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Engineering Technician

Muller Dairy

Stretford

On-site

GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Full time

Yesterday

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Job summary

A leading dairy company in Stretford is seeking an Engineering Technician to support maintenance and improve efficiency at their Manchester facility. This role involves providing front-line reactive maintenance, diagnosing equipment faults, and working collaboratively within a supportive team. Successful candidates will have a recognised apprenticeship and experience in maintenance within the manufacturing sector. This permanent position offers a 4 on 4 off rotating shift pattern and a competitive salary with comprehensive benefits including generous leave, life assurance, and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous annual leave allowance

Access to Muller Rewards Platform

Long term career development

Onsite car park

Supportive team environment

Life assurance

Pension scheme

5% annual bonus

Qualifications

Experience in maintenance within a manufacturing industry.
Mechanical and electrical bias preferred.
IOSHH / Nebosh certification is desirable.

Responsibilities

Provide safe front line reactive maintenance.
Identify root causes for equipment failures.
Ensure effective handovers of information.
Diagnose faults and perform repairs.
Coach operators on asset care tasks.

Skills

Mechanical / Electrical skills

Diagnostics and fault finding

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Recognised apprenticeship

ONC / HNC

Electrical qualification

Who we are

We're Mller UK & Ireland, a family‑run dairy business and we're experts at what we do. Dairy is a key part of a healthy and balanced diet and we're super proud to help meet the nutritional needs of millions of people, every, single, day. To do this, our business has been split into two areas: Mller Milk & Ingredients (MMI) and Mller Yogurt & Desserts (MYD).

Join MMI and step into a culture that's fast‑paced and full of opportunity. With great benefits, exciting challenges, a dream team of people, this is your chance to make a real impact.

Over here, we're processing enough milk to make 66 billion cups of tea every year. And we're so much more than just milk. This is the place to come for cream, butter, milk drinks and ingredients products (a lot, we know), all made from milk from over 1,000 supplying farmers in Britain.

Why Mller?

Milk flows through everything at Mller - from farm to factory to fridge. But the true impact comes from our people, in each and every corner of the business, working hard and as a team to put smiles on faces everywhere, making each day delicious for our shoppers.

As the UK's most popular dairy brand, we're always striving to make a real difference for our planet, our partners and our people, making sure we're helping to create a more sustainable dairy future.We're growing to keep up with the millions of people reaching for our branded and private label products on shelves everywhere. Join a culture full of pace that's bold and entrepreneurial, with opportunities that are yours for the taking - and even enjoy every benefit and bonus to sweeten the deal.

We are seeking an Engineering Technician to join us at our Manchester Dairy.

As an Engineering Technician you will provide safe front line reactive maintenance. Actively identify root cause and bring the equipment back in to service as quickly as possible, as well as actively seeking and identifying cost effective improvements to site assets and equipment, improving efficiency and reliability.

Engineering Technician (Dairy)

Manchester

Permanent contract: 4 on 4 off (2 days & 2 nights, 7-7)

Key Responsibilities as an Engineering Technician

Ensure effective handover of information across shift
Use PMS to support prioritisation and problem solving (RCFA)
Diagnose faults and to test, repair and maintain Mechanical / Electrical equipment
Observe, recognise and report on machinery or component defects or symptoms of impending failure and provide CMMS data
Contact OEMs and other suppliers for technical support as and when required and expedite parts when not available on site
Lead shift based problem solving where corrective actions aren't clear
Work as ONE TEAM with First Line Response Technician
Coach operators with asset care tasks
Identify and implement improvements
Identify life cycle issues and raise these with possible recommendations
Use and support simple 5WHY OE techniques / RCA techniques through to 100 year fix
Use and support departmental 5S programmes for workshops and stores