Job Description

Dale Farm Cooperative is a UK dairy farmer co-operative owned by over 1200 dairy farmers who supply us with fresh milk. Dale Farm has operations throughout the UK and Ireland producing and distributing a wide range of dairy products which it sells across the UK and Ireland as well as exporting to over 45 countries worldwide.
At Dale Farm virtually every career discipline is represented in our workforce, from production, engineering and distribution, to sales & marketing and food technology/quality assurance, to Finance, HR and IT through to general management. Our standards are high and when we recruit we are looking for those with energy and drive, who are keen for responsibility and motivated to succeed with a record of achievement and with the potential to develop as the company grows.
Culture
Our culture is based on setting best in class standards, working to-wards and delivering on committed objectives, striving for constant improvement and involving everyone in the company. We strive to develop our people and harness everyone's contribution to deliver a winning team.
Equal Opportunities
The company is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to a safe, inclusive and relationship based workspace.
Benefits
In return, we offer a high degree of responsibility, plenty of challenge, good opportunities for learning and personal development and rewarding benefit packages, all within a fast moving and results oriented environment.
Engineering Technician
About Us
Dale Farm is the largest UK farmer-owned cooperative, owned by 1,300 UK farmers. We supply a wide range of consumer and food ingredients dairy products including fresh milk, cheeses, milk powders, butter & dairy spreads, and ice cream into the UK, Irish and international markets.
Core to our success is our people, and we now have an exciting opportunity within our Engineering Team, based at our Dromona site in Cullybackey.
About the Role
As an Engineering Technician, you will play a core role within our multi-skilled Engineering Team to optimise the performance of automated production filling and packing machinery and ancillary services.
Reporting to the site Engineering Manager, within this role you will look after the following responsibilities:

• Developing and implementing continuous process improvement projects
• Routine preventative maintenance
• Ensuring that equipment is properly set and maintained
• Fault diagnosis and running adjustments/repairs as necessary
• Overhauling mechanical plant and machinery
• General building fabric repairs
• Maintaining and monitoring consumption of M&E utilities
• Providing support for the installation and commissioning of new plant and
• equipment.

About You
This opportunity calls for an Engineering Technician with first rate communication skills who will be a hands-on, results-oriented individual and who can demonstrate their skills, energy and ability to multitask effectively.
Candidates should therefore possess significant, recent and relevant experience to the role, ideally at least 3 years post apprenticeship. Candidates should also have undertaken an engineering apprenticeship/training programme. It is desirable but not essential that candidates possess an electrically biased qualification and be mechanically proficient.
We are looking for a highly motivated and ambitious person who has the energy and determination to make an impact in a challenging, dynamic, and competitive environment. The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal skills and the desire to work with their team to drive forward success.
Why Dale Farm?
We have a lot to offer our employees at Dale Farm and we are committed to everyone's learning and development journey. In addition to a competitive salary commensurate with the role, as well as standard benefits such as 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and contributary company pension, we also offer additional benefits such as Life Assurance, full wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme, and enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave.
We promote an open and supportive culture which is based on our core values
Teamwork | Positivity | Resolve | Ambition | Curiosity | Accountability
You can find out more about life at Dale Farm on our LinkedIn and Facebook Career pages, and on our company website.
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The closing date for applications is 5pm on Monday 27th October 2025. Please apply via clicking the apply button below.
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer
Only applications from EU Nationals or those with a valid permit to work in the UK will be accepted

Skills Required