About the job

Position Snapshot

Location: Rhodes, Sydney (open to remote or hybrid working arrangements)

Full time, permanent

7+ years’ experience in a similar role

Position Summary

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future.

Reporting to the Chief Engineer, you will lead the direction of Digital, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Electricity and Automation (E&A) within Oceania market in line with corporate guidelines.

Ensure that all Digital and MES-E&A activities enhance business objectives, TDC delivery, product quality and plant operation / performance while ensuring that people health and safety, product safety and environment are never compromised. Most of the time is spent overseeing area of responsibility, planning, prioritising and/or influencing the activities of factory and project E&A teams.

A day in the life…

Providing support to Chief Engineer in Specialist Engineering area, your responsibilities will include:

• Maintain and develop the key MES-E&A core competencies by coaching MES-E&A engineers in the market.
• Ensure the development of MES-E&A talents, review career and succession planning, as well as the alignment of engineering resources with the market / business strategies and objectives.
• Support and monitor capital investments in the market from the preparation to implementation in terms of technical soundness, regional standardisation, costs and resources ensuring the alignment with standards, flawless implementation and CQV (commissioning, qualification and verification).
• Ensure Process & Equipment safety for people, products and environment and that everyone demonstrates an attitude of absolute intolerance for unsafe situations.
• Ensure that the Change Management is in place in the factories to appropriately manage modifications in the MES-E&A solutions.
• Ensure the application of the market MES-E&A related legislation (i.e. electrical, calibration, equipment maintenance, etc)
• Ensure that MES-E&A engineers in the factories master the processes and products in order to fully support initiatives related to Innovation & Renovation and Continuous Improvement, while protecting technological know-how.
• Support the appropriate adhesion to engineering tools at site level (i.e. NSAT, NEST, AMM, etc.).
• Participate in local assessment concerning safety, health, environment, product safety and product quality.
• Monitor MES-E&A impact in line efficiency and performance at the factories.

What Will Make You Successful

Joining a collaborative team of specialists, you will be a strong leader with a drive to deliver quality outcomes with efficiency and with a passion for continuous process improvement.

• Minimum 7 years Automation and / or MES engineer with Electrical experience as a Project Engineer, Project Manager or Factory MES-E&A Engineer.
• Personnel supervision of technical teams, contractors or other 3rd parties.
• Preparation of investment budgets and acquisition of technical equipment for Production and/or Industrial Services.
• Participation in the development of engineering projects as part of a multidisciplinary team, preferably including different products and technologies in Electrical and Automation areas.
• Participation in the start-up of technical equipment and/or production lines.
• Self-management, following defined KPIs / Objectives, and proactively tracking them.
• Exposure to TPM planned maintenance and / or maintenance execution desired but not required.
• Strong communication, negotiation, problem solving, analysis and decision-making abilities.

Applicants must have full Australian working rights

Applicants will be required to undergo pre-employment checks, including but not limited to health checks, prior to appointment to this role.

Please note that this role may close earlier than the advertised deadline at our discretion, so we encourage early applications.

Benefits

You will have the chance to work with an outstanding and highly engaged team, build and grow your career with an inclusive, global FMCG leader.

In addition, we offer:

• Varied career experiences and personalised development support
• Wellbeing benefits including vaccinations and health insurance discounts
• Diversity & Inclusion initiatives and program
• Paid parental and partner leave
• Purchase Leave Scheme
• Volunteering leave, Sports leave, Emergency Services leave.
• Discounted Nestlé products

• Maintain and develop the key MES-E&A core competencies by coaching MES-E&A engineers in the market.
• Ensure the development of MES-E&A talents, review career and succession planning, as well as the alignment of engineering resources with the market / business strategies and objectives.
• Support and monitor capital investments in the market from the preparation to implementation in terms of technical soundness, regional standardisation, costs and resources ensuring the alignment with standards, flawless implementation and CQV (commissioning, qualification and verification).
• Ensure Process & Equipment safety for people, products and environment and that everyone demonstrates an attitude of absolute intolerance for unsafe situations.
• Ensure that the Change Management is in place in the factories to appropriately manage modifications in the MES-E&A solutions.
• Ensure the application of the market MES-E&A related legislation (i.e. electrical, calibration, equipment maintenance, etc)
• Ensure that MES-E&A engineers in the factories master the processes and products in order to fully support initiatives related to Innovation & Renovation and Continuous Improvement, while protecting technological know-how.
• Support the appropriate adhesion to engineering tools at site level (i.e. NSAT, NEST, AMM, etc.).
• Participate in local assessment concerning safety, health, environment, product safety and product quality.
• Monitor MES-E&A impact in line efficiency and performance at the factories.

• Strong communication, negotiation, problem solving, analysis and decision-making abilities.

• Minimum 7 years Automation and / or MES engineer with Electrical experience as a Project Engineer, Project Manager or Factory MES-E&A Engineer.
• Personnel supervision of technical teams, contractors or other 3rd parties.
• Preparation of investment budgets and acquisition of technical equipment for Production and/or Industrial Services.
• Participation in the development of engineering projects as part of a multidisciplinary team, preferably including different products and technologies in Electrical and Automation areas.
• Participation in the start-up of technical equipment and/or production lines.
• Self-management, following defined KPIs / Objectives, and proactively tracking them.
• Exposure to TPM planned maintenance and / or maintenance execution desired but not required.