Nature, nurture and wisdom
We believe nature holds the key to our emotional and physical wellness, providing gentle yet effective remedies. At Nelsons, we harness these powerful ingredients and infuse them with centuries' worth of expertise to offer traditional treatments for a modern world.
We're an award winning, family-owned business, whose passion for providing natural healthcare choices since 1860 continues to drive us today. Nelsons is one of the UK's leading and Europe's longest established manufacturer of natural healthcare products, having built up an impressive portfolio including world-famous Spatone®, RESCUE® Remedy and Teetha®.
What's next? Growth, and lots of it! We're experiencing a significant and exciting period of digital transformation and we're looking for talented, ambitious individuals to help drive meaningful impact across the business.
The Role:
You'll be working with the Production Manager to manage the maintenance of all equipment, control systems and site facilities ensuring all production equipment runs reliably and efficiently. As well as maintenance of the physical plant and grounds. You'll work with other key stakeholders including Team Leaders, Quality Assurance (QA) to maintain a process of continuous improvement and to make recommendations on future processes and technology improvements. The Production & Maintenance Engineer will also support engineering breakdown, maintenance, changeovers, and project activities within the manufacturing environment. Whilst working in accordance with current GMP and H&S requirements.
Key responsibilities:
- Manage and execute the planned preventive maintenance program to ensure optimal production line efficiency.
- Perform day-to-day in-depth fault finding, diagnosis, and breakdown repairs as necessary to minimize downtime.
- Liaise with and manage engineering contractors on-site, ensuring accurate job specifications and quotations.
- Create and maintain excellent working relationships within the team and across all departments and sites.
- Collaborate with Team Leaders and the Production Manager to apply lean manufacturing techniques for continuous improvement.
- Provide technical input into key operations projects such as facilities upgrades, capital investment proposals, and new product introductions.
- Write reports and create documents to conform to GMP regulations, and ensure compliance with Health & Safety guidelines under the guidance of the H&S officer.
Requirements
We'd love you to have:
- HNC/HND mechanical / electrical engineering qualification
- Previous experience working in a fast-paced GMP/FMCG manufacturing environment.
- Mechanical experience is essential and electrical experience is desirable.
- Extensive knowledge of preventative maintenance programmes.
- FMCG packaging machinery or pharmaceutical experience.
- Knowledge & experience of Lean tools & techniques (e.g. OEE, SMED, Visual stand-ards)
- Experience in some / all of the following areas: Liquid filling, Cartoning systems, Reverse osmosis eqpt, Shrink wrap systems and Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) interrogation (Omron, Siemens).
- Ability to monitor and report results.
Benefits
What's on Offer:
- Annual bonus
- 25 days holiday per year PLUS Christmas shut down - whoop!
- Free products and staff discounts to keep you healthy and happy
- 3pm Friday finishes ALL YEAR ROUND (if you have done your work, obvs!)
- Hybrid and flexible working
- Paid days off to volunteer for some awesome charities
- Cycle to work scheme
We also have regular socials plus all your standard stuff such as pensions, eye test vouchers and season ticket loans. We can tell you all about what is available to you when you start!
Nelsons is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. We are interested in every individual bringing their whole self to work and this includes you!