Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer 

Runcorn, GUINNESS Beer Packaging Site   

Full-time – Permanent 

Maintenance Engineer - £61,169.27 (including shift allowance) share plans, up to 14% pension, and other additional benefits.   

Join our Beer 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. 

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

As a Maintenance Engineer in our talented team in Runcorn you’ll play a pivotal role providing maintenance and continuous improvement skills to deliver and improve on safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost and asset care. You’ll be accountable to ensure all assigned Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedules are carried out at the defined frequency and completed to the required standard to ensure downtime is minimized.  

In addition, you’ll be responsible for supporting installation, commissioning, and testing within the area as the need arises. You’ll work closely with and coach operators, engineers and team leaders to perform autonomous maintenance tasks, machine set ups optimisation and support growth in equipment capability as required.  

Key Responsibilities: 

· Adhere to Diageo health and safety, environmental and food safety standards, and work to all applicable legislative procedures. 

· Maintain a safe and organised workplace environment through adherence to the Safety and 5S MMS practices. 

· Provide crafts resource (electrical and mechanical) to the Operations Team 

· Make full use of SAP - SAP reporting & recording completion. 

· Raise 5 why’s as defined by agreed trigger points. Work with Operators and team leaders to play   a proactive role in situational problem solving on shift. Fixing problems and finding solutions 

· Participate in line improvement projects. 

· Anticipate issues and be more proactive in approach. 

Health and safety compliance is key, and you’ll be at the forefront of making sure this is monitored alongside other KPI’s and targets.   

About you 

For this role you will be a time served Electrical or Mechanical Engineer or have obtained a minimum of HNC in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering and SVQ Level 2 & 3 alongside relevant work experience. 

In addition to this, you will have demonstrable knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and environmental risk. It'd be great if you had a knowledge of working in the manufacturing industry however this is not essential. 

We’re looking for someone who can work well within a team as well as the ability to make effective conclusions and thrive in situations where they can solve problems. 

You’ll be able to push forward your own ideas about improvements to current approaches and appraise new opportunities. You’ll have the drive to make a positive difference to manufacturing excellence and show your excellent communication skills. 

Working with us 

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this. 

We embrace 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 and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more. 

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world. 

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you! 

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