Project Engineer

Are you an experienced Project Engineering specialist ready to step into a complex and growing fast paced environment? Are you able to take the lead as project manager / project engineer driving capital engineering projects & improvements, typically up to a value of £50k-£2M, and supporting central teams with larger projects. If so, Arla Foods Stourton Dairy has the perfect opportunity!

This is an exciting opportunity at our Stourton Dairy in Leeds, Arla's second-largest and most complex dairy site in the UK, producing over 700 million litres of tasty and nutritious products each year.

How you will make an impact

The Engineering Project Specialist is responsible for structured delivery of capital projects, therefore experience of mechanical, electrical and automated systems is vital.

Working with wider site and external teams to provide and deliver solutions that meet the expectations of stakeholders and defined project scopes.

Support to the engineering team on complex issues and trouble shooting.

Chair Capex meetings with structured communication and stakeholder engagement / management, utilising Arla project management process and procedures.

Manage the annual Capex cycle and present proposals to stakeholders.Develop 1 page justifications for site strategic investment plan.

Adherence to Arla Foods technical specifications (automation, electrical, mechanical, safety, hygienic design, operability, maintainability).

Grow with Arla

Strong experience and understanding of mechanical, electrical and automated manufacturing systems with broad knowledge with Lean principles and SAP / OEE

Preferably will hold an Engineering Degree or equivalent along with Prince 2, APM, Agile project management or similar certification

Demonstrated performance dealing with and working with commercial processes, sourcing, tender, negotiations Desirable - experience +5yrs asset management.Managing maintenance and improvement of manufacturing equipment or utility.

What will you get?

Competitive base salary

26 days holiday + bank holidays

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

Things we would love to tell you about our Stourton site

Arla Foods UK 2nd biggest dairy and the most complex across our UK supply chain

Processing c2million litres of our Farmers milk every day!

Producing over 200 SKUs across 14 filling lines

including our great brands of Cravendale & BoB filtered milk, Baileys, McDonalds and all the major retailers

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