Site Engineering Services Manager

About the role

Purina, part of Nestlé, is recruiting a Site Engineering Services Manager for its Blayney factory in NSW. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the role leads the planning, scheduling, reliability and technical stores functions that underpin safe, efficient and reliable factory performance. It is a full-time, permanent position requiring 3+ years of relevant experience.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Site Engineering Services team, including planners, schedulers, reliability specialists and technical stores personnel.
• Drive maintenance excellence through preventive and predictive maintenance, planning and scheduling, and spare parts management.
• Improve factory performance through reliability initiatives, technical problem solving and continuous improvement programs that reduce losses.
• Manage maintenance and industrial services budgets, optimising costs while maintaining asset integrity.
• Oversee site engineering service contracts and ensure strong performance from external service providers.
• Champion engineering, safety and quality standards, including continuous improvement of processes such as Permit to Work.
• Manage the technical store, training centre and workshop facilities.
• Coach, mentor and develop technical capability across engineering and operations teams.

Required profile

• Engineering degree or advanced trade qualifications.
• Proven engineering and maintenance leadership experience in a manufacturing, food manufacturing, FMCG or similar environment.
• Experience leading technical teams, contractors and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Full Australian working rights; pre-employment checks including health checks are required.

Required skills

• Maintenance systems, reliability engineering, preventive maintenance and asset management.
• Budget management and cost optimisation.
• Experience with TPM, continuous improvement, planned maintenance systems or reliability-centred maintenance is highly regarded.

What we offer

• Varied career experiences and personalised development support.
• Wellbeing benefits including vaccinations and health insurance discounts.
• Diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• Paid parental and partner leave, Purchase Leave Scheme, volunteering, sports and emergency services leave.
• Discounted Nestlé products.