Shift Engineer

At Saputo, our best comes from our people. We’re a talented and caring team with a longstanding history of excellence. Since our first days delivering cheese on a bicycle, we’ve grown into a leading global dairy processor by staying true to the culture that defines us. Each of our employees is committed to uphold our tradition of care, quality, and passion through food, and together, we foster an environment where we can all make contributions that matter–from our manufacturing plants to our office locations and everywhere in-between.

This role sits within a state-of-the-art site where you will be operating within a high-care consumables production environment. You will predominantly be working as a front-line engineer to support and maintain installed assets for this area of the site working within.

In particular, you’ll be working to support our whey production – which is part of our functional ingredients business, where we supply specialist whey (known as D90) to leading producers of infant formula, and exciting area of continued for Saputo.

SDUK's brands include the Nation’s favourite cheese brand Cathedral City plus other well-known butter & spreads (Clover, Country Life, Vitalite, Utterly Butterly), functional ingredients and dairy free products.

YOU’LL MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT MATTER BY…

Delivering a range of preventative maintenance schedules and reactive engineering requirements.

Working with a range of machinery and instrumentation topics with pumps, motors, valves, agitators, etc.

Working with other engineering teams and production staff to plan and execute work.

Ensuring work is recorded and tracked via the maintenance system.

Prioritising workload, ensuring production awareness of timescales.

Identifying continuous improvement opportunities.

Undergoing supported training and development opportunities to progress, whilst looking to support other areas and gain broader experience.

YOU’RE BEST SUITED FOR THE ROLE IF YOU ARE…

A time served apprenticeship, NVQ, or NHC qualification.

Able to demonstrate deep mechanical and/or electrical engineering skills.

Someone who enjoys a hands-on approach to engineering, working in/outdoors.

Able to demonstrate knowledge and/or experience working within a food/FMCG production environment.

Able to work in a team, supporting others with their workload and development when required.

Comfortable working with different computer systems.

WE SUPPORT AND CARE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES BY PROVIDING YOU WITH…

A site bonus scheme (We Share Bonus) paid quarterly.

Opportunities for progression within the UK and overseas

Enhanced employer pension contributions with Scottish Widows

Health cash plan - claim money back towards essential healthcare such as dental, eye care etc.

Access to Thrive 24-hours a day - a leading and NHS clinically approved app which focuses on general wellbeing

Long service recognised every 5 years

Life assurance up to 4 x contractual pay

Discounted branded products

Free, onsite parking

Individual allocated lockers

Subsidised staff restaurant

25 holidays + 8 bank holidays

My Staff Shop - access to exclusive benefits, free advice and savings - providing great discounts from thousands of the UKs largest retailers & service providers.

We support employment equity. Saputo strives to embed diversity and inclusion in its operations and invites candidates from all horizons to join our team.

To enable you to bring your best we will ensure you are provided with any physical or non-physical adjustments to support your participation in the job application and interview process.

Agencies - Thank you for your interest in working with Saputo Dairy UK. We have a PSL who will be supporting us if needed. We do not pay fees or acknowledge any CV’s supplied to Saputo Dairy UK unless you have been briefed on the role by a member of the Talent Acquisition Team.

Our business was founded in 1933. Having sold our dairies business in 2015, we now produce and sell some of the best-loved food brands in the UK, including Cathedral City cheese, Clover spread, Country Life butter and Frylight spray oil. We have a fast-growing dairy alternatives portfolio including the Vitalite and Sheese brands and also manufacture specialised ingredients used in infant formula.

Our commitment is to produce high quality, nutritious food in a sustainable way. We do that from our head office, operating sites and innovation centre which are spread across the UK. Since 2019 we are part of Saputo Inc., one of the top 10 dairy processors in the world.

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