Maintenance Engineer

Description:

Arla Foods
Maintenance Engineer (Multi-skilled/ Mechanical or Electrical)
Arla Foods, Taw Valley Creamery, North Tawton, Devon, EX20 2DA
Shift pattern: 4 on 4 off (Days & Nights / 6-6 12 hour shifts)
Benefits
* Competitive salary (Base Salary + Shift Allowance)
* 26.5 days
* 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 available at all levels (internal and external training)
Things we’d love to tell you about our Taw Valley
* Our Taw Valley Creamery have been producing their award-winning cheeses since 1974.
* Arla Foods “Site of the year” 2021
* Our Taw Valley produces thousands of KG of some of the UKs favourite cheeses including Cheddar, Red Leicester and Double Gloucester cheeses
* The ingredients department at Arla Foods produces 18000 tons of permeate powder and 4000 tons of whey protein concentrate using membrane, evaporator and drying technology. Our customers use the products as ingredients in foods and have high demands for quality and food safety.
You’ll Spend Your Time
* Fault finding and troubleshooting across varied PLC controlled equipment - Fillers, Labellers, Packers, Conveyors systems, Chillers, Compressors and so on
* Driving PPM and servicing activities and other proactive maintenance strategies
* Projects; driving improvement projects and modifications through to supporting on site CAPEX
You’ll Will be working on
This will be working on equipment including; Milk pasteurisation, homogenisers, separators process systems, cheese vats, blenders, slicers, packers, weighers, flow wrappers, shrink wrappers, trolley packers. Palletisers, de-palletisers, conveyor lines (chain, spiral), robots (Kuka), vision systems, Spectrum TX rejection system, Xray checkers, industrial dryers, refrigerated rooms, steam generators, water softeners, cooling towers, CHP system Air handing units, HVAC, water treatment, steam boilers, chillers, compressors. Original equipment manufacturers (Siemens, Krones, Tetra Pak, SPX flow, ISOMA, Hueft, Nepas, Alpla & Grunwald)
What you’ll need in order to be successful in the role
* Ambition & drive
* Ideally will be time served/apprentice trained engineering with professional qualifications (NVQ level 3/ ONC/HNC /HND) or proven experience with fast paced manufacturing environment
* Experience in mechanical and electrical engineering within Manufacturing, Production and Process environments
* Ideally you will have experience with fast- moving machinery, pumps, valves, inverter drives, sensors, relays, PLC’s (Siemens), Site Services (steam generation plant, chilled water systems, compressors, processes), CIP systems (chemical cleaning plant)
* Computer literate – SAP, Microsoft Office, SCADA, Trend systems, HMI’S
Things We’d Love To Tell You About Arla
* We are a farmer- owned cooperative. That means we are committed to partnering with farmers so they are guaranteed a fair price for their milk.
* We experimented with poo powered trucks (google it- you won’t regret it), and built the world’s first ever 100% carbon neutral dairy. All as part of our ongoing commitment to combatting climate change.
* We are the producer of Lurpak, one of the world’s most iconic butter brands.
* We are a Danish business, operating across the UK, Europe, Asia, The Middle East, North America, South America and other regions across the globe.
Please apply using the link or reach out to Alex Tyrrell, Senior Talent Partner