Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Main Responsibility

• To provide specialist technical support to ensure maximum efficiency from production and engineering assets, ensuring planned, predictive and corrective maintenance tasks are completed as scheduled.
• Ensure compliance with relevant health, safety & environmental legislation, safe systems of work and documented procedures during all work activities.
• Build and maintain key relationships with all customers ensuring a high level of Customer Service at all times in accordance with Service Level Agreements.
• To drive and support team based improvement projects and actively participate in advanced analysis of plant and equipment failures (e.g. Root Cause Analysis, FMEA/FMECA etc) and agree action plans
• Ensure timely effective response to unplanned breakdowns, undertake root cause analysis and implement permanent solutions wherever possible, focusing on more complex and highly technical activities.
• Ensure that all appropriate maintenance and technical records including plant history are updated as required using IFS and that all maintenance planned activities are executed in a timely manner.
• Ensure that all data in relation to maintenance, inspection, verification and repair activities undertaken is recorded in the site CMMS (IFS) for KPI and reporting purposes.
• To develop and maintain the appropriate competence levels to ensure that all tasks are completed safely and efficiently.

Our Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Time served/qualified Mechanical or Maintenance Fitter
• Awareness and understanding of relevant engineering standards
• Working knowledge of Health, Safety Environmental and Continuous Improvement techniques
• Working knowledge of a CMMS system
• Track record providing engineering solutions across a variety of complex machinery and equipment in a live production environment

Desirable

• HNC/D qualified in Mechanical engineering
• Experience of working within a 24/7 manufacturing site, spirits would be advantageous.
• Working knowledge of maintenance techniques and the application of them

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.