M&E Technician - Oakthorpe

TG Arla; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dairy company in the City of London is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to support production lines at their Oakthorpe Dairy site. The role involves providing breakdown support, preventive maintenance, and improving operational efficiencies in a busy manufacturing environment. Ideal candidates will have experience in FMCG and qualifications in electrical or mechanical engineering. This position offers competitive salary and excellent career development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

26.5 days holiday

Employer pension matched up to 6%

X4 annual salary life assurance cover

Flexible benefits

Strong career development & training

Qualifications

• Experience as a maintenance engineer in a fast-paced environment.
• Apprentice trained in electrical or mechanical engineering.
• Experience troubleshooting and diagnosing breakdowns.

Responsibilities

• Provide critical breakdown support across production site.
• Carry out planned maintenance activities using CMMS.
• Drive continuous improvement for operational efficiencies.

Skills

Experience in FMCG or regulated environment

Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Structured problem solving

Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Computer literate - SAP PM or similar

Education

NVQ Level 3/ONC or higher

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

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

What will you get?

• Competitive base salary
• 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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