Maintenance Support Lead

Maintenance Support Lead

Your Manager: Engineering Site Services Team Manager

Team: Engineering

Location: Kilmalid, Dumbarton

Be part of something big

We are Pernod Ricard, a leading company in the global spirits industry with over 19,000 employees globally. We own 16 of the world’s top 100 Spirits Brands and hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with premium brands available in over 160 countries, including Absolut vodka, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater, Malfy and Monkey 47 gins, Malibu liqueur and Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes.

Here in the UK we are made up of 4 businesses:

• Chivas Brothers
  , the largest brand company in the Group, responsible for the production and management of our award-winning Scotch whisky portfolio
• Pernod Ricard UK
  , which markets, sells and distributes our products in the UK market
• Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail
  , the global and EMEA home of the group’s duty free, air travel and cruises business
• The Absolut Group
  , the brand owner of our global white spirits portfolio, whose Gin brand unit and Business Acceleration team sit in London

We are an organisation of 2,000 employees in the UK, headquartered in London, in a brand-new office designed with sustainability, conviviality and collaboration in mind. We also have offices in Scotland and various distilleries and production sites across the UK from Plymouth to London to Speyside.

This position sits in our Chivas Brothers business. At Chivas Brothers, our 1,600‑strong team across 27 sites is committed to upholding the heritage of Scotch and ensuring its sustainable future, as well as opening it up to new audiences across the globe.

The scope of Operations stretches from Procurement through conversion (distillation and maturation) and manufacturing (or bottling) to all the downstream Supply Chain activities until the final product is delivered. In addition, Operations play a very active role in Innovation, Talent Development and Operational Risk Management.

The Bottling & Blending Engineering department provides innovative solutions to Process, Re‑Engineering and Continuous Improvement projects or issues with the Site Services team supporting operations in achieving required performance levels of plant and site services equipment to meet business continuity, statutory compliance and stakeholder expectations.

The Maintenance Support Lead will be responsible for leading and developing a team of multi‑skilled engineering technicians to provide effective Engineering planned and preventative support and deliver safe, reliable and cost‑efficient maintenance and repair of plant, equipment and site infrastructure.

• Support the develop and training of technicians and operators to deliver a step change in manufacturing performance
• Support plans to improve functional employee engagement results
• Identify technical training needs in operational areas against the competence models and facilitate adherence to annual training plans

• Through escalation process, provide front line, technical support to significantly improve equipment performance
• Lead technical root cause problem solving
• Take ownership and meet targets for effective Planned Preventive Maintenance, follow on work orders and Corrective Repairs and Documentation
• Drive continuous improvement culture
• Lead equipment overhauls and other initiatives within your area of responsibility in support of manufacturing excellence
• Improve engineering effectiveness through key performance indicators and driving improvement plans
• Lead weekly Asset care meetings and plan all maintenance works being considerate of plant access, resources and materials

• Take the lead in ensuring that your area of responsibility complies with all Health, Safety, Environmental, Product Integrity, Quality and Risk Management Engineering requirements
• Proactively promote and pursue a reduction in accident and incident frequency rates
• Undertake audits to promote and ensure compliance with agreed…