Maintenance Engineer

Arla Foods

Taw Valley Creamery, Devon, EX20 2DA

Maintenance Engineer

Shift based role – 4 on 4 off 12 hour shift pattern

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 Taw Valley Creamery. This is especially exciting as the creamery is undergoing a major transformation, thanks to a £180 million investment. As this project evolves and the site expands so will the opportunities to make an impact.

How will you add value

• Provide critical breakdown support across a complex 24/7 production site from chilling systems, conveyors through to cheese processing 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

Arla Taw Valley Creamery 

• Our Taw Valley Creamery was established in 1974 and it has been a significant site for cheese production in the UK, and it has undergone various developments and expansions over the years to improve its capacity and capabilities in cheese making.
• We process approximately 1.2 million litres of milk daily; producing over 100t of award winning cheeses, such as BOB, Castello Tickler, alongside butter and whey powder
• Our Taw Valley site is soon to receive around £180 Million investment to create a new mozzarella production facility, the 2nd largest single investment in Arla Foods UK.