Facilities Support Operator
Aspatria, Cumbria

About Us

First Milk is a wholly British farmer-owned dairy co-operative with a vision to create value for members by delivering long-term prosperity in the form of success, profitability, security and wellbeing.

Owned by the family farms that supply us with milk and invest capital in the business, we produce award-winning cheddar, regional cheeses and dairy ingredients, as well as marketing fresh raw milk to many other UK dairy processors.

We work together as one team, with a relentless focus on efficiency and quality, to deliver competitive total returns to our farmer members. We put customers at the heart of our business, creating value through strong, long-term partnerships.

We are currently looking for a Facilities Support Operator to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis.

The Benefits

- Competitive salary
- 34 days’ holiday (including public Bank Holidays)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension
- Join an organisation where every team member is encouraged to make a difference

This is a great opportunity for a maintenance professional to dive into a fast-paced environment and grow their career with our leading company.

You’ll be joining a passionate team where your skills, ideas and can-do attitude will directly contribute to the success of our award-winning dairy products.

We’ll make sure you are supported to make a success of your role and can develop professionally to ensure you feel fulfilled and nourished.

So, if you’re ready to take on a new challenge and contribute to our mission of delivering quality dairy products with passion and integrity, apply today!

The Role

As a Facilities Support Operator at First Milk, you’ll play a vital role in helping us keep our site running smoothly and looking great, both inside and out!

You’ll take on a variety of tasks, from routine building maintenance and tidying up around the site to looking after our external creamery facilities and overseeing deliveries of chemicals and oil.

You’ll also get involved in chemical testing, perform maintenance checks and operate important plant room equipment, like the steam boiler. If anything’s not quite right, you’ll be the one to flag it to our Site Engineer.

Plus, you’ll:

- Help out with exciting improvement projects
- Make sure we’re always meeting our food safety, quality, health and safety and environmental standards

About You

To be considered as a Facilities Support Operator, you will need:

- Experience in maintenance or a related field
- The ability to work alone with a minimum amount of supervision
- The ability to prioritise workloads

Other organisations may call this role Maintenance Technician, Day Operations Operator, General Maintenance Operative, Maintenance Engineer, Production Technician, Manufacturing Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Operator, Maintenance & Facilities Operator, or Facilities Operator.

Webrecruit and First Milk are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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