Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.Müller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Müller UK & Ireland includes:
Müller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain’s private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country.
Müller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK’s leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Müller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Müller Corner, Müllerlight, Müller Bliss, Müller Rice, FRijj and Müller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.
Automation Support Engineer
Market Drayton – Butter Plant
4 on 4 off: Days only
Competitive Salary and benefits package
Due to business growth we have expanded our team and created a new position for an Automation Support Engineer. We’re now looking to recruit an Automation Support Engineer to join our Butter Plant at Market Drayton within our Muller Milk & Ingredients business. The purpose of the Automation Support Engineer is to develop systems and people to improve site automation performance.
Automation Support Engineer Key Tasks:
1. Reactive support for site automation issues within a clear escalation
2. Demonstrate a structured problem solving approach
3. Ownership of minor (site managed) automation Capex projects through the full project life cycle
4. Support project delivery of other site projects with automation elements
5. Facilitating site activities to centrally delivered Capex projects
6. Maintain and monitor use of automation and electrical system software and documentation version control systems.
7. Liaise with the Automation Development team providing a site perspective to the ongoing development of the group automation and electrical standards
8. Ensure compliance with group electrical and automation standards of site delivered projects and general improvement works
9. Responsible for obsolescence management within the roadmap. Liaison with the Automation Development Team to ensure site criticality is a key element of the group level
10. Ownership of the site level Obsolescence and Improvements Plan focusing on the next level of controls (VSDs, servo drives, instrumentation etc.)
11. Evaluate performance data to feed into automation OE activity to deliver improvements inefficiency and operability within production
12. Ownership of site panel risk assessment register, periodic health checks and remedial/improvement actions
13. Specialist automation support to site improvement initiatives
14. Utilise specialist skills and systems access to validate and analyse site data, for example to support quality improvement activities
Muller Responsibilities:
15. Has an active role to play in continuously improving our business
16. Encourage engineering based OE projects
17. Support the site roadmaps for Quality / HS / EMS / Engineering / Autonomous maintenance
18. To have opportunities to deliver own ideas to improve our business
19. Support improvement activities / events within engineering owned areas
20. Understands the impact of own actions and others on achieving site/business OGSM
21. Aware of how current performance impacts the bottom line
22. Ability to deliver on the job training (show and tell) to new colleagues
23. Health and safety of self and others
What we’re looking for from an Automation Support Engineer:
24. PLC experience
25. Strong electrical skills
26. Ability to work on projects alone
27. Experience in similar Automation Engineer role
28. FMCG industry experience would be preferred
29. Ability to work in fast paced environment is essential
30. IT literate
Benefits:
31. Up to 10% annual bonus
32. Health care cover
33. 4 x life assurance
34. Pension scheme
35. Access to Muller rewards platform – saving money across numerous retailers
36. 33 days annual leave (bank hols inclusive)
37. Paid lunch break
38. Long term career development
39. On site secure car park
40. Supportive working environment
Contact Details:
F.A.O. UK Recruitment, Müller UK & Ireland, Shrewsbury Road, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 3SQ