Senior Maintenance and Engineering Manager

Leeds Permanent View Job Description
A unique and exciting opportunity for a senior engineering leader to join an organisation with ambitious plans for their manufacturing backed up with significant investment and a modern approach to engineering and maintenance.
  • A senior engineering role with a leading UK FMCG organisation
  • The opportunity to lead genuine World Class maintenance teams

About Our Client

A leading international food and beverage manufacturer, Arla are a driving force in the diary industry with responsible sourcing, sustainability and product development at the core of everything they do. A farmer owned organisation Arla have more than 15 production and distribution operations across the UK and are undergoing significant investment as they continue to innovate and challenge the market.

Stourton, Leeds is their 2nd largest and most complex operation and currently processes c2 million litres of farmers milk a day across 200+ SKUs. Their brands include Cravendale & BoB filtered milk, Baileys, McDonald's and all the major retailers.

Job Description

Further to growth led progression, there is a vacancy for a Senior Maintenance and Engineering Manager at the Stourton Dairy, near Leeds. Reporting into the Senior Site Director and leading a team of 50+, the Senior Maintenance and Engineering Manager will have responsibility for leading the site on a maintenance transformation journey to deliver world-class performance

Organisational change and team development will be a fundamental part of this key leadership role, the successful candidate will need high levels of experience, energy, resilience and ambition to lead M&E at this strategically important production site. 

The Senior Maintenance and Engineering Manager will play an integral part of the site leadership team, with a requirement to demonstrate leadership and ownership of site results and foster collaborative working across functions.

There is also expectation and opportunity to work closely with peers across the organisation to challenge and develop capacity and reliability, driving a market leading maintenance strategy. Accountable for a £multi-million R&M budget along with significant Capital investment you will be instrumental to Arla's results and continued growth.Other responsibility will include:

  • Providing development to the engineering teams in terms of skills & behaviours to drive a high-performance culture
  • Bringing experience from the 'outside-in' to challenge ways-of-working and results in pursuit of world-class
  • Working closely with centralised projects functions to drive improvements with compliance, capacity, reliability and business continuity.

The Successful Applicant

The successful Senior Maintenance and Engineering Manager will have a strong background in FMCG manufacture and possess a range of the following:

  • Market leading knowledge and demonstrable experience in continuous improvement techniques and reliability (ideally WCM or TPM)
  • Proven leadership qualities with an experience of building high performing teams.
  • Strong engineering qualifications and comprehension of managing compliance on a large scale.
  • Strong working knowledge of health and safety systems and procedures
  • An analytical approach with proven experience of managing large R&M & Capital budgets.
  • A positive, growth mindset led approach personifying Arla values (Lead, Sense, Create)

What's on Offer

A leading employer with people orientated values, Arla will also offer the Senior Maintenance and Engineering Manager:

  • A competitive salary
  • 26 days holiday (with options to buy more)
  • Bonus
  • Private health cover
  • Contributory pension scheme & life cover
  • A wider suite of benefits
Contact
Will Eisenberg
Quote job ref
JN-082024-6505777
Phone number
+44 114 263 6027

Job summary

Job function
Engineering & Manufacturing
Subsector
Maintenance, Reliability
Sector
FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods)
Location
Leeds
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Will Eisenberg
Consultant phone
+44 114 263 6027
Job reference
JN-082024-6505777