Engineering Technician - Stourton Dairy

Arla Foods Deutschland GmbH; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as an M&E Technician at a leading dairy site in the UK. This role involves providing critical support across a complex production environment, ensuring operational efficiency through planned maintenance and troubleshooting. The company values your growth, offering strong career development and training opportunities. With a commitment to health and safety, you'll play a key role in maintaining high standards while contributing to site projects. If you're ready to take the next step in your engineering career, this position offers the perfect blend of challenge and reward.

Benefits

24 days holidays

Employer pension matched up to 6%

X4 annual salary life assurance cover

Flexible benefits - buy up to 5 days annual leave

Discounts with various retailers via reward gateway

Strong career development & training

Qualifications

• Experience in FMCG, food, or regulated manufacturing environments.
• Time served/apprentice trained engineer preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide breakdown support across a complex 24/7 production site.
• Carry out planned maintenance via the CMMS system.
• Champion health and safety by adhering to safety standards.

Skills

Problem-solving

Root Cause Analysis

Fault finding

Health and safety adherence

Education

NVQ Level 3

ONC or higher

Tools

SAP PM

Microsoft Office

Job description

Shift based role – 4 on 4 off 12 hour shift pattern

What will you get?

• 24 days holidays
• Employer pension matched up to 6%
• X4 annual salary life assurance cover
• Flexible benefits - buy up to 5 days annual leave, reward gateway scheme - discounts with various retailers via my benefit platform.
• Strong career development & training (internal and external training)

We have an exciting M&E Technician opportunity at our Stourton Dairy in Leeds, Arla's second-largest and most complex dairy site in the UK, producing over 700 million litres of tasty and nutritious products each year.

How will you add value

• Provide critical breakdown support across a complex 24/7 production site from chilling systems, conveyors through to cheese processing equipment.
• Carry out planned, preventative maintenance and servicing activities as planned via the CMMS system.
• Troubleshoot and diagnose breakdowns using structured problem-solving techniques and drive continuous improvement to improve operational efficiencies.
• Champion health and safety by adhering to safety standards, SOPs and participating in risk assessments.
• Support and lean into projects across the site, both small and large, actively inputting to site development and performance.

Grow with Arla

• Experience in an FMCG, Food or regulated manufacturing environment, working at pace in a maintenance engineer or similar role.
• Ideally you will be time served/apprentice trained engineer holding a minimum NVQ Level 3/ONC or higher.
• Structured problem-solving experience, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and fault finding.
• Computer literate – SAP PM or similar CMMS system, Microsoft Office.

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