Site Services Engineer in Bath

You will take charge of keeping vital utility systems running smoothly, driving efficiency, and ensuring our production never misses a beat. This is your chance to tackle exciting engineering challenges and be part of a passionate team committed to innovation, safety, and excellence.

As a Utilities Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring utility service levels consistently support site production demands. You will maintain the highest departmental standards with a strong focus on health & safety, statutory compliance, and environmental monitoring.

You will identify energy-saving initiatives, reduce asset downtime, and support departmental budgets through efficient maintenance and spare parts management. You will also contribute to the site's Great Place to Work initiatives and uphold hygiene and GMP standards throughout the Utilities Department.

You will lead contractor management day-to-day and respond to crisis situations through extended cover, call-ins, and remote monitoring. Responsibilities include executing preventive maintenance (PPM) and corrective actions to ensure smooth, compliant, and efficient operation of all utility systems.

Your key duties include:

• Managing External Contractors: Coordinate and supervise contractors on site, ensuring work is completed to the highest standards, on schedule, and within budget. Conduct contractor inductions, monitor performance, and maintain strong working relationships.
• Risk Assessments and Legal Compliance: Carry out detailed risk assessments for all utilities operations and maintenance activities. Ensure all work complies with current legislation, health & safety requirements, and environmental regulations. Implement corrective actions where necessary.
• Plant Inspections and Checks: Conduct routine and ad hoc plant checks, identifying potential failures before they escalate. Record findings, report anomalies, and take corrective action to maintain uninterrupted site operations.
• Asset Control and Management: Maintain accurate records of all utility assets, including condition monitoring, preventive maintenance schedules, and lifecycle management. Ensure spare parts inventory and asset registers are up to date to support operational efficiency.
• Energy Efficiency Initiatives: Identify and implement opportunities to reduce energy consumption, minimise waste, and optimise system performance.
• Crisis Management: Respond to emergencies and unplanned events, providing technical expertise to resolve issues quickly while minimising impact on production.
• First Response for Site Utilities: Act as the primary point of contact for all utility-related issues, ensuring rapid response to breakdowns or operational challenges to minimise downtime.
• Steam and Condensate Systems: Operate, monitor, and maintain boilers, condensate return systems, and related infrastructure for optimum performance.
• HP/LP Compressed Air Systems: Maintain high- and low-pressure air systems, ensuring reliability and energy efficiency across production processes.
• Water Treatment and Distribution: Oversee water treatment processes, distribution systems, and associated chemical dosing to meet operational and quality standards.
• Effluent Treatment and Disposal: Maintain effluent treatment plants to ensure environmental compliance and sustainable operations.
• Legionella Control: Conduct regular inspections and preventive maintenance to mitigate risks and ensure compliance with legionella control regulations.

At Refresco, you're not just joining the world's largest independent bottler of soft drinks and fruit juices; you're becoming part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. With a strong focus on safety, quality, and sustainability, we take pride in producing beverages for some of the world's most recognised brands, as well as our own labels. We offer a dynamic, fast-paced environment where your ideas and contributions truly matter.

About You:

• Qualified Electrically biased Maintenance Engineer NVQ Level 3 or above in a relevant engineering discipline
• Hands-on Maintenance Experience proactive in planned and reactive maintenance
• Strong Engineering Knowledge able to work safely and efficiently across a range of utility systems
• Positive Attitude & Commitment can-do mindset with pride in delivering high standards
• Team-Oriented & Flexible adaptable across departments and shifts
• Relevant Utilities Experience (Desirable) experience with: Steam boiler, Compressed air systems, Effluent treatment plants, Wastewater treatment facilities

Refresco is the global independent beverage solutions provider for Global, National and Emerging brands, and retailers with production in Europe, North America, and Australia. Refresco offers an extensive range of product and packaging combinations from juices to carbonated soft drinks and mineral waters in carton, PET, Aseptic PET, cans, and glass. Refresco continuously searches for new and alternative ways to improve the quality of its products and packaging combinations in line with consumer and customer demand, environmental responsibilities, and market demand.

Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision. We're a global business and currently produce 12 billion litres of soft drinks from 64 manufacturing plants in 12 countries and we're only just getting started.

We're the proud owners of six drinks manufacturing sites within the UK. Our UK business provides a great place to work for over 1,800 employees, who produce private label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading retailers. Whether it's packed in cartons, bottles or cans, we ensure that our products are made to the highest quality standards. Our products get where they need to be when they need to get there to meet the needs of our high-profile customers.

Refresco believes that equal opportunity for all is fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process.