Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.Müller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Müller UK & Ireland includes:
Müller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain’s private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country.
Müller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK’s leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Müller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Müller Corner, Müllerlight, Müller Bliss, Müller Rice, FRijj and Müller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.
We are looking for an Engineering Team Leader to manage the day to day operation of the sites effluent treatment plant within our Yogurts and Desserts facility at Market Drayton.
The purpose of the role is to carry out line manager tasks for the operational team responsible for the operation of equipment making up the effluent treatment plant and to ensure the plant runs efficiently and in compliance with the Trade Effluent Consent and environmental permitting regulations.
The ideal candidate will have a background in process engineering with a strong mechanical backgorund.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Able to communicate effectively with a diverse range of people; regulators, senior managers, factory operatives, Demonstrates integrity, Creates Solutions, Methodical approach to problem solving, Maintains records in a clear and consistent way.
• Knowledge of safe working practices and dairy skills
• Specialist training in effluent plant operation and knowledge of how to comply with EA consent limits.

• Manage the team and provide leadership in the process of trouble shooting problem areas within the treatment process plant and ensure measures are put in place to ensure compliance with permitting regulations.
• Ensure the monitoring and testing of the plant (discharge water etc.) is carried out as set out in company policy and where necessary arrange for action to address out of specification results.
• Communicate effectively with a diverse range of people; regulators, senior managers, factory operatives and ensure problems/rectifications are reported effectively. Where necessary escalate issues to senior management to ensure all notifications required to EA are carried out in a timely manner.
• Propose to management and engineering teams any required engineering and routine maintenance to ensure consistency of operation. Recommend improvements to the both engineering and operational teams to ensure the plant is operating at the highest possible efficiency.
• Ensure at all times the site safety regulations are adhered to and where necessary raise awareness of hazards through the site’s reporting mechanisms. Manage communications to the effluent team to ensure they are following the latest safety directions.
• Ensure all records are updated in the required timescale in a clear and consistent way to ensure compliance with permitting regulations is fully recorded.