Site E&A Team Manager

Be a force for good and accelerate change that improves lives and the planet. At Nestlé, our purpose is to unlock the power of food and beverages to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. As a Site E&A Team Manager at Nestlé, your mission is to lead electrical, automation, and instrumentation engineering to deliver safe, compliant, and reliable pilot plant trials and innovation at our Product & Technology Center in Orbe. You’ll make a difference by collaborating closely with project engineers and project managers, pilot plant teams, engineering specialists, quality and safety teams, factories, and external partners. This is your opportunity to take ownership, grow your expertise, and make a difference at scale.

How you’ll make an impact as a Site E&A Team Manager

• Leading the electrical, automation, and instrumentation project portfolio to accelerate innovation and trials in a pilot plant environment.
• Driving scope, cost, and resource planning to deliver projects safely, on time, and within budget.
• Building reliable and compliant electrical and automation systems that enable successful pilot trials and reduce technical risk.
• Developing, testing, and validating sustainable engineering solutions and prototype equipment ready for first deployment in factories.
• Strengthening Safety & Quality standards and continuous improvement by capturing learnings from trials, commissioning, and post-deployment feedback.
• Developing and coaching a high-performing E&A team while creating strong cross-site partnerships and supplier collaboration.

What will make you successful

• Applying electrical engineering, automation, and instrumentation expertise to deliver safe, compliant, and reliable solutions.
• Leading multidisciplinary projects from concept to commissioning, translating innovation needs into robust pilot plant and factory-ready designs.
• Using structured problem solving and continuous improvement to strengthen Safety and Quality standards, maintenance performance, and system reliability.
• Coaching and developing others through clear prioritization, constructive feedback, and inclusive collaboration.
• Working confidently in English (fluent), with French (working proficiency) as a strong advantage for collaboration on site.
• Bringing curiosity, empathy, empowerment, wellbeing mindset, learning agility, resourcefulness and performance.

At Nestlé, we place people at the heart of everything we do.

Ready to Be a Force for Good? Apply now and accelerate change that improves lives and the planet.