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Business Area: Nestle Purina

Job Title: Site Services Engineer (Electrical Bias)
Location: Sudbury

Salary up to £45,000 depending on experience + potential bonus + generous pension scheme, 25-day holiday entitlement + 2 paid volunteering days + other fantastic benefits!

Championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business.

Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an electrically biased Site Services Engineer, working as part of a team reporting to the Factory Engineering Manager.

This role is integral to the team supporting our operation ensuring all electrical compliance is held, and all electrical activities are completed in accordance with business objectives and activities for product safety, quality and plant operation/performance ensuring optimum safety, operation and delivery.

At Nestlé Purina, we’re on a mission to enrich the lives of pets, the people who love them, and the planet we share. Join us, and you’ll discover a world where your skills, knowledge, and passion can flourish. As part of our supportive and dynamic environment, you’ll be encouraged to challenge norms, experiment with new ideas, and drive meaningful change. At Purina, you’re not just part of a team; your part of a movement to create a better world for pets and people alike.

A day in the life of a Site Services Engineer

As a Site Services Engineer, your key objective is to be responsible for ensuring optimal cost, highly efficient, quality and sustained generation and distribution of utilities for the factory operation, i.e steam, refrigeration, water and effluent treatment, hygienic air handling and compressed air etc.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the move from reactive to preventative maintenance by identifying our common recurring issues using root cause analysis and creating maintenance improvement plans
• Coaching and development of the Technician group within the Industrial Services Team
• Supporting and challenging your colleagues to maintain all company standards.
• Ensuring full support to the department for compliance audits
• Managing small projects and helping to develop future capex plans

What Will Make You Successful?

The person that is successful in this role will have the drive to deliver improvements across the site. This role provides the opportunity to develop individually and as part of a highly skilled team as well as giving someone the opportunity to make a real impact.

Other attributes would include:

• Minimum apprentice trained or NVQ level 3 or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, ideally dual skilled.
• Manage and prioritise workload in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• In-depth understanding of problem-solving methodology.
• Ability to influence by having strong inter person skills.
• Ability to coach across all levels and work on own initiative.

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 statutory 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.

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect. When we embrace diversity and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. People of all gender identities, ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of the LGBT+ community are strongly encouraged to apply. If there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the application process, please let us know. We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity, our people make up a number of Colleague Networks who represent different experiences and communities who hold us accountable in creating a sense of belonging for all, and our values create the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution you bring. Find out more about our Colleague Networks here: Diversity, equity and inclusion | Nestlé (nestle.co.uk)

We are committed to equal opportunity for all and we may collect relevant data for monitoring purposes during our candidate registration process. Be yourself, everyone else is taken!