Maintenance Engineer

Salary: £56,602 - £61,001 per annum depending on experience (including shift premium)

• Comprehensive pension scheme - up to 12% employer contribution
• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• Generous holiday entitlement
• A focus on professional development and growth

As a Maintenance Engineer you will be instrumental in maintaining the operational efficiency of our manufacturing processes. Your role will focus on ensuring that machinery is in optimal condition, fostering a safe work environment, and driving continuous improvements. You will collaborate closely with various teams to enhance productivity and uphold the highest quality standards.

• Machine Maintenance: Maintain the basic condition of the machines within your line and perform improvement activities, as well as repairing breakdowns.
• Safety Culture: Drive a safe culture and eliminate safety risks within the workplace.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure that all products are manufactured according to quality standards.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous excellence and improvements in key operational business processes throughout manufacturing.
• Collaboration: As a key member of the Maintenance Working Groups (MWG), collaborate with the Autonomous Working Groups (AWG-production teams) to drive improvements using tools such as inspections, abnormalities identification, centerlining, breakdown analysis, and preventive and predictive maintenance.

Shifts: 4 days on 4 days off shift pattern, days and nights

Location: Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

Are you a Multi-Skilled Maintenance, Shift, or Reliability Engineer eager to showcase your skills in a role that allows you to excel? We are recruiting for a multi-skilled Shift Engineer to join our reliability maintenance engineering team at Nestle Purina, Wisbech. If you are passionate about making a significant impact in your next career move, this opportunity may be perfect for you. Join us and take advantage of our commitment to career development and professional growth.

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; you're part of a movement to create a better world for pets and people alike.

We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity. We proudly signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter, are committed to Disability Confidence, and have been recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for gender equality for three consecutive years. Additionally, we are a headline partner of Diversity and Inclusion in grocery.

Advert closing date for this role: Friday 30/10/2026.

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 and we believe that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment allows everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovative thinking. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, parents, carers and members of the LGBT+ community. Please let us know if we can provide accommodations to ensure your full participation in the application process.

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