Asset Maintenance Manager - Coffee Packaging

Business Area: Nestlé UK & Ireland

Location: Tutbury, Derbyshire

Salary: Up to £65,000 depending on experience.

Some of our other fantastic benefits:

• 17% car allowance (up to a maximum of £13,000)
• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• Generous pension scheme – up to 12% contribution from Nestlé
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement
• 2 paid volunteering days
• A focus on personal development and growth.

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 are recruiting for an Asset Maintenance Manager to join our Coffee Packaging department. This is a permanent opportunity which will report into the Area Manager.

You will be accountable for ensuring competent Engineering leadership, management and execution within the coffee packaging 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.

Nestlé Tutbury Factory in Derbyshire is one of the largest Nestlé factories in Europe after a £250 million investment over the last few years. The factory produces several of the most well-known Nescafé products in the world through freeze-dried, spray dried and pod coffee production technologies and is at the forefront of coffee production globally.

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.

Your impact:

Ultimately, you will be responsible for ensuring competent Engineering leadership, management and execution within the coffee packaging 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.

Your other key responsibilities will include:

• Ensure the safety of employees and the safe condition of process equipment.
• Leadership, management and development of a highly technical team of engineers.
• Ensure that competency building plans and assessment are in place, routinely reviewed and executed.
• Plan, perform and manage modification and improvements to the production lines, equipment and infrastructure.
• Support the operation of Coffee Packaging to ensure efficiency, quality and compliance as well as the technical upskilling of the operational team.
• Manage and optimise the M&I budget.
• Support the Energy and sustainability roadmap for the factory, implementing technical solutions.

Your ingredients for success:

To be successful in this role you will already have solid background within Engineering and Asset Maintenance, ideally with previous experience within an FMCG manufacturing environment.

Preferably educated to degree level in a relevant engineering subject or at least a HNC or equivalent qualification in engineering.

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

Can lead a team in delivering reliability and compliance in all elements of manufacturing excellence.

Be able to work effectively with equipment suppliers and contractors.

Have a practical and proactive approach to your work, and a willingness to learn new processes and ways of working.

Have a passion for people development and delivering results through competency development.

What you need to know:

Advert posting date: 26/05/2026

Advert closing date: 09/06/2026

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.

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.