Oakthorpe Dairy, London, N13 6BU
Shift based role – (Days & nights)
What will you get?
1. Competitive base salary
2. 26.5 days holiday
3. Employer pension matched up to 6%
4. X4 annual salary life assurance cover
5. Flexible benefits- buy up to 5 days annual leave, reward gateway scheme- discounts with various retailers via my benefit platform.
6. Strong career development & training (internal and external training
We have an exciting Maintenance Engineer role to join our Oakthorpe Dairy site. Oakthorpe is a key site for Arla Foods producing our tasty fresh milk for our customers in around the south of England. In this role you would join an established and dynamic engineering team and provide critical engineering and maintenance support across our production lines.
How will you add value
7. Provide critical breakdown support across a complex 24/7 production site from conveyors through to fully automated milk filling and packing equipment.
8. Carry out planned, preventative maintenance and servicing activities as planned via the CMMS system
9. Troubleshoot and diagnose breakdowns using structure problem solving techniques and drive continuous improvement to improve operational efficiencies.
10. Champion health and safety by adhering to safety standards, SOPs and participating in risk assessment
11. 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
12. Experience in an FMCG, Food or regulated manufacturing environment, working at pace in a maintenance engineer or similar
13. 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.
14. Structured problem solving experience, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and faulting finding.
15. Computer literate – SAP PM or similar CMMS system, Microsoft Office
Things we’d love to tell you about our Oakthorpe site
16. Arla Oakthorpe has received £10 million investment with more on the horizon.
17. This investment has been on a state-of-the-art Krones filling line and office revamp
18. On average our Oakthorpe dairy produces 800,000 litres of milk per day, which is around 200 million litres yearly
Please apply using the link or reach out to Chris Waekfield, Talent Partner, at .
The closing date for this role is 26.08.25 -
Please note we are not partnered with any recruitment agencies for this role. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies do not submit CVs on behalf of candidates for this role, as these CVs will not be considered under the agency ownership and if Arla does progress with any such candidate, this will not amount to acceptance of the agency's terms. We encourage interested individuals to apply directly through our official channels.