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M&E Team Leader Utilities

Arla Foods Nijkerk B.V.

Nijkerk
Full-time
5-10 years experience
On-site

Key Skills

Maintenance management
Engineering
Lean manufacturing
People leadership
Food safety
Quality assurance
Fault finding
Resource prioritization
Digital transformation
Data-driven decision making
OEE
Plant maintenance
Work planning
Employee scheduling
Continuous improvement

Job Description

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Description

Job ID

41001361

Job Title

Team Lead - Maintenance & Engineering

Job Function

Maintenance & Engineering

Job Family

People Leader

Job Level

6

Career Stream

People Leadership Career Stream

Position examples

  • Maintenance & Engineering Team Leader
  • M&E Team Leader

Level definition

  • Supervisory responsibility for a smaller team of professionals or/and bigger team of frontline employees.
  • Ability to apply their broad knowledge of a specific discipline or advanced knowledge of specific technical/operational practices.
  • Prioritizes and assigns tasks to ensure that the team's resources are used effectively and that work schedules and targets are met.
  • Set and achieve day-to-day objectives that have some impact on the achievement of results within the job area.

Key responsibilities

  • People manager ensuring continuity and improvement of operation.
  • Ensures safe working conditions, and contributes to the work with LEAN principles, food safety and quality at the site.
  • Manages the delivery of targets to ensure the department achieves its goals.
  • Leads 2nd line fault finding and coordinates effective resource prioritization in consultation with other functional leads.
  • Plans, improves and executes maintenance of site equipment in line with departmental strategy.
  • Ensures a healthy, inclusive and safe working environment, and a safety mindset.
  • Ensures that the department complies with Arla Foods' standards and policies as well as the applicable law.
  • Leads, coaches and develops employees and team based on Good Leadership and Good Values according to annual people processes and daily leadership task.
  • Is role model for digital transformation, works with data driven decision making and promotes a digital mindset within the team Contributes to process confirmation to support the APS transformation.
  • Provides input concerning relevant spare parts stock and materials required.
  • Communicates effectively to report on status of lines and equipment based on OEE.
  • Completes and updates plant maintenance records complying with all departmental procedures.
  • Performs all activities in accordance with company and statutory requirements in order to provide a safe and compliant workplace.
  • Defines resources required, work planning and employee scheduling.
  • Applies Lean to continually improve operational performance to ensure the department adopts. and genuine continuous improvement mindset.
  • Embraces and ensures that Arla Digital WOW is communicated and embedded within the department.

Educational background

  • Some years of professional experience (e.g. 3-5 years for University graduates and 10+ years for profiles with technical education ) before entering the leadership career stream.
  • Skilled technical education/technical engineer/engineering apprenticeship.
  • 1-3 years of technical and/or maintenance experience after completed training or an Arla Foods-trained maintenance technician.
  • Preferably leadership experience.
  • Knowledge, experience and able to demonstrate LEAN ways of working/practice.

Competencies

03. Intellectual power
06. Build positive relationships
05. Show integrity & judgement
10. Add ambition
07. Build commitment
02. Organisation understanding
12. Develop self & others
04. Create direction
01. Global Mindset
11. Be decisive
08. Live the change
09. Enable the team
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Core Responsibilities

The M&E Team Leader is responsible for managing maintenance operations, ensuring safe working conditions, and leading a team to achieve departmental goals. They oversee equipment maintenance, resource planning, and the implementation of LEAN principles to drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

Candidates should have a technical education or engineering apprenticeship with 3-10 years of professional experience, including technical or maintenance roles. Leadership experience and a strong understanding of LEAN methodologies are preferred.

About Arla Foods Nijkerk B.V.

Industry: Food and Beverage Manufacturing

Company size: 10,001+ employees

Arla Foods is Europe’s strongest farmer-owned dairy group formed by a long line of cooperative mergers, latest the merger of Arla and DMK Group. As a major food producer owned by 11,000 European dairy farmers and 28,000 employees we have a strong commitment to help co-solve some of society’s challenges related to food and health. We provide a powerhouse of globally trusted brands including Europe leading dairy brand Arla® and iconic brands such as Lurpak®, Castello®, Puck®, MILRAM, Humana, Oldenburger, Uniekaas, and Starbucks® chilled coffee. Our cooperative is the world’s largest manufacturer of organic dairy products and the global leader in advanced whey proteins. Key figures: • Revenue*: 15.1 billion EUR • Cooperative farmer owners: 11,000 • Milk volume*: 14.3 billion kilogram • Employees: 28,000 *From our 2025 annual results

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