Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Littleconnell Brewery, Co.Kildare

Permanent Contract

Maintenance Engineer - €73,710 (including shift allowance) plus competitive benefits package with pension, shares scheme and bonus.

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 30,000+ 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 are proud to be a global leader in beverage alcohol with an exceptional portfolio of brands, including Guinness, Johnnie Walker, Baileys, Smirnoff, Tanqueray, and many more.

A forward-thinking €200 million investment has brought an innovative, carbon-neutral brewery to life in Newbridge, Co. Kildare. This best-in-class facility is Ireland's second-largest brewing operation and a powerhouse of sustainability, running entirely on renewable energy. It's where iconic beers like Rockshore, Harp, Smithwick's, and Kilkenny are crafted for a new generation.

About the Role

We are seeking a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer who will be responsible for ensuring the highest standards of maintenance and asset care across the brewery, utilities, and water treatment plants. Focusing on end-to-end maintenance support, you will play a crucial role in both operations and maintenance within a semi-autonomous, shift-based environment, handling SAP process orders and maintenance planning as part of your rotational duties.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work across key production areas such as raw materials handling, the brewhouse, the cold block, and utilities plants (water treatment, process utilities, and refrigeration) and support & understand departmental KPI's.

• Uphold safety, quality, food safety, and environmental standards and procedures

• Collaborate with different teams to effectively identify and resolve equipment-related issues that impact performance and provide a comprehensive maintenance backup service for production activities.

• Coach operators to perform autonomous maintenance tasks, machine operational setups, and support growth in equipment capability as required. Support capital work including installation, commissioning, testing within areas as required; responsible for feeding into early equipment management.

• Ensure all aspects of work order planning are delivered at start-of-shift meetings, including spare parts planning for planned maintenance.

• Oversight of issuing permits for external contractors. Understand and perform isolations for Diageo and contract personnel

• Apply Manufacturing Excellence tools and techniques to drive site performance towards world class in terms of customer service and quality

• Ability to organise a variety of tasks and prioritise self and others accordingly

• Knowledge of PM and Reliability Maintenance techniques

• Understanding of asset performance and maintenance strategy with excellent process improvement and root cause problem solving skills

• Knowledge of SAP-PM (Planning, scheduling and execution)

• Basic financial awareness, understanding of business drivers, maintenance costs and budgeting processes.

• FMCG experience is preferred but not essential