Head of Maintenance & Automation, Dairy Plant

Arla Foods; Westbury; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Matched pension up to 6%

Life assurance

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Arla Foods Westbury is seeking a hands-on Maintenance & Engineering Leader to guide a days-based team across Site Services, Automation and specialists. You will drive safety, reliability, and continuous improvement in a highly automated dairy site, fostering growth and cross-functional collaboration while delivering strategic objectives.

You will bring several years in a lead engineering role, with a safety-first mindset, effective communication and a passion for developing others in a

Qualifications

• Experience leading and developing technical teams in highly automated environments.
• Safety-first mindset with strong people leadership.
• Experience delivering continuous improvement and data-driven decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop your team in line with Good Leadership and Values.
• Ensure safe, reliable and efficient engineering operations through planning and maintenance execution.
• Lead structured problem solving to improve equipment reliability and OEE.
• Collaborate with Production, Quality and other site functions to meet objectives and support changes.
• Support maintenance strategy, engineering projects and site investments while driving digital adoption.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

People development

Problem solving

Data-driven

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

HNC/HND/ONC/NVQ Level 3

Engineering apprenticeship or equivalent

Job description

Arla Foods Westbury is seeking a hands-on Maintenance & Engineering Leader to guide a days-based team across Site Services, Automation and specialists. You will drive safety, reliability, and continuous improvement in a highly automated dairy site, fostering growth and cross-functional collaboration while delivering strategic objectives.

You will bring several years in a lead engineering role, with a safety-first mindset, effective communication and a passion for developing others in a