Arla Foods
Energy Centre Engineering Technician
Arla Foods, Aylesbury, HP22 5EZ
Shift pattern: Rotating shift pattern (Panama shift - 12 hour shifts – Days and Nights )
Benefits
* Competitive salary (Base Salary + Shift Allowance)
* 24 days holiday
* Annual Pay review
* 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)
So what do our engineers actually do?
Our Engineers are problem solvers. They are responsible for maintaining and repairing the plant and equipment that allows us to create tasty, healthy, high quality products. As an Engineering technician, you will be responsible for planned preventative maintenance of the site services to ensure smooth running of the plant. Alongside your day to day, you’ll get involved in CI and project work. The main duties of a Site Services Engineer include:
* Maintaining services across the site in line with our Planned Preventative Maintenance programme, such as:
* Steam boiler, Waste Heat Boiler and CHP checks and testing in line with legal requirements
* Refrigeration plant
* Effluent Treatment Plant
* Hot & Cold water systems
* Cooling tower maintenance
* HVAC maintenance
* External lighting
* Corrective maintenance in case of site equipment failure and breakdown.
* QEHS standards maintained and where possible improved within the Services function
* To work alongside the OEM's when services are carried out.
* Challenge current processes and practices to identify new opportunities to improve operation and efficiency
* Conduct equipment and plant condition appraisals.
* Awareness of relevant QEHS compliance within the role such as Legionella, fire safety, PSSR, LOTO.
* Authorise permits and ensure the work is being carried out in a safe and controlled manner.
Things we’d love to tell you about our Aylesbury site
This is an exciting opportunity to work at our flagship UK Dairy, Aylesbury;
* The capacity of Aylesbury Dairy is 1.03 billion litres annually.
* We were the first dairy site to use AGV technology to move TETs with milk
* Our cold store area is 1.5 times the size of Wembley’s football pitch
* We made a few appearances on TV including BBC’s ‘Inside the Factory’ and Chanel 4 ‘Food unwrapped’
Things We’d Love To Tell You About Arla
* We are a farmer- owned cooperative. That means we are committed to partnering with farmers so they are guaranteed a fair price for their milk.
* We experimented with poo powered trucks (google it- you won’t regret it), and built the world’s first ever 100% carbon neutral dairy. All as part of our ongoing commitment to combatting climate change.
* We are the producer of Lurpak, one of the world’s most iconic butter brands.
* We are a Danish business, operating across the UK, Europe, Asia, The Middle East, North America, South America and other regions across the globe