Arla Foods

Arla Foods – Westbury Dairy, Westbury, BA13 4WD

Continuous improvement / Reliability Technician

Working pattern: Days based opportunity (Mon-Fri)

Benefits

• Competitive salary (Base Salary)
  
  
• 26 days holiday
  
  
• Annual Pay review
  
  
• 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, cycle to work scheme
  
  
• Discounted product purchase
  
  Area Technicians opportunity (also known as Continuous Improvement technicians or Reliability Technicians) is to support designated areas within our Westbury facility to improve reliability and equipment efficiencies through driving continuous improvement activities and upskilling competencies across our production teams;
  
  Key Roles and Responsibilities
  
  
• Responsible for technical standards incl. Operator Asset Care in LCO Area
  
  
• Responsible for reduction of unplanned downtime (i.e. technical stops) through systematic CI work
  
  
• Responsible to enable and coach operators and technical operators in technical standards and OAC
  
  
• Contribute to a healthy, inclusive and safe work environment and role model our character mindset
  
  
• Owns and leads weekly CI meeting related to unplanned stops applying structured problem solving and improvement tools
  
  
• Owns, analyses and tracks asset maintenance data incl. data quality and completeness
  
  
• Ensures that the LCO areas improvement activities are quantified and reflected in the global continuous improvement database
  
  
• Owns plan for improvement of technical reliability for line(s)
  
  
• Owns Operator Asset Care standards and competence development in the Line Team
  
  
• Defines, process confirms and improves technical standards including OAC
  
  
• Trains & coaches Line Team to ensure performance according to technical standards
  
  
• Initiates and drives the correction of complex faults ensuring sustainable improvements
  
  
• Gives input to content and frequency of preventive maintenance
  
  
• Role models by actively using data and deploying lean and APS tools in a structured way
  
  Education and Experience
  
  
• Ambition and drive
  
  
• Self-starter with an ability to influence, coach and train others
  
  
• Good knowledge of LEAN manufacturing principles and/ or reliability engineering tools and the deployment within complex environments
  
  
• Understands the importance of utilising data to drive improvements in a 24/7 fast paced production environment
  
  
• Skilled technical education and/or equivalent experience across fast paced manufacturing environments
  
  Things we’d love to tell you about our Westbury site
  
  Arla Westbury is the Home of Anchor butter
  
  We are the largest Butter factory in the UK
  
  We are the largest Dryer factory in the UK
  
  At peak times Westbury is consuming 5% of the UK’s milk- that’s the milk from every 1 cow in 20 from the whole of the UK
  
  Milk powder and butter from Westbury are exported all over the world- you will also eat Westbury Powder within several brand name confectionaries and desserts
  
  Westbury Dairy is soon to receive around £18 million investment in equipment and infrastructure upgrades.
  
  About Arla
  
  A global farmer- owned cooperative, committed to partnering with farmers to secure the highest value for their milk while creating opportunities for their growth. Creating the future of dairy to bring health and inspiration to the world, naturally
  
  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