M&E Technician

Other
Dumfriesshire
September 12, 2025
Permanent
Urgent

Job Description

Arla Foods

Lockerbie Dairy & Creamery, DG11 1LW

M&E Technician

Shift based role 4 on 5 off/ 5 on 4 off (Days & nights)

What will you get?

  • Competitive base salary
  • 24 days holiday
  • 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

We are currently recruiting a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join our fast-paced food manufacturing facility. As part of the engineering team, you will play a key role in maintaining and improving production line efficiency through effective fault finding, preventative maintenance, and continuous improvement initiatives.

How will you make an impact

  • Provide critical breakdown support across a complex 24/7 production site from conveyors through to fully automated milk filling and packing equipment.
  • Carry out planned, preventative maintenance and servicing activities as planned via the CMMS system
  • Troubleshoot and diagnose breakdowns using structure problem solving techniques and drive continuous improvement to improve operational efficiencies.
  • Champion health and safety by adhering to safety standards, SOPs and participating in risk assessment
  • Support and lean into projects across the site, both small and large, actively inputting to site development and performance.

Grow with Arla

  • Experience in an FMCG, Food or regulated manufacturing environment, working at pace in a maintenance engineer or similar
  • Ideally you will be time served/ apprentice trained as an electrical, mechanical or Multiskilled Engineer qualified to a minimum NVQ Level 3/ ONC / City & Guilds or higher.
  • Structured problem solving experience, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and faulting finding and able to work under pressure.
  • Computer literate SAP PM or similar CMMS system, Microsoft Office

Things we would love to tell you about Arla Lockerbie Dairy

  • Arla Lockerbie has received c.£100 million investment since 2005, of which £34m CAPEX investment has recently been secured to implement new technology on site & house a new facilities building (includes; onsite gym, canteen, meeting rooms, wellbeing room etc).
  • Proposal is planned for a further C.£100 million in 2027 to create production centre of excellence in our Lockerbie Dairy.
  • Current project is underway to complete the largest anaerobic digestion plant in Europe
  • 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 pool
  • Our Arla Lockerbie site was open by HRH Queen Elizabeth in 1975

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