Site Utilities & Services Manager, Arla - Leeds (Stourton Dairy, LS10 1AX)

Are you ready to lead utilities and services at scale - galvanising a high-performing team to deliver safer, more reliable and efficient operations at a major production site?

You'll own our utilities and services agenda-from safety and compliance to asset care and digitalisation-driving reliability, energy performance and long-term value.

In this days-based role (Monday-Friday, 37.5 hours), you will lead the Site Utilities & Services function at Stourton Dairy, shaping the strategy and day-to-day execution that keeps our site safe, compliant and reliable. You will build team capability, develop best-practice maintenance strategies, and drive transformational change across critical utilities and services.

• Champion safety and culture; own team service and performance (safety, compliance, quality, cost, delivery, motivation, plant)
• Implement best-practice maintenance strategies and asset care plans (internal and 3rd party) in line with statutory/technical regulations (e.g., PSSR, LEV, LOLER, L8, ATEX/DSEAR)
• Lead utilities and services across ammonia refrigeration, air handling, compressed air, site water/drainage, effluent plants, cooling water/towers, steam boilers, CHP engines, buildings/offices/grounds
• Drive value through robust routines risk management, prioritisation, resource optimisation, cost control and efficiency
• Set a 3-year roadmap aligned to site ambition and factory strategic plans; own risk, compliance, reliability and energy performance, with clear short/medium/long-term ownership

This role sits at Arla's global strategic site, contributing to the Maintenance & Engineering community and reporting within the site leadership structure.

You will bring a HND/Bachelor's/Diploma/Master's in an engineering discipline (mechanical or electrical), with 5+ years' leadership and management experience in a large, complex, fast-paced manufacturing environment owning site utilities and services. You will ideally add 5+ years in engineering (projects or maintenance), including system/asset ownership, commercial contracts and tenders, contractor management, and CAPEX/OPEX improvements. You will demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of mechanical and electrical safety compliance and regulations, ideally with FMCG/food experience including quality audits, HSE and retailer standards. You will be proficient with Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Power BI and SAP, and communicate confidently at senior level-leading teams through change.

Personally, you will be a visionary, hands-on leader who builds culture and talent, drives reliability and energy improvements, and embraces digitalisation and enabling technologies to deliver world-class utility management.

You'll join a market leader with a collaborative, high-performance culture and strong commitment to development and internal progression - making things better for our customers, the farmers who own us and the whole world.