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We're a family-owned company and a global leader in the food industry, creating consistent quality meat products from sustainable sources for some of the UK’s biggest supermarkets and food service providers. Our passion for quality and innovation drives our rapid growth, and we're looking for ambitious graduates like you to join our team.
 
Imagine being part of a company that values integrity, trust, and creating better food naturally. By investing in innovation and sustainability, we aspire to become a key partner for new and existing customers. With our Brighter Futures Graduate Programme, you'll have the chance to grow your career in a fast-paced, dynamic business environment, working alongside passionate people who will help you unlock your full potential.

The role

We’re currently recruiting a Graduate Infrastructure Engineer to join our IT team who will gain exposure in designing, implementing, managing, and maintaining the information technology infrastructure of the Dawn Meats Group.
 
You will be working closely with our Application Development and Infrastructure team to implement and maintain comprehensive monitoring solutions in our enterprise environment, helping to triage, troubleshoot and resolve production incidents as well as focusing on preventive and proactive maintenance of our application stack.

With us you would receive

  • 1-to-1 coaching, dedicated mentors, and bespoke management development to help you grow professionally.
  • Fast track career progression and the potential to rotate to different areas of the business, broadening your horizons and giving you the chance to explore new challenges.
  • The opportunity to learn from passionate and knowledgeable people with invaluable on-the-job training.
  • Investment in residential offsite training and team building to further enhance your skills, ensuring you stay ahead of the game.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be based in one of our production plants and will:

  • Support a user base of over 2000 end users via telephone, call logging system and e-mails.
  • Configure and maintain the infrastructure needed including servers, databases, networking components, and cloud resources.
  • Respond to and resolve incidents and outages in a timely manner.
  • Set up monitoring tools and dashboards to track the performance and health of applications and infrastructure, configuring alerts to proactively address issues before they affect users.
  • Manage application configurations, ensuring consistency across different environments (development, testing, production).
  • Work closely with technical resources to understand application requirements and assist in optimizing code for deployment and performance.
  • Identify opportunities for automation to reduce manual tasks and improve efficiency

Qualifications

The ideal Candidate will have or demonstrate:

  • A relevant 3rd level IT qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience
  • Exposure to networking, printers, Hybrid cloud, data center and on-site technology
  • Excellent communication skills with fluent English.
  • The ability to work as both part of a team and independently is essential.