Business Area:  Nestle UK&I
Location: Girvan

Salary up to/from £50,000 - £55,000 depending on experience.

Some of our other fantastic benefits

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• Generous pension scheme – up to 12% contribution from Nestle
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement
• 2 paid volunteering days
• A focus on personal development and growth (insert relevant detail on study support, etc)

Although this is a full-time opportunity, please speak to us about what flexibility means to you as we are always open to discuss individual’s flexible working needs, don’t let this stop you from applying.

We have an opportunity for an Asset Maintenance Manager at our Confectionery factory in Girvan, Scotland. This role is responsible to lead, guide and motivate the engineering team to ensure the plant is available to produce our fantastic products on time whilst meeting all quality and safety requirements.

Nestlé Girvan Factory supplies York factory materials to support the manufacturing process at the home of the iconic confectionery brand Kit Kat amongst several other well-known brands such as Aero, Milky bar and Yorkie These are produced through controlled process plant and automated filling and packing lines.

Your impact

Reporting into the Factory Operations Manager this role will manage and support the activities of the maintenance team to meet both Production and Engineering demands and ensure that priority work is completed promptly whilst conforming to all Nestlé Health and Safety requirements and current legislation.

You will take responsibility in developing a culture of pro-activity where people take pride and responsibility in what they do.

The main focus of the role will be:

• Ensure the alignment of the engineering resources with Factory strategy
• Ensuring that Planned Maintenance activities are carried out in accordance with the scheduled maintenance plan.
• Overseeing the day-to-day leadership of a team of around 7 engineers
• Creating a structured environment for Maintenance activities where expectations of behaviour and performance are clearly defined and regularly reviewed.
• Responsible for tracking and reporting of a defined budget for annual maintenance
• Support the implementation of Asset Maintenance and TPM-PM to deliver Asset Intensity and maximise performance in all areas, including health and safety, quality, wastage and efficiency via measurement and analysis.
• Analysing data/reviewing breakdowns that occur on the plant and implementing proactive actions/strategies to ensure they do not reoccur.
• Promoting a safety conscious working environment where all engineering employees adopt Nestlé Safe Working and hygienic engineering practices.
• Proactively carrying out Opportunity Maintenance on equipment that is not running.

Your ingredients for success

We are looking for a leader that has a pro-active approach to continuous improvement and the ability to coach and develop the team around them.

• Experience of in a people management role within a food manufacturing industry/engineering environment.
• Experience working in a unionised environment
• Ideally Degree / Diploma/ HNC in an Engineering discipline (Mechanical, E&A, Process, Industrial Engineering or similar)
• Have a proven ability to achieve targets, drive improvements and manage budgets.
• Be able to demonstrate understanding of factory operations: TPM/ Lean, health & safety, employment, quality and hygiene legislation

What you need to know

Advert closing date: 10/04/2026

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.

To find out more about Nestle’s commitment to DEI: Nestlé's Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace

Right to work in the UK (Operations Only)

In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment.  We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Nestlé sponsorship.

To find out more about your recruitment journey with Nestle: Recruitment Journey | Nestlé UK & Ireland