Job Description

Business Area: Cereal Partners Worldwide

Job Title: Maintenance Technician
Location: Staverton, Wiltshire

Working Pattern: The role is shift based, working 12 hour rotating shifts, following a set shift pattern including weekend working.

Salary £57,900.00 + potential bonus + generous pension scheme + other fantastic benefits!

Join Us at an Exciting Time of Growth and Investment

At Cereal Partners UK, we're proud to make some of the nation's favourite breakfast cereals, including Shreddies and Shredded Wheat.

We're also committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and able to thrive. We believe that diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives make us stronger, helping us innovate, solve problems and achieve great things together.

Be Part of Our Future

There has never been a more exciting time to join our Staverton factory!

With a multi-million-pound expansion programme underway, we are investing in our facilities, technology and people to support the next chapter of our growth. To help us achieve our ambitions, we are expanding our Engineering team and looking for talented Maintenance Technicians to help shape the future of our factory.

This is an opportunity to work in a modern manufacturing environment where your expertise will make a real difference. You'll play a key role in maintaining and improving our equipment, ensuring safe, reliable and efficient operations that keep our production lines running at their best.

Working closely with Operations and Engineering colleagues, you'll help drive performance through planned maintenance, continuous improvement initiatives and rapid fault resolution. Your contribution will directly impact safety, quality, efficiency and product availability across the site.

If you're looking for a role where you can develop your skills, influence positive change and be part of an exciting period of growth, we'd love to hear from you.

A Day in the Life of a Maintenance Technician

As a Maintenance Technician, you'll be a trusted technical expert, supporting departments across the Staverton factory and helping to ensure our equipment and processes operate safely and effectively.

Key responsibilities include:

• Maintaining process, packing and utility equipment to maximise reliability and performance.
• Diagnosing faults and carrying out effective repairs to minimise downtime.
• Supporting planned preventative maintenance activities.
• Ensuring compliance with site safety procedures and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Issuing permits to work and following safe isolation procedures.
• Supporting plant start-ups, shutdowns and product changeovers.
• Using our Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to record work and analyse equipment performance.
• Creating, completing and managing work orders.
• Supporting continuous improvement and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) activities.
• Contributing to spare parts control and equipment purchasing decisions.
• Maintaining product quality, integrity and food safety standards.
• Sharing knowledge, coaching colleagues and supporting skill development within the team.
• Communicating effectively across shifts to ensure smooth operations.
• Taking responsibility for your own safety and the safety of others.

What Will Make You Successful?

We're looking for people who are passionate about engineering, enjoy solving problems and are motivated by working as part of a team.

You'll ideally have:

• An HNC, ONC, NVQ or equivalent qualification in a mechanical or electrical engineering discipline.
• Completed an engineering apprenticeship or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience working within a manufacturing or factory maintenance environment.
• Experience working with PLC-controlled high-speed production, packing or process equipment.
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Experience using maintenance management systems and preventative maintenance programmes.
• Good IT skills, including working with PC-controlled machinery and engineering systems.
• A proactive approach to continuous improvement and problem solving.

What We Offer

In return, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Join a growing business investing significantly in its future.
• Work with modern manufacturing technology and equipment.
• Develop your skills through training and career development opportunities.
• Be part of a supportive and collaborative Engineering team.
• Contribute to meaningful continuous improvement projects.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

At Cereal Partners UK, we want everyone to feel they belong.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, regardless of background, identity, experience or circumstance. We actively encourage applications from all sections of the community and are dedicated to providing an accessible recruitment process.

We believe that when people can bring their authentic selves to work, they perform at their best and so do we.

Apply Today

We review applications as they are received and may close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. To avoid missing out on this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Be yourself. Bring your skills. Help shape the future of Staverton.

Right to work in the UK

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.

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