Salary: £45,000 – £50,000 per annum (dependent upon experience) plus excellent companywide benefits
Days based position
Position Summary
We are looking for an Electrical & Automations Engineer at our Wisbech, Purina manufacturing site. Are you an experienced Electrical & Automation Engineer who is looking to share your skill set in a role that offers an opportunity for you to shine? Are you keen to make your mark in your next career step? Then this could be the role you’re looking for.
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Manufacturing in Nestlé is all about ensuring the consumer receives a perfect quality product, at the right time and place whilst driving losses from our business to maximise efficiency & productivity.
This is particularly critical as we continue our journey towards being a LEAN Enterprise. It’s exciting. You could play a key part in it.
A day in the life of an Electrical & Automation Engineer
We’re looking for someone to provide Electrical & Automation support to the factory engineering team, delivering cost-effective maintenance activities to site assets in line with the annual maintenance plan and situation demands. To actively seek and implement new improvement methods to increase reliability.
Other key day-to-day activities will be:
1. Attend breakdowns to both plant and equipment to manage day-to-day needs of the production department.
2. Build strong awareness of departmental needs to maximise production output and ensure the smooth flow of the operation.
3. Provide a site-wide support function to production and engineering, utilising analytical tools to improve plant reliability.
4. Assist with root-cause analysis, implementing robust countermeasures, and supporting first-line operator development.
5. Work with Shift manager, Operators, and the wider engineering team to provide expertise in Electrical, Mechanical, and Pneumatic control systems.
6. Coach and mentor the maintenance team members to develop their automation and electrical capabilities.
7. Implement performance improvement projects as identified by the teams.
What Will Make You Successful?
To be successful in this key role we expect you to ideally have experience working in a FMCG manufacturing maintenance environment and have strong service orientation amongst internal stakeholders with lots of proactive initiative and attention to detail.
Other key attributes we are looking for are:
1. Ideally educated in Electrical Engineering to Degree Level, a minimum of Level 3 NVQ / ONC or completion of a recognised apprenticeship and 5 years’ experience in an Electrical position in a FMCG manufacturing environment.
2. Experience in Electrical, Instrumentation and Allen Bradley SLC500 & ControlLogix a necessity or practical equivalent.
3. Wonderware SCADA, InTouch would be advantageous.
4. Experience of SERVO systems in relation to FMCG machinery.
5. Ability to fault find within electrical panels and apply a logical fault-finding approach to breakdowns and problem solving.
6. Proficient with Microsoft products.
7. Knowledge of BS 7671 IET 18th Edition Wiring Regulations, EN 60204-1 Safety of machinery – Electrical equipment of machines & EN ISO 13849-1 is advantageous.
8. Strong problem-solving skills and a continuous improvement mindset.
9. Proven ability to actively apply skills in a safe and effective manner.
10. Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical audiences.
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, pension scheme, and a real focus on personal development and growth.
The closing date for this role is Tuesday 11/02/2025
We will be considering candidates as they apply and may 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. We embrace diversity and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be. If there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the application process, please let us know. We are committed to equal opportunity for all.
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