Maintenance & Engineering Project Leader - Arla Foods Lockerbie

Arla Foods Lockerbie, DG11 1LW

Mon-Fri days based role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic Lockerbie engineering team as a M&E Project Leader and support the site by delivering and contributing towards CAPEX Project Delivery.

Arla Foods are the world’s 4th largest dairy producer and one of the UKs largest FMCG businesses. Our Lockerbie Dairy & Creamery has also recently secured a £39 million CAPEX investment. This investment will enable the replacement of cheese manufacturing equipment, using the latest technology to insert new VATS in a carbon efficient way. Lockerbie will also be housing a new facilities building, focussing on functionality, colleague welfare and visitor experience. This will house a gym, working lab, canteen and kitchen plus meeting, briefing and wellbeing rooms.

Benefits

• Competitive salary (salary discussed at application)
• Annual Pay review
• Employer pension matched up to 6% (12% total contributory)
• 4 x annual life salary assurance
• Flexible Benefits- buy additional annual leave, reward gateway scheme- discounts with various retailers via my benefit platform.
• People agenda commitment to training and development
• Access to discounted Arla products
• Most importantly- a cheese hamper at Christmas!

What will the role look like?

Reporting into the Senior Maintenance & Engineering Manager, you will identify and handle improvements within site by contributing to the execution of CAPEX process and projects. You will be responsible for executing overall project management in a safe and efficient way, playing a role as a specialist for technical projects according to project plans/specifications.

Key role responsibilities include;

• Project  Leader,  within  non-capex  equipment  modifications  and  CAPEX  projects.
• Support safety and good working environment at site by involving safety organization before execution of project -with the goal of zero accidents and incidents, ensure QEHS is continually reviewed, with relevant reporting/ communication mechanisms in place throughout the duration of the project
• Ensure anchoring of Arla sustainability goals in CAPEX projects.
• Responsible for proper planning and delivery of project objectives/tasks to time, cost, quality and risk criteria.
• Responsible for continuous business anchoring of the project through close dialogue with the projects’ sponsor and key stakeholders
• Responsible for compliance with the Arla Foods project and CAPEX process, including utilization of the tools and systems used to report and document changes and results throughout the project.
• Responsible for compliance with legislation and for ensuring that important knowledge/results from the project and optimizations are documented and protected.
• Responsible for efficient project completion and implementation. This also includes suggesting changes in the project organization if needed.
• Manages, leads and develops project team members during CAPEX project.

Background/Experience

• The successful candidate will ideally be a skilled technician/technical engineer/project manager within a manufacturing environment
• The successful candidate will ideally have experience and financial competencies In managing project budgets
• Proven experience within technical or project management position after completed engineering training. This would ideally be leading CAPEX delivery or work packages within sizeable project.

Things we’d love to tell you about our Lockerbie site

• Since 2005, the site has received over £110 million investment
• 60% of our colleagues at Lockerbie have over 10 years’ service
• 75,000 cows depend on our Lockerbie site to process their milk daily
• If you piled the blocks of cheese we make at Lockerbie in a year end to end..the height would be equivalent to 2,428 Eiffel Towers
• The amount of whey concentrate site produces each year would fill 4 Olympic size (50 meter) swimming pools
• Our Arla Lockerbie site was open by HRH Queen Elizabeth in 1975

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

Next steps

Please apply using the link or reach out to Olivia Pine, Talent Partner at Arla Foods. The closing date for this position is 2nd May 2024.  

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

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Please note we are not partnered with any recruitment agencies for this role. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies do not submit CVs on behalf of candidates for this role, as these CVs will not be considered under the agency ownership and if Arla does progress with any such candidate, this will not amount to acceptance of the agency's terms. We encourage interested individuals to apply directly through our official channels.