At Saputo, our best comes from our people. We’re a talented and caring team with a longstanding history of excellence. Since our first days delivering cheese on a bicycle, we’ve grown into a leading global dairy processor by staying true to the culture that defines us. Each of our employees is committed to uphold our tradition of care, quality, and passion through food, and together, we foster an environment where we can all make contributions that matter–from our manufacturing plants to our office locations and everywhere in-between.
Reporting into the area maintenance manager, this role is key for the ongoing support of assets at our water purification facility (WPF) near to our flagship Davidstow plant. You’ll be working across planned maintenance schedules and offering detailed technical guidance for the planning and completion of maintenance activities.
This is a hands-on role where you will be working autonomously when required, but also as part of the wider team, with broad responsibilities to help identify and drive fault finding activities towards resolving and preventing issues.
SDUK's brands include the Nation’s favourite cheese brand Cathedral City plus other well-known butter & spreads (Clover, Country Life, Vitalite, Utterly Butterly, Wensleydale, and Sheese), functional ingredients and dairy free products.
YOU’LL MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT MATTER BY…
1. Completing day-to-day planned preventative maintenance schedules to support the delivery of the site maintenance strategy, ensuring reliable operation of the plant
2. Driving a quality culture through the adherence to first class engineering techniques
3. Providing detailed technical guidance for the planning and completion of maintenance activities on the process lines
4. Supporting and developing continuous improvement activities such as Root Cause analysis within the department to identify improvement opportunities and drive actions to completion
5. Identifying, sourcing and ensuring availability of maintenance spares, liaising closely with the stores team
YOU’RE BEST SUITED FOR THE ROLE IF YOU ARE…
6. An experienced and qualified engineer through an apprenticeship, NVQ, or HNC
7. Experienced working with pumps, valves, gauges, and meters etc.
8. Someone who enjoys a hands-on approach to engineering, working in/outdoors
9. Able to work in a team, supporting others with their workload and development when required
10. Comfortable working with different computer systems
WE SUPPORT AND CARE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES BY PROVIDING YOU WITH…
11. Flexible, autonomous and inclusive working environment
12. Site bonus scheme (We Share Bonus)
13. Health Cash Plan - claim money back towards essential healthcare such as dental, eye care etc.
14. Access to Thrive 24-hours a day - a leading and NHS clinically approved app which focuses on general wellbeing
15. Generous employer pension contributions
16. Long service recognised every 5 years
17. Life assurance
18. Free, onsite parking
19. Individual allocated lockers
20. Discounted branded products
21. Subsidised staff restaurant
22. 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
23. My Staff shop - access to exclusive benefits, free advice and savings - providing great discounts from thousands of the UKs largest retailers & service providers.
We support employment equity. Saputo strives to embed diversity and inclusion in its operations and invites candidates from all horizons to join our team.
To enable you to bring your best we will ensure you are provided with any physical or non-physical adjustments to support your participation in the job application and interview process.
Our business was founded in 1933. Having sold our dairies business in 2015, we now produce and sell some of the best-loved food brands in the UK, including Cathedral City cheese, Clover spread, Country Life butter and Frylight spray oil. We have a fast-growing dairy alternatives portfolio including the Vitalite and Sheese brands and also manufacture specialised ingredients used in infant formula.
Our commitment is to produce high quality, nutritious food in a sustainable way. We do that from our head office, operating sites and innovation centre which are spread across the UK. Since 2019 we are part of Saputo Inc., one of the top 10 dairy processors in the world.