Engineering Technician - Arla Foods, Lockerbie Dairy & Creamery

Arla Foods; Lockerbie; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dairy manufacturer in Lockerbie is seeking a Multi-Skilled Engineer with experience in mechanical and electrical engineering. You will work on state-of-the-art machinery and participate in maintenance and improvement projects. Ideal candidates will have strong multi-skilled engineering experience and a commitment to continuous learning. This role offers a competitive salary, various benefits, and opportunities for career advancement.

Benefits

Competitive salary (Base Salary + Shift Allowance)

Annual Pay review

Employer pension matched up to 6%

Strong career development & training

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a multiskilled engineer.
• HNC or apprentice trained or proven experience in fast paced manufacturing.
• Time served as Multi-Skilled Engineer within a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Participate in planned preventative maintenance.
• Work on various dairy processing equipment.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and project work.

Skills

Ambition & drive

Strong experience as a multi-skilled engineer

Mechanical and electrical engineering experience

Experience with fast-moving machinery

Computer literate

Education

HNC or apprentice trained

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

SCADA

Job description

Overview

Location
Lockerbie, GB

Employer
Arla Foods

Role
Engineering Technician (Multi-skilled Engineer)

Site
Arla Foods, Lockerbie Dairy & Creamery

Shift pattern
Days & Nights / 6-6, 12 hour shifts

Benefits

• Competitive salary (Base Salary + Shift Allowance)
• 24 days
• Annual Pay review
• Employer pension matched up to 6% (12% total contributory)
• X4 annual salary life assurance cover
• Flexible Benefits - buy up to 5 days annual leave, reward gateway discounts via my benefit platform
• Strong career development & training (internal and external training)

Things we’d love to tell you about our Lockerbie site

• Arla Lockerbie has received c.£73.8 million investment since 2005
• 60% of our colleagues at Lockerbie have over 10 years’ service
• 75,000 cows depend on our Lockerbie site to process their milk daily
• If you piled the blocks of cheese we make at Lockerbie in a year end to end, the height would be equivalent to 2,428 Eiffel Towers
• The amount of whey concentrate produced each year would fill 4 Olympic size (50 meter) swimming pools
• Our Arla Lockerbie site was opened by HRH Queen Elizabeth in 1975

What you’ll do

This is an opportunity not to be missed. You’ll get the chance to work at one of Arla’s largest dairies with state of the art equipment and solid career development. As a Multi-Skilled Engineer, you will save the day if there’s a breakdown as well as participating in planned preventative maintenance. Alongside your day to day, you’ll get involved in CI and project work. You’ll contribute to Arla’s continued growth.

This role involves working on equipment including: milk pasteurisation, homogenisers, separators process systems, filers, slicers, cartoners, bottle labellers, cappers, packers, blow moulding machines, weighers, flow wrappers, shrink wrappers, trolley packers, palletisers, de-palletisers, conveyor lines (chain, spiral), robots (Kuka), vision systems, Spectrum TX rejection systems / OEMs such as Siemens, Krones, Tetra Pak, SPX flow, ISOMA, Hueft, Nepas, Alpla & Grunwald.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Ambition & drive
• Strong experience as a multiskilled engineer (shift engineer / maintenance engineer / engineering technician and similar)
• Experience in mechanical and electrical engineering within manufacturing, production and process environments
• HNC or apprentice trained or proven experience in fast paced manufacturing
• Experience with fast-moving machinery, pumps, valves, inverter drives, sensors, relays, PLCs (Siemens), site services (steam generation, chilled water, compressors, processes), CIP systems
• Computer literate – SAP, Microsoft Office, SCADA, Trend systems, HMIs
• Time served as Multi-Skilled Engineer within a manufacturing environment

About Arla

• We are a farmer-owned cooperative committed to partnering with farmers for fair milk pricing
• We produced non-carbon related innovations and aim toward sustainability and climate action
• We are the producer of Lurpak
• We are a Danish business operating across the UK, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North America, South America and other regions

Please apply using the link or reach out to Alex Tyrrell, Senior Talent Partner, at [e-mail].

Shape the Future of Dairy
Arla is a global leader in the dairy industry, committed to producing high-quality products while championing sustainability and innovation. We’re passionate about people and our planet, striving to unleash the full potential in each of us. Our goal is to make healthy dairy nutrition and good food habits accessible to all. Join us at Arla Foods and become part of a worldwide cooperative dedicated to making a significant impact on the planet and steering the dairy industry towards a sustainable future.

We are devoted to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. Diversity and collaboration are key to our success, propelling us to new heights in the dairy industry.

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