Operational Maintenance Area Leader

Job Introduction

We have an excellent opportunity for an Operational Maintenance Area Leader to join the business, to lead, control and develop SBP Operational Maintenance, ensuring delivery of key results in line with overall site strategy and compliance with all relevant legislation.

Main Responsibility

• Promote, develop and embed a collaborative approach with bottling operations, other technical/engineering/production functions and external stakeholders as required.
• Define, develop and implement the five year production maintenance strategy in line with Company and Business Unit strategic objectives.
• Lead the Production Maintenance function ensuring operational engineering standards are compliant with Health & Safety and Environmental Legislation in order to maintain full compliance with all regulatory bodies.
• Measure Operational Equipment Performance KPI’s to ensure these are achieved in accordance with agreed scope and time and within business constraints.
• Provide leadership for the Production Maintenance team in line with Company Values to maximise employee engagement.
• Develop and lead the implementation of best practice processes and failure elimination techniques to ensure a program of ongoing continuous improvement in relation to general maintenance and a whole life-cycle approach to asset ownership. Devise specific tools and techniques to deliver maximised asset reliability and ensure relevant users are trained and able to deploy effectively.
• Provide monthly progress status to Site Operations Leader, identifying risks and implementing any remedial actions plans whilst recognising/highlighting any future opportunities.
• Manage the Operational Maintenance budget in terms of plant reliability, legislative compliance and fixed costs for maximum site benefit

Our Ideal Candidate

• Working knowledge of Health & Safety and Continuous Improvement techniques
• Experience of Project Management principles and managing a Cost Centre budget
• Proven leader who can set objectives, performance manage a team and develop individuals to achieve their potential
• Pragmatic problem solving skills with the ability to contend and deliver with conflicting priorities
• Excellent planning and implementation skills
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies and experience of applying these within a manufacturing environment.

What we can offer you

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues. 
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.

About William Grant & Sons

A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS

William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.

We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.

At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.

OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY

Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.

INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive. If you have any questions or need some support with your application we’d love to hear from you. So please get in touch with our HR team at recruitment.enquiries@wgrant.com.