Senior Engineering Technician- Settle Creamery

TG Arla; Settle; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dairy company in Settle seeks a Senior Engineering Technician to perform maintenance and improvement on state-of-the-art equipment. Candidates should have a strong multiskilled engineering background with experience in a manufacturing environment. The role offers competitive pay and benefits, including annual leave and pension contributions.

Benefits

Competitive salary

24 days Holiday

Annual Pay review

Employer pension matched up to 6%

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Excellent experience required in fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Time served as Multi-Skilled Engineer preferred.
• Ability to engage in continuous improvement and project work.

Responsibilities

• Respond to breakdowns and perform planned preventative maintenance.
• Contribute to Arla’s continued growth and operation of state-of-the-art equipment.
• Engage in continuous improvement (CI) and project work.

Skills

Strong experience as a multiskilled engineer

Experience in mechanical and electrical engineering

Computer literacy – SAP, Microsoft Office

Ambition & drive

Education

HNC or apprentice trained

Tools

PLC Siemens

CIP systems

Vision systems

Job description

Overview

Senior Engineering Technician

Location: Arla Foods, Settle Creamery, BD24 9AF

Shift pattern: (Earlies, Days & Nights / 7:00am-4:30pm 5 day Block / rotating 6-6 12 hour shifts)

Benefits

• Competitive salary (Base Salary + Shift Allowance)
• 24 days Holiday
• Annual Pay review
• Employer pension matched up to 6% (12% total contributory)
• 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)

Note: Due to the site closure which we estimate to be in the second half of 2027, we are offering an enhanced reward and support package to support our colleagues. This includes a pro rata retention payment (25% of average annual salary) as well as a redundancy payment based on length of service (no 2-year minimum service needed). We are also offering relocation support for colleagues staying with Arla following site closure as well as out service support for those colleagues who choose not to stay.

About Settle

• A well invested, highly automated site which recently received c.£30 million in investment.
• The Arla Foods Settle Creamery opened in 1963 and over the years has produced milk, butter and at one point mozzarella cheese.
• In 2021, Lactofree production commenced at its Settle plant in Yorkshire following £25m investment.
• The move from its Scandinavian sites was in response to the soaring popularity of the Lactofree brand across Europe.
• Total European value sales from Lactofree rose by 4.7% in 2018; Lactofree milk in particular continues to perform well as one of the UK’s bestselling milk brands.
• The investment at Arla’s Settle factory has increased processing capacity to 305 million litres per year.

Role and Responsibilities

As a Multi-Skilled Engineer, you will:

• Respond to breakdowns and perform planned preventative maintenance.
• Engage in continuous improvement (CI) and project work.
• Contribute to Arla’s continued growth and operation of state-of-the-art equipment.

This role involves work on equipment including: milk pasteurisation, homogenisers, separators, process systems, filers, cartoners, bottle labellers, cappers, packers, blow moulding machines, weighers, flow wrappers, shrink wrappers, trolley packers, palletisers and depalletisers, conveyor lines (chain, spiral), robots (Kuka), vision systems, Spectrum TX rejection systems, and OEM systems from Siemens, Krones, Tetra Pak, SPX flow, Isoma, Hueft, Nepas, Alpla & Grunwald.

What you’ll need to be successful

• Ambition & drive
• Strong experience as a multiskilled engineer (shift engineer/maintenance engineer/engineering technician)
• Experience in mechanical and electrical engineering within manufacturing, production and process environments
• HNC or apprentice trained or proven experience in fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Experience with fast-moving machinery, pumps, valves, inverter drives, sensors, relays, PLCs (Siemens), site services (steam generation plant, chilled water systems, compressors, processes), CIP systems
• Computer literacy – SAP, Microsoft Office, SCADA, Trend systems, HMIs
• Time served as Multi-Skilled Engineer within a manufacturing environment

About Arla

• We are a farmer-owned cooperative committed to partnering with farmers to ensure a fair price for milk.
• We have pursued innovative initiatives, including carbon-friendly practices and sustainable transport concepts.
• We are the producer of Lurpak, one of the world’s iconic butter brands.
• We are a Danish business with a global presence across multiple regions.

Please apply using the official channel or contact Alex Tyrrell, Senior Talent Partner, at [e-mail].

Please note we are not partnered with any recruitment agencies for this role. Recruitment agencies should not submit CVs; applications via our official channels only.

Shape the Future of Dairy

Arla is a global leader in the dairy industry, committed to sustainability and innovation, and focused on making healthy dairy nutrition accessible to all. We value diversity and collaboration, empowering colleagues to bring their authentic selves to work.

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