M&E Technician - Oakthorpe

Arla Foods Deutschland GmbH; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A food manufacturing company is seeking a Maintenance Engineer for its Oakthorpe Dairy site in the City of London. Your role will involve providing critical breakdown and maintenance support for production lines, ensuring safety measures are followed, and actively participating in site development projects. Applicants should have experience in FMCG or regulated manufacturing environments and relevant engineering qualifications. This position offers a dynamic working environment with opportunities for career development.

Benefits

26.5 days holiday

Employer pension matched up to 6%

X4 annual salary life assurance cover

Strong career development & training

Qualifications

• Must have experience working at pace in a maintenance role.
• Time served/apprentice trained as a mechanical or electrical engineer.
• Ability to troubleshoot and diagnose breakdowns.

Responsibilities

• Provide breakdown support across production lines.
• Carry out planned and preventative maintenance.
• Champion health and safety standards on site.

Skills

Experience in FMCG, Food or regulated manufacturing

Structured problem solving experience

Computer literate - SAP PM or similar

Education

NVQ Level 3/ONC or higher in mechanical/electrical engineering

Tools

CMMS system

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Shift based role – (Days & nights, blocks of 4 & 5 days off)

What will you get?

• 26.5 days holiday
• 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 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 Chris Wakefield – Engineering Talent Partner.

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