Location
Newton Abbot
Department
Engineering
Advertising Salary
£25,396 Per annum (£13,431 Pro Rata)
Advert Closing Date
14 Apr 2025

So, what will I be doing?

At Yeo Valley, we’re passionate about nurturing and nourishing people and the planet by making great food the right way, forever.
 
We are looking for an administrator to join our Engineering department at Newton Abbot. You will join the team to provide administrative support to the engineering department, ensuring smooth coordination of engineering activities, maintenance schedules, and documentation in a fast-paced factory environment. Assist in effective stock control system for the Site’s engineering supplies working with the store coordinator to ensure spare parts are available in time for planned maintenance activities. Assisting in the managing and reporting of revenue expenditure, identifying and optimising spend and leading the transition from current stores system into a leading service and support function.
 
This position is for 20 hours per week, between Monday and Friday. We can be flexible around your working pattern so will be open to discussing this with you.
 
The key responsibilities include:
 
  • Ensure records are maintained accurately and to the agreed levels.
  •  Track and report any shortfalls on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
  • Assist in receiving deliveries of goods and checking off items against delivery notes, ensuring all deliveries are of the required quality and to the agreed specification.
  • Advise and support on the transition between management systems.
  • Place purchase orders for stock items within authorised value levels
  • Manage any non-stock order processing from agreed suppliers.
  • Create critical spare parts inventories for maintenance activities using site Engineer and OEM knowledge and documentation.

Sounds interesting, what do I need?

  • Strong organizational and multitasking skills.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook).
  • Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
  • Experience of stock management systems
  • Experience in ordering spare parts from suppliers
  • Experience of data migration activities
  • knowledge

Prior experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment is desirable

Why should I join the family?

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.

We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:

  • Competitive Holiday Allowance
  • non-contributory pension scheme
  • life cover
  • healthcare cash back plan
  • cycle to work scheme
  • subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
  • preferential rates with our partners
  • annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
  • learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!

Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.

Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.

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