M&E Technician - London

Arla Foods Deutschland GmbH; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in dairy production is looking for a Maintenance Engineer at its Oakthorpe Dairy site in London. This role involves providing essential engineering support across production lines, troubleshooting equipment issues, and adhering to safety protocols. Candidates should have experience in the FMCG industry and qualifications such as NVQ Level 3 in engineering. Join a dynamic team dedicated to operational excellence and contribute to a sustainable future in dairy.

Benefits

Flexible benefits to buy additional leave

Reward gateway scheme with discounts

Strong career development & training opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in an FMCG, Food or regulated manufacturing environment.
• Time served/apprentice trained as an electrical, mechanical or multiskilled Engineer qualified to a minimum NVQ Level 3.
• Experience in structured problem solving and fault finding.

Responsibilities

• Provide critical breakdown support across a 24/7 production site.
• Carry out planned and preventative maintenance activities.
• Champion health and safety by adhering to safety standards.

Skills

Structured problem solving

Root Cause Analysis

Computer literacy

Education

NVQ Level 3 or higher

Time served/apprentice trained as Engineer

Tools

SAP PM

Microsoft Office

Job description

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• 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 Maintenance Engineer role to join our Oakthorpe Dairy site. Oakthorpe is a key site for Arla Foods producing our tasty fresh milk for our customers in around the south of England. In this role you would join an established and dynamic engineering team and provide critical engineering and maintenance support across our production lines.

How will you add value

• Provide critical breakdown support across a complex 24/7 production site from conveyors through to fully automated milk filling and packing equipment.
• Carry out planned, preventative maintenance and servicing activities as planned via the CMMS system
• Troubleshoot and diagnose breakdowns using structure 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 assessment
• Support and lean into projects across the site, both small and large, actively inputting to site development and performance.

What you’ll need in order to be successful in the role

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

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

• Arla Oakthorpe has received £10 million investment with more on the horizon.
• This investment has been on a state-of-the-art Krones filling line and office revamp
• On average our Oakthorpe dairy produces 800,000 litres of milk per day, which is around 200 million litres yearly

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

Please note we are not partnered with any recruitment agencies for this role. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies do not submit CVs on behalf of candidates for this role, as these CVs will not be considered under the agency ownership and if Arla does progress with any such candidate, this will not amount to acceptance of the agency's terms. We encourage interested individuals to apply directly through our official channels.

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

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