Maintenance Excellence Support Engineer

Refresco; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading drinks manufacturer in Bridgwater is seeking a Maintenance Excellence Support Engineer to lead and support maintenance teams, drive operational excellence, and ensure compliance with safety standards. Ideal candidates will have a strong engineering background and a passion for continuous improvement. The role offers a two-year fixed-term contract with competitive pay and extensive employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Option to purchase additional annual leave

Company pension

Life insurance

Access to an employee benefits platform

Qualifications

• Solid background in maintenance or continuous improvement, ideally in FMCG or manufacturing.
• Proven ability to lead by example and coach teams.
• Strong commitment to safety, compliance, and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support engineering and maintenance teams to ensure equipment runs at peak performance.
• Champion the Maintenance Excellence journey, embedding world-class practices.
• Drive initiatives to eliminate downtime and improve asset utilization.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Technical expertise in maintenance

Continuous improvement

Risk management

Education

Engineering or technical degree

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Client:

Refresco

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Bridgwater, United Kingdom

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Other

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job Description:

Ready to make a real impact in a fast-moving, flavour-filled world? At Refresco, we’re on a mission to raise the bar in performance, reliability, and innovation. We’re looking for a Maintenance Excellence Support Engineer to help drive our Bridgwater site to new heights and keep our production lines fizzing with energy and efficiency.

Maintenance Excellence Support Engineer – Bridgwater, Somerset

Days, Monday – Friday

2 years Fixed Term Contract

What’s in it for you:

• Competitive pay
• Option to purchase an additional 3 days annual leave
• Company pension.
• Life insurance.
• Access to employee benefits platform – Cheers which includes flexible benefits such as; healthcare cover, healthcare cash plan, dental insurance, car scheme, activities pass, financial services, will writing services etc.
• Unlimited online GP appointments with Unum for you and your family

About the Role

In this pivotal role, you’ll lead and support engineering and maintenance teams to ensure our equipment runs at peak performance. You’ll champion our Maintenance Excellence (ME) journey, embedding world-class practices that drive reliability, efficiency, and compliance in everything we do.

Duties

• Own and deliver the Maintenance Excellence programme across the Bridgwater site.
• Lead Autonomous Maintenance (AM) initiatives, empowering operators to care for equipment and stabilise performance.
• Drive Focused Improvement (FI) to eliminate downtime and improve asset utilisation.
• Optimise Professional Maintenance (PM) to enhance equipment life and reduce costs.
• Support smarter start-ups through Early Equipment Management (EEM).
• Upskill teams with targeted Training & Education, including SPLs and standard work processes.
• Ensure site compliance with Health & Safety, Environmental, and Food Safety standards.
• Mitigate risks and escalate issues impacting reliability and service levels.
• Be a culture champion—supporting Refresco values and our ‘Great Place to Work’ programme.

Why Refresco?

We’re more than just a drinks manufacturer—we’re a people-focused, innovation-driven organisation. At Refresco, you’ll find a collaborative, empowering environment where your ideas and energy will help shape the future of beverage production.

About You

You're an engineering or technical professional with a solid background in maintenance or continuous improvement, ideally within FMCG or manufacturing. You’re passionate about driving operational excellence, and you thrive on making things better—more reliable, more efficient, and more sustainable.

You naturally lead by example, with a collaborative mindset and the ability to coach others. Building team capability is second nature to you, and you're committed to creating a culture where high performance and continuous improvement are part of everyday life.

You have a proactive approach to risk, always looking ahead to prevent issues before they arise. With a strong eye for compliance and standards, you ensure that everything you and your team do is safe, legal, and efficient.

In this role, your success will be measured by:

• Embedding Maintenance Excellence across all departments.
• Increasing asset reliability and production uptime.
• Reducing reliance on external support through internal skills development.
• Ensuring full compliance with all site, safety, and legal requirements.
• Contributing positively to a high-performing, people-first culture.

About Refresco:

Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision. We're passionate about producing tasty, refreshing drinks but we’re thirsty for more and growing fast. We’re a global business and have invested heavily to expand our manufacturing footprint to make us the largest independent bottler of soft drinks and fruit juices in the world. We currently produce 12 billion litres from 78 manufacturing plants in 15 countries and we’re only just getting started…

Our UK business has six manufacturing plants providing a great place to work for 1800 employees producing own label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading UK supermarkets. We also manufacture many of the best-known branded drink’s such as Monster Energy, Innocent, Ocean Spray and Vimto. Whether it’s packed in cartons, bottles, or cans, we ensure that our products are made to the highest quality standards and are on our customers’ table for every occasion!

Refresco are an equal opportunity employer. We are fully committed to diversity and inclusion.

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