Location: Estcourt
Company: Nestlé

Position: Factory Maintenance Engineer

Qualification: Diploma/Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Experience: 3 Years Experience preferably in food related manufacturing environment

Closing Date: 25 October 2024

Position Summary

With a history spanning over 150 years, Nestlé didn’t become the world’s leading food and beverages brand by chance. Perfection is at the heart of what we do, and our people are always looking for the next big idea to cement our status. We are now looking for a Factory Maintenance Engineer to be based in Estcourt Factory. 

In this role you will be responsible for ensuring competent industrial services management and operation, and to ensure optimal cost, highly efficient, quality and sustained generation and distribution of utilities for the factory operation. i.e. steam, refrigeration, water and effluent treatment, hygienic air handling and compressed air.

A day in the life of a Factory Maintenance Engineer:

Build Engineering capability

• Ensures that personnel managing, operating and maintaining industrial services plant and infrastructure are competent to do so. Ensures that competency assessment and competency building plans are in place, routinely reviewed and executed for the Industrial Services team.

Define and adhere to standards

• Plans, performs and manages design, modification and improvements to industrial services plant, equipment and infrastructure. Utilizing own area of competency and specialization or with competent 3rd parties.

Manage existing assets

• Supports operation of industrial services to ensure high efficiency, quality and compliance. Assists in the budgeting and cost monitoring of industrial services. Identifies and drives energy and water saving opportunities.
• Manages quality, environmental and internal and external compliance requirements for industrial services through management and monitoring processes and routines.
• Ensures process and personnel safety with regards to industrial services plant and equipment. From design and installation through to routine and periodic safety inspections and audits.

What will make you successful?

• Engineering Degree / Diploma (e.g. mechanical, electrical) or substantial practical experience in engineering.
• GCC Qualification or studying towards obtaining a GCC would be an advantage.
• Experience in at least one Industrial Services engineering discipline, preferably in food related manufacturing environment (min 5 years) Functional experience.
• Departmental Experience Leading a Team (min 3 years) experience.
• Experience in factories with large built-up distributed ammonia plants (Ice Cream, Frozen Food or Freeze.
• Drying, industrial refrigeration background and ammonia experience is required.
• Experience operating or supervising others who operate fired pressure systems (boilers) or other large combustion systems.
• Good knowledge of NCE.
• Basic knowledge of Assets maintenance.
• Good knowledge of AMM system (SAP PM module).
• Nestlé Engineering organisation and Roadmap.
• Knowledge of TPM methodology is preferred.

We are Nestlé, the largest food and beverage company. We are 308,000 employees strong driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. Our values are rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for our future. With more than CHF 91.4 billion sales in 2018, we have an expansive presence with 413 factories in more than 85 countries. We believe our people are our most important asset, so we'll offer you a dynamic inclusive international working environment with many opportunities across different businesses, functions and geographies, working with diverse teams and cultures. Want to learn more? Visit us at www.nestle.com.