Are you an experienced Project Engineering specialist ready to step into a complex and growing fast paced environment? Are you able to take the lead as project manager /project engineer driving capital engineering projects & improvements, typically up to a value of £50k-£2M, and supporting central teams with larger projects. If so, Arla Foods Stourton Dairy has the perfect opportunity!
This is an exciting opportunity at our Stourton Dairy in Leeds, Arla's second-largest and most complex dairy site in the UK, producing over 700 million litres of tasty and nutritious products each year.
How you will make an impact
* The Engineering Project Specialist is responsible for structured delivery of capital projects, therefore experience of mechanical, electrical and automated systems is vital.
* Working with wider site and external teams to provide and deliver solutions that meet the expectations of stakeholders and defined project scopes.
* Support to the engineering team on complex issues and trouble shooting.
* Chair Capex meetings with structured communication and stakeholder engagement/management, utilising Arla project management process and procedures.
* Manage the annual Capex cycle and present proposals to stakeholders. Develop 1 page justifications for site strategic investment plan.
* Adherence to Arla Foods technical specifications (automation, electrical, mechanical, safety, hygienic design, operability, maintainability).
Grow with Arla
* Strong experience and understanding of mechanical, electrical and automated manufacturing systems with broad knowledge with Lean principles and SAP/OEE
* Preferably will hold an Engineering Degree or equivalent along with Prince 2, APM, Agile project management or similar certification
* Demonstrated performance dealing with and working with commercial processes, sourcing, tender, negotiations Desirable - experience +5yrs asset management. Managing maintenance and improvement of manufacturing equipment or utility.
What will you get?
* Competitive base salary
* 26 days holiday + bank holidays
* 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
Things we would love to tell you about our Stourton site
* Arla Foods UK 2nd biggest dairy and the most complex across our UK supply chain
* Processing c2million litres of our Farmers milk every day!
* Producing over 200 SKUs across 14 filling lines – including our great brands of Cravendale & BoB filtered milk, Baileys, McDonald’s and all the major retailers