliance with quality policies.

Skills

Proactive initiative

Service orientation

Continuous improvement

Problem-solving methodology

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Engineering

Job description

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Position Summary

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer, to join our team based at our Nestlé Purina site in Sudbury, working within a strategic and fast moving factory team working with equipment from robots to production equipment. You will report directly to the Maintenance Manager and work as part of a team, this site can offer you the ability to join a global network but in your market benefit from the support and closeness of a smaller knit team.

A day in the life of a Maintenance Engineer

As a Maintenance Engineer, you will support and participate in the implementation and execution of the factory asset maintenance programme aimed to eliminate unplanned stops and optimise maintenance cost and as a result increase asset intensity. This role is responsible for a defined set of production and packaging assets in terms of the engineering strategy to support in driving your area to world class performance levels in safety, quality, cost and service.

Other responsibilities will include:

• To maintain the basic condition of the machines by means of reactive, preventative and predictive maintenance activities. • Support Breakdowns and participate in line improvements across the factory, as you become the Subject Matter Expert for your selected area.

• Driving a safe culture and eliminate safety risks• Ensure all work is completed to a good engineering standard following GMP and safe systems of work at all times.• Ensure compliance with the Nestlé quality policy particularly engineering change management and line release.• Recording of breakdowns, root cause analysis and taking ownership of follow up actions.• Supporting Root Cause Analysis practices and projects.• Supporting the Capability Build of both the Shift Technicians and the Apprentice Technicians as well as supporting and developing the AM team following our TPM roadmap on site.

What will make you successful?

To be successful in this key role we expect you to ideally have worked in a manufacturing maintenance environment and have strong service orientation amongst internal stakeholders with lots of proactive initiative and passion for continuous improvement.

Other experiences and attributes would include:

• You will be educated to apprenticeship level NVQ 3 in Engineering or equivalent, an Electrical bias would be advantageous (essential)• Ideally a proven track record in a FMCG Food Environment (preferable) • Proven Track record in Planned & Preventative Maintenance. (essential) • Provent Track Record in problem solving methodology. (essential) • Understanding of Lean manufacturing tools including TPM (preferable)

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.

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We offer:

Salary: Circa £43,000 Dependant on experience, plus a variety of companywide benefits such as Target bonus scheme up to 5% of basic salary & Competitive Pension