Technical Team Leader x 2

Technical Team Leader x 2

Your Manager: Reliability Engineer

Team: Manufacturing Bottling Operations and Warehousing

Location: Kilmalid Dumbarton

This role involves shift working: rotating early and back shifts across Monday to Friday

Be part of something big

We are Pernod Ricard a leading company in the global wines and spirits industry with over 19000 employees globally. We own 16 of the worlds 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 Ballantines 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-Jout champagnes as well Jacobs 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 groups 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 2000 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 1600-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 Operations and Warehousing teams are based across three factories at our Kilmalid Campus in Dumbarton. The site produces over 20 million cases of flagship brands every year such as Beefeater Glen Livet Chivas and Ballantines the focus on quality is paramount. In addition to Quality focus we put Safety First above anything else whilst we deliver our customers expectations and business targets in efficiency and cost. Finally people are at the heart of what we do we are passionate about delivering our results with our teams on the journey.

Your unique contribution

The role of the Technical Team Leader is to be responsible for a team of Multi-Skilled Technicians to support maintain and repair the plant and equipment to the highest standard ensuring that it is compliant with all relevant and external standards.

One role will be based in our Clyde factory providing support with regards to our bottling lines and related equipment the other will be working within our Warehouse providing technical support with equipment there such as cranes.

You will have five main areas of responsibility:

Safety:

• Take responsibility for ensuring compliance 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 standards and safe ways of working.
• Ensure all statutory obligations are planned and implemented through Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) hazardous area systems.

Quality:

• Be responsible for the upkeep of plant and equipment to ensure departmental quality standards are maintained and ensuring all internal company quality checks relating to engineering within your remit are completed and recorded.
• Fulfil the requirements for lean manufacturing implementing and driving Asset Care principles and ways of working.
• Continually review and administer engineering systems procedures and maintenance practices in support of your area of responsibility to maintain and improve quality.
• Ensure the availability of accurate and clear data for reporting and that all appropriate documentation is available used and kept up to date.
• Ensure that critical spares availability and routine requirements are identified communicated and available.

Cost:

• Ensure that M/E and equipment reliability is integrated into the engineering activity understood and focussed on.
• Provision management and control of Revenue and Capex budgets for your area of responsibility and subsequent management of them.
• Deliver plant downtime and availability targets.

Delivery:

• Provide front line manufacturing technical leadership to significantly improve performance Establish Work Ethics Workmanship and Housekeeping standards in line with a flagship site within a World Class Manufacturing environment
• Take ownership and meet targets for effective Planned Preventive Maintenance Corrective Repair Project related work Continuous Improvement Equipment Modification Overhaul and Replacement and other initiatives in support of the manufacturing excellence
• Improve engineering effectiveness through the introduction of key performance indicators improvement plans including but not limited to the following aspects of performance identification of constraints downtime major downtime planned maintenance root cause analysis start-ups and lubrication
• Ensure Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) use is fully understood and in use by the teams to provide appropriate feedback and measures of Engineering Effectiveness and Efficiency (personnel and equipment)
• Develop your area of responsibility toward an Asset Management approach to Plant and Equipment within Engineering

Engagement:

• Lead manage and develop technicians and operators to deliver a step change in performance
• Support development of personnel and technical training needs against the competence models

Who youll be working with

Internally youll collaborate with all areas of Manufacturing including Bottling Vatting Quality Health and Safety and New Product Development as well as other functions such as HR and Finance.

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

Your blend of talent

This position could be right for you if you:

• Are qualified to HNC level in relevant engineering discipline.
• Have experience within a packaging manufacturing or FMCG environment.
• Have experience in being responsible for multi-skilled engineering teams.
• Are passionate about coaching and developing others.
• Have an IOSH qualification and are passionate about creating a positive safety culture.
• Are well versed in managing asset and plant performance within a structured asset management framework.

Our mix of benefits

For your health we offer private medical insurance income protection and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

Our lifestyle benefits include 22.5 days annual holiday (increasing with length of service up to 24.5) plus public holidays your employee pension share incentive plan share ownership plan life assurance and more!

You can access lots of gifts & discounts including an allowance each year to spend on our brands in our staff shop our reward & recognition scheme and employee discounts from a range of high street retailers.

We have regular events in our very own office bar employee-run networks a culture of flexibility and trust and a variety of tools and resources to help you focus on your wellbeing and mental fitness.

Conviviality: the Pernod Ricard Way

We have our own way of doing things. We call it conviviality! Its our way of being and something unique you feel and experience when working for Pernod Ricard.

Were committed to conviviality and with this youll be Proud to Belong to our Pernod Ricard family. Youll be Empowered to Perform supported to succeed and acknowledged for the value you bring.

We combine all this with our Commitment to Care: we are unlocking the magic of human connection to transform our industry and make a positive impact on the world though our strong focus on sustainability and responsibility.

Were committed to diversity and inclusion

People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as Crateurs de Convivialit.

We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams we proactively foster a diverse work force and an inclusive culture an environment where we can truly be ourselves.

We will assess your application for this role based on your skills experiences and achievements not your gender age ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Please feel free to leave these off your CV and application form if you so wish.

Similarly if you would like to discuss opportunities for flexible working or require accommodations or support to complete our application process please let us know.

Responsible drinking

As Crateurs de convivialit we want to turn social interactions into genuine and friendly experiences of sharing and wellbeing.

In our culture we want to create diverse teams in which our differences contribute to our success. Therefore all are welcome at Pernod Ricard regardless of your religious beliefs or personal choices on the consumption of alcohol.

In our business we work together with industry members civil society governments local authorities and UN bodies to promote responsible drinking.

Closing Date for Applications:

11th June 2025

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