Engineering Manager

Position: Engineering Manager (Permanent)
Location: Southgate

Senior Engineering & Maintenance Manager - Oakthorpe Dairy
Are you ready to lead a high-performing engineering function at one of Arla’s most well-invested dairies? This is your opportunity to shape strategy, drive cultural transformation and play a key role in a state-of-the-art manufacturing site.
This role is based at Arla’s Oakthorpe Dairy – a highly invested site producing around 800,000 litres of milk per day. Recent investments include a state-of-the-art Krones filling line and major site upgrades.
How you will make an impact
In this role, you will lead the Engineering Team at Oakthorpe Dairy, ensuring operational excellence across all maintenance activities while driving strategic initiatives as part of the Site Leadership Team. Key responsibilities include

* Leading the Engineering team (c.30 colleagues) across reactive and preventative maintenance

* Driving people development and fostering a high-performance engineering culture

* Playing a key role in the delivery of site-wide strategic initiatives as part of the Site Leadership Team

* Leading Continuous Improvement projects using TPM, RCM, FMEA, 5S, and Kaizen methodologies

* Overseeing all site maintenance activities and ensuring successful delivery of CAPEX projects
What will make you successful
To succeed in this role, you will bring strong technical expertise, proven leadership capability and a passion for creating positive change. You will have a robust understanding of engineering within an automated, fast moving manufacturing environment, along with proven experience delivering Continuous Improvement initiatives using TPM methodology.
You will also demonstrate strong leadership capability with experience managing teams of around 30 engineers, as well as experience leading culture led change and driving autonomous and preventative maintenance. A collaborative mindset is essential, with the ability to unite production and engineering as one team.
What do we offer?
We’re committed to your growth and development, offering internal and external training opportunities. Competitive base salary, 26 days’ holiday, annual pay review, variable pay bonus scheme, private Bupa health cover, employer pension matched up to 6% (12% total contributory), four times annual salary life assurance cover, flexible benefits including the option to buy up to five days’ annual leave and retailer discounts, strong career development.

At Oakthorpe, you’ll join a team proud of its high job satisfaction with plenty of challenges and support to help you succeed.
Would you like to join us?
If you want to make an impact and help shape the future of dairy, apply as soon as possible. We process applications on a continuous basis and will close recruitment once the right candidate is found.
For additional information, please contact Chris Wakefield.
Shape the Future of Dairy
Arla is a global leader in the dairy industry, committed to enabling good food choices that make life better, providing people with natural, sustainable nourishment, while taking care at every step to ensure Arla is a choice they can feel good about. If you are looking to shape the future with an ambitious global cooperative that truly cares about your growth, where everyone feels valued and empowered, and collaboration is the core of culture, Arla is a choice you can feel good about