Maintenance Engineer - Westbury

Arla Foods; Westbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading dairy company as an Associate Professional - M&E Technician in Westbury. Support a high-impact role with maintenance tasks for advanced production equipment, driving improvement initiatives in an automated setting. Ideal candidates are skilled engineers with an engineering qualification and experience in fast-paced environments.

Benefits

Competitive salary (Base Salary + Shift Allowance)

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 multiskilled engineer (Engineering Technician/Maintenance Engineer).
• Computer literate in SAP, Microsoft Office.
• 1-3 years of technical and/or maintenance experience.

Responsibilities

• Support maintenance & engineering with critical equipment.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Utilize CMMS systems for reporting and maintenance.

Skills

Ambition & drive

Multi-skilled engineering

Problem-solving

Education

HNC or equivalent in an Engineering discipline

Time-served apprenticeship/NVQ Level 3

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

SCADA

Job description

Arla Foods, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4WD

Shifts - continental rotating shifts - 12 hour days & nights

Are you a skilled engineer with a passion for innovation and excellence, eager to make a significant impact at one of the UK's largest and most advanced dairy production sites?

Join Arla Foods Westbury and be part of a team that transforms milk into world-renowned products like Anchor butter and Arla's milk powder, while supporting cutting-edge equipment and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

How you will make an impact

• Support a well invested, fast paced food manufacturing site with critical equipment maintenance & engineering by carrying out reactive, planned & preventative, and servicing activities.
• Drive structure problem solving and continuous improvement initiatives to improve site and equipment efficiency and minimise downtime
• Utilizes CMMS systems and reporting suites (SAP PM)
• Support site projects including non- capex modification and CAPEX.

Equipment includes - Milk pasteurisation, homogenisers, separators process systems, evaporators, compact dyers, variety of Fillers, palletisers, de-palletisers, conveyor lines (chain, spiral), robots, vision systems, Spectrum TX rejection system, Xray checkers, industrial dryers, refrigerated rooms, steam generators, water softeners, cooling towers, heat exchangers, CHP system Air handing units, HVAC, water treatment, steam boilers, chillers, compressors

What will make you successful

• Ambition & drive
• Experience as a multiskilled engineer (Engineering Technician /maintenance engineer/ engineering technician) and the likes either mechanically / electrically or multiskilled.
• Time served apprenticeship/ NVQ Level 3/ ONC/HNC/HND qualified or proven experience
• Ideally you will have experience within a fast paced automated and safety critical manufacturing environment.
• Computer literate - SAP, Microsoft Office, SCADA, Trend systems, HMI'S

At Arla, we do so much more than make some of the world's favourite dairy products. We make healthy taste delicious, mornings worth getting up for, and family dinners unforgettable. Cravendale, Anchor, Lurpak and Tickler - names like these make us a vital, natural part of modern life in over 100 countries around the world.

There are 4,000 UK employees, and 22,000 global employees at the heart of Arla. Every single one of us plays an important role and together we build on our c.15bn Euros turnover and establish our position as one of the largest dairy companies in the world.

What do we offer?

• Competitive salary (Base Salary + Shift Allowance)
• 26.5 days Holiday
• Employer pension matched up to 6%
• X4 annual salary life assurance cover
• Flexible Benefits- buy additional days annual leave, reward gateway scheme- discounts with various retailers via my benefit platform.
• Strong career development & training (internal and external training)
• OT available at various pay rates

Would you like to join us?

We will be reviewing applications continuously, so please apply as soon as possible to ensure you don't miss out on this opportunity.#

Please apply using the link or reach out to Oliver Hickson-Burr Talent Partner [e-mail]

Please note we are not partnered with any recruitment agencies for this role. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies do not submit speculative CVs on behalf of candidates, as these CVs will not be considered under the agency ownership and will be accepted as a gift. 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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Description

Job ID

41001347

Job Title

Associate Professional - M&E Technician (WC)

Job Function

Maintenance & Engineering

Job Family

M&E Technician

Job Level

4

Career Stream

Individual Contributor Career Stream

Position examples

• M&E Technician
• Associate professional

Level definition

• Provides support to a function or operational unit.
• Works within well-established processes and procedures with limited scope to act outside of these.
• Delivers within a short-term timeframe.
• Operates with minimum supervision but typically within clear guidelines.

Key responsibilities

• Responsible for an effective maintenance service utilising relevant techniques in conjunction with the CMMS.
• Conducts and improves predictive maintenance of line equipment.
• Conducts corrective maintenance in case of site equipment failure and breakdown.
• Secures that relevant spare parts and materials are in place.
• Communicates effectively to report on status of lines and equipment.
• Completes and updates plant maintenance records complying with all departmental procedures.
• Performs all activities in accordance with company and statutory requirements in order to provide a safe and compliant workplace.
• Utilizes CMMS systems and reporting suites.
• Completes root cause analysis with relevant site teams.
• Defines key process parameters and ranges yielding optimal OEE.
• Supports the implementation of maintenance excellence.

Educational background

• Skilled technical education.
• 1-3 years of technical and/or maintenance experience after completed training or an Arla Foods-trained maintenance technician.
• Knowledge of LEAN principles.
• For UK: HNC or equivalent in an Engineering discipline with an indentured apprenticeship with individual merits. Arla Foods qualification to Engineering Technician level/NVQ Level 3, Eden Engineer.

Competencies

02. SENSE
03. CREATE
01. LEAD