Job Description

Business Area: Nestle UK & Ireland
Job Title: Factory Engineering Manager

Location: Tutbury, Derbyshire
Salary: Competitive Salary depending on experience + car allowance + potential bonus + generous pension scheme + 12 flexible days on top of 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 are looking for an experienced and results driven Factory Engineering Manager to lead the engineering function through an exciting period of our site development.


This role is about working closely and being visible with the team in the factory to drive forward engineering and planned maintenance on site.


The Nestle Tutbury Factory in Derbyshire is one of the largest Nestle factories in Europe after circa 500 million investment over the last few years. The factory is a Centre of excellence for Nescafe products around the world producing freeze-dried, spray dried and pod coffee technologies and is at the forefront of coffee innovation globally. The factory is moving forward with continuous improvement principles and actively developing Lean/TPM processes so it's an exciting time to be involved.

A day in the life of a Factory Engineering Manager

As an Engineering Manager you will provide engineering professional and technical leadership in the Factory, ensuring compliance to standards, rules and regulations, ensuring people health and safety, product safety and environment are never compromised and that all engineering activities enhance business objectives, product quality and plant operation and performance.


Other key day to day activities will be:

Provide engineering leadership in the Factory for a wider engineering team as well as direct reports. The role scope covers all the production units as well as site services and utilities. Ensure engineering compliance is maintained providing safe equipment for people, product and the environment. Provide maintenance management for the site, including PM and AM Pillar Leadership within a TPM environment and the use of SAP PM Maintenance management system. Responsible for developing and managing the sites Maintenance budget. Support Engineering Project team with the implementation and delivery of CAPEX projects on site. As a member of the site's Management Team you will help the development of the Factory Operational Master Plan, drive the continuous improvement mind-set and align the Engineering function to support its delivery.

What will make you successful

To be successful in this key role we expect you to ideally have experience leading team of skilled engineers in a fast-paced blue chip manufacturing maintenance environment.


Other key attributes we are looking for are:

Engineering Degree/ Diploma preferably in Mechanical or Electrical engineering. Demonstrable experience in TPM and leading AM/ PM pillars. Proven relevant experience in engineering management within manufacturing. Experience in people development and management tools (including personal development plan, talent review, coaching, competencies training, career & succession planning, recruitment and compensation). The ability to demonstrate clear knowledge and understanding of continuous improvement. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Understanding of food safety and hygienic engineering standards preferred.

What you need to know

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you'd expect from a business the size of Nestle - 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.

The closing date for this role is 25/07/2025

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 Nestle, 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 | Nestle (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!