Senior Technical Operator

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc; Catford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc is seeking a Multiskilled Shift Engineer for Sidcup. The role covers 42 hours per week on Continental shifts, with 12-hour days and night shifts. You will perform planned, preventive, and reactive maintenance across a busy site and contribute to reliability improvements.

The successful candidate will have an engineering apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3, strong electrical skills, and a track record in fast-paced manufacturing environments. Closing date 17.08.2026.

Qualifications

• Recognised engineering apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3 in Engineering.
• Multi-skilled with recent electrical experience in industry.
• Experience in fast-paced manufacturing environments (FMCG/food/beverage).
• Strong fault-finding, diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
• Proactive in continuous improvement and equipment optimisation.
• Commitment to health, safety, quality and operational standards.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned, preventative, and reactive maintenance activities.
• Diagnose faults and implement effective engineering solutions.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance equipment performance and reliability.
• Work closely with Reliability Engineers to develop and optimise maintenance strategies.
• Ensure clear communication of safety, quality, and reliability issues to colleagues and leadership teams.
• Use SAP (CCMS) to manage maintenance activities, complete work orders, and order parts and materials.
• Contribute to a proactive engineering culture focused on operational excellence.

Skills

Multiskilled engineering

Electrical experience

Fault-finding

Teamwork

Communication

Safety compliance

Education

Engineering apprenticeship

NVQ Level 3 in Engineering

Equivalent qualification

Tools

SAP (CCMS)

Job description

Manufacturing, QSE and Engineering experience here can lead to excellent career opportunities both in Sidcup and further afield across other GB sites and Pan-European locations.

Key responsibilities

• Carry out planned, preventative, and reactive maintenance activities.
• Diagnose faults and implement effective engineering solutions.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance equipment performance and reliability.
• Work closely with Reliability Engineers to develop and optimise maintenance strategies.
• Ensure clear communication of safety, quality, and reliability issues to colleagues and leadership teams.
• Use SAP (CCMS) to manage maintenance activities, complete work orders, and order parts and materials.
• Contribute to a proactive engineering culture focused on operational excellence.

Essentials

• A recognised engineering apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3 in Engineering, or equivalent qualification.
• Multi-skilled engineering capability with recent electrical experience.
• Experience working within a fast-paced manufacturing, production, FMCG, food, beverage, or similar industrial environment.
• Strong fault-finding, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills.
• A proactive approach to continuous improvement and equipment optimisation.
• A strong commitment to health, safety, quality, and operational standards.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills.

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 recognise 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.

Job Description

Are you looking for new challenges and personal growth within Coca-Cola Europacific Partners? Then we have a great opportunity for you! 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?

Applying for this role is straight forward.

Multiskilled shift engineer – 42 hours per week, Continental shifts. 12 hour days and night shift.

Closing date – 17.08.2026.

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, such as the wide portfolio range of small cans. Across their seven manufacturing lines the site can produce 480,000 cans every hour, 96,000 PET bottles every hour and 48,000 Glass bottles. There are currently around 300 employees across.