Coppersmith or Engineer/Time-served Tradesperson

3 weeks ago


Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom Diageo Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a skilled tradesperson to join our coppersmithing and engineering team at Abercrombie, Alloa.

As a critical part of the team, you will have the opportunity to work alongside operators and coopers, as well as other members of the maintenance team and asset care team.

You will report to the Business Leader and work closely with the Abercrombie management team, distillery operations teams, CAPEX engineers, and maintenance groups to maximise efficiency of operational assets across distilleries.

This includes providing emergency response to plant breakdown situations, where you will respond promptly and efficiently to analyse, fault find, and repair using root cause problem solving techniques to ensure downtime is kept to a minimum.

You will also be required to provide maintenance support to our Northern Distilleries, including travel to Islay.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support the delivery of efficient and effective maintenance on site, including repairs, RCPS, and the improvement of assets and their availability.
  • Work closely with operations teams, CAPEX, and other maintenance groups (Mechanical) to maximise efficiency of operational assets.
  • Use of our Computerised Maintenance Management System (SAP-PM) for raising, updating, and recording of maintenance tasks in accordance with a weekly asset care delivery plan.
  • To work with the Maintenance Manager, Site Management, and Maintenance Planners to ensure compliance with and delivery of Plant KPI metrics.
  • Deliver all mechanical maintenance activities for respective engineering centre/site in accordance with a weekly/daily asset care delivery plan.
  • Support Maintenance Managers and act as a point of contact for asset care Manufacturing Excellence (TRACC) metric delivery at sites. Lead workstreams that produce results in improving reliability and efficiency, whilst at the same time deliver potential cost savings to the business.
  • Own and drive asset care IMPROVE activity both directly at site and within the asset care community. Actively take part in root cause problem solving (RCPS) activity and provide subject matter expertise to ensure that 100-year fixes are identified, actioned, and implemented.

Qualifications/Essentials:

  • HNC in an Engineering subject
  • Time-served craftsperson

About You:

Our ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate across all levels. You will be actively engaging with partners and the Maintenance Planning Department to ensure valuable Planned Preventative Maintenance Tasks are at the core of the Maintenance Strategy. You will also be required to participate in Root Cause Problem Solving sessions.

You will be organised and self-reliant, handling your own workload and priorities while solving problems and supporting process and equipment improvement projects.

Worker Type: Regular

Primary Location: Abercrombie

Additional Locations:



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