Maintenance Team Leader - Mechanical

Maintenance Team Leader - Mechanical Bias

Your Manager: Maintenance Manager

Team: Production, Engineering North

Location: Elgin, will be required to work across all sites in the Speyside.

Be part of something big

We are Pernod Ricard, a leading company in the global wines and 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 240 premium brands available in over 160 countries, including: Absolut vodka, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater, Malfy and Monkey 47 gins, Malibu liqueur, Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes as well Jacob’s Creek, Brancott Estate and Campo Viejo wines.

Here in the UK

In the UK, Pernod Ricard is 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.

Your new team

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.

Our Production function encompasses everything from distillation, through to Maturation, Cask Drain & Fill and Blending.

Northern Operations is all our sites across the North of Scotland, this includes 12 Distilleries, Animal Feed and Bio-Plants, Heritage Sites, Bulk Warehousing Sites, Blending and Dispatch terminals, laboratory facility.  The Engineering team are responsible for a wide range of engineering activities, from asset care to multi-disciplinary engineering projects.

Your unique contribution

The Team Leader will provide practical support to the Maintenance team and Maintenance Manager to help maintain sites and deliver planned and reactive maintenance.

You will have four main areas of responsibility:

• People Leadership – to support the Maintenance Team and supervise their daily activities.  You will support with training and development including the implementation of training and the use of company systems.  You will also coordinate site cover and attendance for your team.
• Maintenance – to be reactive to site breakdowns and assist with route cause analysis of those breakdowns as well as trending to support elimination of recurring issues.  You will ensure routine maintenance is carried out to a high standard and assist with any issues that may be preventing or impeding works.  Youi will also carry out workplace inspections and be included in the Engineering management on-call rota.
• Collaboration – to work alongside the Projects department to ensure delivery of projects with support from the site maintenance team and to liaise with Distilling and Bulk Operations management to resolve issues safely and efficiently.
• Compliance – to ensure that all Health & Safety, Statutory and Legislative requirements are achieved and adhered to and that best codes of practice are communicated to the team.  You will assist with ensuring Safe Systems of Work, company procedures and Risk Assessments are up to date, reviewed, rolled out and signed off in a timely manner.

Who you’ll be working with

Internally, you will collaborate with the wider Production team as well as other teams across the organisation, including Health & Safety.

Externally, you will collaborate with contractors, vendors, and suppliers to ensure delivery of services to the highest quality.

Your blend of talent

This position could be right for you if you:

• Are a time-served experienced technician or have an equivalent qualifi