Job Description

Ready to make a real impact in a fast-moving, flavour-filled world? At Refresco, we're on a mission to raise the bar in performance, reliability, and innovation. We're looking for a Maintenance Excellence Support Engineer to help drive our Bridgwater site to new heights and keep our production lines fizzing with energy and efficiency.

Maintenance Excellence Support Engineer - Bridgwater, Somerset

Days, Monday - Friday

2 years Fixed Term Contract

What's in it for you:

Competitive pay 28 days holiday, plus bank holidays Option to purchase an additional 3 days annual leave Company pension. Life insurance. Access to employee benefits platform - Cheers which includes flexible benefits such as; healthcare cover, healthcare cash plan, dental insurance, car scheme, activities pass, financial services, will writing services etc. Unlimited online GP appointments with Unum for you and your family

About the Role

In this pivotal role, you'll

lead and support engineering and maintenance teams

to ensure our equipment runs at peak performance. You'll champion our

Maintenance Excellence (ME)

journey, embedding world-class practices that drive reliability, efficiency, and compliance in everything we do.

Duties

Own and deliver the Maintenance Excellence programme across the Bridgwater site. Lead Autonomous Maintenance (AM) initiatives, empowering operators to care for equipment and stabilise performance. Drive Focused Improvement (FI) to eliminate downtime and improve asset utilisation. Optimise Professional Maintenance (PM) to enhance equipment life and reduce costs. Support smarter start-ups through Early Equipment Management (EEM). Upskill teams with targeted Training & Education, including SPLs and standard work processes. Ensure site compliance with Health & Safety, Environmental, and Food Safety standards. Mitigate risks and escalate issues impacting reliability and service levels. Be a culture champion--supporting Refresco values and our 'Great Place to Work' programme.

Why Refresco?

We're more than just a drinks manufacturer--we're a people-focused, innovation-driven organisation. At Refresco, you'll find a collaborative, empowering environment where your ideas and energy will help shape the future of beverage production.

About You

You're an engineering or technical professional with a solid background in maintenance or continuous improvement, ideally within FMCG or manufacturing. You're passionate about driving operational excellence, and you thrive on making things better--more reliable, more efficient, and more sustainable.


You naturally lead by example, with a collaborative mindset and the ability to coach others. Building team capability is second nature to you, and you're committed to creating a culture where high performance and continuous improvement are part of everyday life.


You have a proactive approach to risk, always looking ahead to prevent issues before they arise. With a strong eye for compliance and standards, you ensure that everything you and your team do is safe, legal, and efficient.


In this role, your success will be measured by:

Embedding

Maintenance Excellence

across all departments. Increasing

asset reliability

and

production uptime

. Reducing reliance on external support through internal

skills development

. Ensuring

full compliance

with all site, safety, and legal requirements. Contributing positively to a

high-performing, people-first culture

.

About Refresco:

Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision. We're passionate about producing tasty, refreshing drinks but we're thirsty for more and growing fast. We're a global business and have invested heavily to expand our manufacturing footprint to make us the largest independent bottler of soft drinks and fruit juices in the world. We currently produce 12 billion litres from 78 manufacturing plants in 15 countries and we're only just getting started...


Our UK business has six manufacturing plants providing a great place to work for 1800 employees producing own label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading UK supermarkets. We also manufacture many of the best-known branded drink's such as Monster Energy, Innocent, Ocean Spray and Vimto. Whether it's packed in cartons, bottles, or cans, we ensure that our products are made to the highest quality standards and are on our customers' table for every occasion!


Refresco are an equal opportunity employer. We are fully committed to diversity and inclusion.



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Maintenance Excellence Support Engineer

The recruitment process

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1

Do you think you have what it takes? Apply for this vacancy via our website. Please include your resume in your application.

2

We'll review your application and when we think we could be a match we will invite you for an interview to get to know you better. Sometimes the interviews will take place over multiple rounds.

3

If you are the preferred candidate for the role, we'll offer you a contract and welcome you to the Refresco team!


Refresco believes that the principle of equal opportunities is fundamental to our company's values. Our long-held aim is to provide just and fair treatment for all employees. We will not discriminate on the grounds of sex, age, disability, marital status, colour, race, religion, ethnic origin, sexual orientation or gender reassignment.