Maintenance Engineer (Mechanically Biased) - Settle Creamery
Overview
Maintenance Engineer (Mechanically Biased) – Settle Creamery at Arla Foods UAE, Oman & Qatar. Location: Settle, GB. Shift pattern: Earlies, Days & Nights / 7:00am–4:30pm 5 day block / rotating 6–6 12-hour shifts.
Note: This role offers a competitive salary and benefits package, with an enhanced reward and support package related to site closure plans in the second half of 2027.
Responsibilities
You’ll be integral to on-site maintenance, providing breakdown support and participating in planned preventative maintenance. You’ll also be involved in continuous improvement and project work. You will work on equipment including milk pasteurisation, homogenisers, separators, process systems, fillers, cartoners, bottle labellers, cappers, packers, blow moulding machines, weighers, flow wrappers, shrink wrappers, trolley packers, palletisers, de-palletisers, conveyor lines (chain, spiral), robots (Kuka), vision systems, Spectrum TX rejection systems, and OEMs such as Siemens, Krones, Tetra Pak, SPX Flow, ISOMA, Hueft, Nepas, Alpla & Grunwald.
What you’ll need to be successful
* Ambition & drive
* Strong experience as a Mechanical engineer (shift engineer / maintenance engineer / engineering technician and similar)
* Experience in mechanical and, if possible, basic electrical engineering within manufacturing, production and process environments
* HNC or apprenticed trained or proven experience with fast-paced manufacturing
* Experience with fast-moving machinery, pumps, valves, Site Services (steam generation plant, chilled water systems, compressors, processes), CIP systems
* Computer literate – SAP, Microsoft Office, SCADA, Trend systems, HMIs
* Time served as Mechanical engineer / fitter within a manufacturing environment
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; Rewards Gateway discounts via benefits platform
* Enhanced reward and support package related to site closure (pro rata retention payment and redundancy payment based on length of service); relocation support for staying with Arla; out of service support for those choosing not to stay
About Arla
* We are a farmer-owned cooperative, committed to partnering with farmers for fair milk prices.
* We have invested in sustainable initiatives and are involved in carbon-reduction efforts.
* We produce Lurpak and operate as a Danish business with a global footprint.
How to apply
Please apply using the link or contact Jess Thwaite, Talent Partner, at jesth@arlafoods.com.
Important notice
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Job Details
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Part-time
* Job function: Management and Manufacturing
* Industries: Dairy Product Manufacturing
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