Electrical and Automation Engineer

Business area: Cereal Partners Worldwide

Job Title: Electrical and Automation Engineer

Location: Bromborough, on the Wirral

Salary up to £50,000 - £55,000 depending on experience + potential bonus + generous pension scheme + 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement + 2 paid volunteering days + other fantastic benefits

Championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business.

Position Summary

We have a fantastic opportunity for a talented individual to join our team in our Cereal Partners UK site as Electrical & Automations Engineer who is looking to share your skill-set in a role that offers an opportunity for you to shine? Are you keen to make your mark in your next career step? Then this could be the role you're looking for.

At Cereal Partners UK, we have established ourselves as one of the largest cereal manufacturers in the UK, making many well-loved brands with a long heritage. Cereal Partners UK is a powerful alliance between Nestlé and General Mills, producing some of the biggest names in breakfast cereals. As a bright, forward-thinking company, we are always striving for a new way to develop and market better products, helping to enhance the lifestyle of consumers and stay on top in the highly competitive cereal aisle.

A day in the life of a Electrical & Automation Engineer

We're looking for someone to provide Electrical & Automation support to the factory engineering team, this person will deliver cost effective maintenance activities to site assets in line with annual maintenance plan and situation demands. To actively seek and implement new improvement methods to increase reliability.

Other key day-to-day activities will be:

• Attend breakdowns to both plant and equipment to manage day-to-day needs of the production department.
• Building strong awareness of departmental needs to maximise production output and ensuring the smooth flow of the operation.
• The role will ask that you are able to provide a site wide support function to production and engineering, utilising analytical tools to improve plant reliability in helping achieve plant objectives and maximise efficiency and minimise total cost.
• Assist with in root-cause analysis, implementing robust countermeasures, and supporting first line operator development, TPM, centre lining and SMED activities.
• Work with Shift manager, Operators and the wider engineering team to provide expertise in Electrical, Mechanical and Pneumatic control systems ensuring efficient plant operation.
• Coach and mentor the maintenance team members to develop their automation and electrical capabilities.
• Implement performance improvement projects as identified by the teams.

What will make you successful

To be successful in this key role we expect you to ideally have experience working in a FMCG manufacturing maintenance environment and have strong service orientation amongst internal stakeholders with lots of proactive initiative and attention to detail.

Other key attributes we are looking for are:

• Ideally educated in Electrical Engineering to Degree Level, a minimum of Level 3 NVQ / ONC or completion of a recognised apprenticeship and experience within an Electrical position in a FMCG manufacturing environment.
• Experience in Electrical, Instrumentation and Allen Bradley SLC500 & ControlLogix a necessity or practical equivalent.
• Wonderware SCADA, InTouch would be advantageous.
• Experience of SERVO systems in relation to FMCG machinery
• Ability to fault find within electrical panels and apply a logical fault finding approach to breakdowns and problem solving.
• Proficient with Microsoft products.
• Knowledge of BS 7671 IET 18th Edition Wiring Regulations, EN Safety of machinery – Electrical equipment of machines & EN ISO Safety of machinery — Safety-related parts of control systems is advantageous.
• Someone who takes pride and responsibility in what you do with strong problem solving skills and continuous improvement mind-set.
• Proven ability to actively apply skills in a safe and effective manner.
• Ability to communication technical information to non-technical audiences.

Great benefits you'd expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

Join us at Cereal Partners UK and embark on a rewarding career where you can make a difference, grow your skills, and be part of a passionate team dedicated to creating a nation of cereal lovers. We can't wait to hear from you

The closing date for this role is 29 October 2025

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 Cereal Partners UK, our values are rooted in respect. When we embrace diversity and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. People of all gender identities, ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of the LGBT+ community are strongly encouraged to apply. If there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the application process, please let us know. We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity, our people make up a number of Colleague Networks who represent different experiences and communities who hold us accountable in creating a sense of belonging for all, and our values create the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution you bring. Find out more about our Colleague Networks here: Diversity, equity and inclusion.

We are committed to equal opportunity for all and we may collect relevant data for monitoring purposes during our candidate registration process. Be yourself, everyone else is taken