Maintenance Reliability Engineer / Lead

Maintenance Reliability Lead

Runcorn Guinness Packaging site, England

Permanent – Full Time (Day Shift)

Join our Supply Chain and Manufacturing Team

Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo’s 27,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It’s an intricate and sophisticated operation that’s the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.

Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We’re committed to realising our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we’ll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.

We operate Guinness packaging facilities at Marshalls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Runcorn, in North West England, producing canned, bottled and kegged product for Ireland, UK and export markets. Significant investment is underway at both of these locations.

This role is site based at Runcorn which is an 18 Acre site running a 24/7 Operation with 4 rotational crews. It has 2 Bottling, 2 Canning lines and 1 Kegging production line. There are 90+ SKUs with 16 different Beer/Liquid types covering producing on average 23million cases of product per annum.

About the role

The beer packaging engineering team directly lead an annual revenue spend of £3m, with a craft and leadership population of almost 50 engineers. They also manage annual site service contracts in excess of £3m through almost 20 embedded 3rd party engineers. Over the next 3 years they also plan to manage a Cap-Ex spend averaging £6m annually.

As the Maintenance Reliability Lead at the Runcorn packaging site, your role is pivotal for the success of the asset care strategy. You'll take charge of developing maintenance and technical skills across shifts and leading the repair and maintenance budget. Your responsibilities include ensuring effective work order and technical planning, optimizing spare parts planning for planned work, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Your leadership is critical for the efficient operation of the bottling area.

Other key responsibilitiies will include:

• Ensuring alignment to health & safety, environmental and quality standards and compliance to maintenance regulatory standards at all times.
• Supporting development and execution of the weekly maintenance schedule to ensure maximum equipment availability
• Being a coach role model in use of Root Cause Problem Solving and 5Whys to ensure permanent fixes are resolved and delivered.
• Attending Daily Operational Review meetings, and taking appropriate action to provide support to course correct non-conformance, and to root cause situational problems
• Coaching operational reams in Asset Care practices to ensure Asset Care capability is developed

About you

For this role you’ll need to have a minimum HND or degree level qualification in electrical, mechanical or chemical/process engineering subject areas.

You’ll have proactive structured problem-solving skills and the ability to problem solve in a timely manner with a strong initiative to execute, and track record of maintenance management - KPI improvement, planning effectiveness and maintenance schedule adherence, CI, backlog, maintenance mix.

Demonstrable knowledge of Root Cause Problem Solving, 5S, Autonomous Maintenance and basic financial awareness of budgeting processes.

It would be beneficial to have good working knowledge of Environmental legislation and standards.

Working with Us

Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including:

• Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• 6 months paid parental leave for all employees
• Product allowance
• Contributory pension scheme
• Annual performance bonus
• Share options

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this. We believe the most inclusive and diverse culture makes for a better business and a better world. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.

Join us, and you'll be part of an organisation that embraces diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of — and help build — an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more. And you'll help us champion inclusion and diversity across our entire business: with our employees, our suppliers, across our brands, and within the communities in which we operate.

About Us

With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Join us, and you’ll be celebrated for your work and empowered to be you. Together with people around the world, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a tomorrow worth celebrating.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. To achieve this, we need the world’s very best people. Join us and help to take Diageo and our timeless, pioneering brands to the next level.

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