Job Description

Position Snapshot

Business area: Nestle Beverages

Job Title: Manufacturing Asset Maintenance Manager
Location: Dalston, Cumbria Salary: Up to 60,000 depending on experience + 17% car allowance + potential 12% annual 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 have a fantastic opportunity for an experience engineering maintenance manager to join us at our state-of-the-art coffee manufacturing plant in Dalston, Cumbria. This role will focus predominantly on the reliability and machinery performance of our manufacturing department.

Nestle Dalston Factory in Cumbria is the European Centre for cappuccino and creamers producing a range of beverage products. These are produced through a highly automated PLC controlled process plant and automated filling and packing lines. It is continually developing and expanding leading brands such as Nescafe, Aero Hot Chocolate and Coffee-mate. The factory is moving forward with continuous improvement principles and actively developing Lean/TPM processes so it's an exciting time to be involved.

Manufacturing in Nestle 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.

A day in the life of a Manufacturing Asset Maintenance Manager

Reporting to the Factory Engineering Manager, you will be accountable for ensuring competent Engineering leadership, management and execution within the coffee manufacturing environment.

You will ensure the reliability of equipment through the development of an engineering strategy that builds technical competency, optimises cost and delivers a preventative approach to maintenance.

Both planned and reactive maintenance will be part of your remit in this position and you will be approaching this from both a strategic and budgetary standpoint.

What will make you successful

The successful candidate for this role will join us with a strong base of experience, ideally gained in an engineering leadership position within an FMCG manufacturing environment. If you have an engineering background in food production, this would be a distinct advantage.

Other key criteria:

Ideally Degree / Diploma/ HNC in an Engineering discipline (Mechanical, E&A, Process, Industrial Engineering or similar)


Have excellent leadership and management skills and be able to coach and develop both technical managers and technicians


A strong knowledge of Asset Maintenance will be essential, ideally within an FMCG environment.


A committed attitude to safety is a must, however specific safety qualifications are not required.

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 positing date for this role is 05/08/2025

The closing date for this role is 19/08/2025

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!