Senior Operator Technician - Sidcup

TN United Kingdom; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is seeking a Senior Technical Operator in Sidcup. The role involves leading a team, maintaining machinery, and ensuring operational efficiency. Ideal candidates will have strong technical skills and relevant engineering qualifications, working in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Dual-skilled engineer with electrical/automation preference.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment required.

Responsibilities

• Work on rotating 12-hour shifts, supporting Operator Technicians.
• Maintain machinery to ensure production targets are met.
• Drive continuous improvement in operations.

Skills

Strong technical skills

Operational skills

Problem-solving

Education

NVQ level 3

ONC or BTEC National Diploma

Tools

Siemens S7

Allen Bradley Control Logix

Allen Bradley SLC

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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

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Sidcup, United Kingdom

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Posted:

12.05.2025

Expiry Date:

26.06.2025

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Job Description:

Are you looking for new challenges within Coca-Cola Europacific Partners? Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect? Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing? Will you make an impact with your desire to win?

Senior Technical Operator, Sidcup (Process)

Contract - Permanent

What you become part of:

Sidcup Operations plays a pivotal role within the CCEP network, producing around 50% of the GB SKU portfolio. The site offers a one-stop shop to the GB Market with a range of packages that are single sourced from Sidcup. Across their 7 manufacturing lines, the site can produce 360,000 cans every hour, 132,000 PET bottles every hour, and 48,000 Glass bottles.

There are currently around 400 employees across Manufacturing, QESH, Engineering, and Distribution. Working here can lead to excellent career opportunities both in Sidcup and further afield across other GB sites and Pan-European locations.

The ideal candidate for this role would be a highly motivated individual who can work with and technically lead a team to achieve joint goals and targets. An curious self-developing mindset is essential, and the individual needs to be able to make decisions based upon fact.

What you will do!

• Work on rotating 12-hour shifts on a 7-day pattern, days only.
• Work as a team member providing support and direction to Operator Technicians and agency staff in your area.
• Responsibility for machine & equipment efficiency within your work area.
• Develop effective communication & provide flexible support across the operation, applying your knowledge and skills to deal with situations, and identifying/influencing the day-to-day and long-term issues to drive continuous improvement.
• Safely maintain machinery within the designated work area to ensure output is achieved within production performance, quality, yield, and CRS targets.

What we expect from you?

• Strong technical and operational skills.
• Good understanding and awareness of monitoring and control systems, ensuring appropriate escalation of performance issues are communicated and acted upon.
• Machine operating, setting, adjustment, and asset care skills alongside either a mechanical or electrical qualification, or proven operational experience are required for this role.
• The successful applicant will be a dual-skilled, time-served Engineer with electrical/automation preference and hold an engineering-based NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification, and a minimum of ONC or BTEC National Diploma in electrical/mechanical engineering. You will have strong experience within a manufacturing environment and proven diagnostic, problem-solving, and maintenance skills, with a mindset for continuous improvement.
• Automation and PLC skills would be preferred in Siemens S7 & TIA, Allen Bradley Control Logix, and/or Allen Bradley SLC. Motion/Process control experience would also be an advantage.

The closing date for applications is 21/05/25. We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of applications. To ensure you are considered for this role, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) – a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries, who work together to make, move, and sell some of the world’s most loved drinks.

We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. We help our 2.1 million customers grow, and we are constantly investing in exciting new products, innovative technologies, and fresh ideas. This helps us to delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day.

From gender, age, and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognize we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth. To find out more about what it’s like to work at and our culture, we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform, just click here to speak to an insider.

We recognize some people prefer not to participate in alcohol-related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.