Engineering Services Team Manager

Engineering Site Services Manager

Your Manager: Engineering Manager

Team: Bottling & Blending, Bottling Operations

Location: Kilmalid, Dumbarton

This role is part of Chivas Brothers, a division of Pernod Ricard.

Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & Governance

• Provide clear and effective line management for the site services engineering team, setting priorities, expectations, and standards aligned to safety, compliance, and operational requirements.
• Coach, develop, and performance manage Team Leaders, Multi-Skilled Technicians, and Facility and Contract Leads, building capability, accountability, and engagement.
• Allocate work, resources, and contractor support to ensure delivery of statutory maintenance, reactive response, and planned activity.
• Act as the escalation point for complex technical, people, and performance issues within the site services function.

Asset Care, Reliability & Continuous Improvement

• Be responsible for the development and deployment of the site asset care and reliability strategy, embedding engineering best practice, autonomous maintenance principles, and loss elimination across site services and utilities.
• Drive sustained reductions in preventable unplanned losses through robust KPI management, trend analysis, and structured root cause investigation.
• Build capability within the site services team through focused coaching, technical guidance, and expectation setting.
• Lead targeted continuous improvement initiatives to enhance asset integrity, performance, and lifecycle value.

Maintenance Strategy & Execution Oversight

• Define and govern maintenance strategies and plans that balance production demand, asset risk, statutory compliance, and cost efficiency.
• Oversee the effective execution of planned, reactive, and corrective maintenance through internal teams and external contractors.
• Ensure maintenance systems, service records, and engineering procedures are current, compliant, and consistently applied.

Asset Strategy, Lifecycle Management & Investment Governance

• Identify and prioritise asset replacement, upgrade, and obsolescence risks, developing medium- and long-term asset strategies aligned to business objectives, sustainability, and reliability performance.
• Act as technical authority for site services and infrastructure assets, ensuring solutions are fit for purpose, compliant, and aligned to lifecycle standards.
• Provide technical input into asset investment proposals, User Requirement Briefs, and functional specifications, supporting governance and approval through CAPEX SteerCo and delivery teams.
• Support CAPEX delivery teams through technical assurance, design review, and operational readiness input, without direct budget accountability.

Contractor, Supplier & Commercial Management

• Provide governance and performance oversight of suppliers and contractors, ensuring compliance with safety, quality, and commercial expectations.
• Own and control the site services operating budget, including maintenance, reactive works, continuous improvement, and contractor spend.
• Ensure effective control of contractor activity through permits, LOTO, SSOW, and CDM compliance.

Safety, Quality & Regulatory Compliance

• Own and govern engineering compliance for site services with all statutory, safety, quality, environmental, and insurance requirements.
• Lead engineering input into safety incidents and investigations, ensuring timely identification of root causes and implementation of corrective and preventative actions.
• Be responsible for technical responses to internal and external audits (HSE, LRQA, Zurich, SFS, Local Authority, SEPA, Environmental Agency), ensuring findings are closed out and standards maintained.
• Proactively identify safety and compliance risks across site services and implement effective mitigation measures.

Business Continuity, Incidents & Stakeholder Support

• Provide technical leadership during site incidents, breakdowns, and emergencies, ensuring rapid escalation, root cause analysis, and recovery actions to protect business continuity.
• Act as a key technical interface with site leadership, operations, security, quality, and project teams to support operational and strategic objectives.
• Lead technical solutions for site security systems, including access control, cameras, and supporting infrastructure.

Facilities, Fleet & Soft Services Oversight

• Set and maintain site office and facilities standards, including coordination of communications, visitor management, and events.
• Provide governance and technical oversight for soft services delivery, including catering, cleaning, security, reception, IT/network interfaces.
• Support fleet management compliance requirements across sites.

Systems & Data Management

• Ensure effective use of the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to manage compliance, asset performance, technician productivity, and reporting.
• Use data and insight to inform prioritisation, risk management, and continuous improvement activity.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified (BSc/BEng) in Mechanical, Electrical, or Building Services Engineering, or equivalent experience, with strong technical knowledge across mechanical, electrical, civil, electronic, and building services disciplines.
• Extensive experience in engineering leadership roles within fast-paced, high-volume operational environments, with proven experience governing large contractor populations and complex site activities.
• Strong working knowledge of permits, LOTO, SSOW, CDM regulations, incident investigation, and audit processes.
• Competent in the use of Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) and other business systems.
• Hold IOSH Managing Safely (or equivalent), with knowledge of contractor accreditation schemes (e.g. CSCS).

Benefits

Health benefits include private medical insurance, income protection and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

Lifestyle benefits: 25 days’ annual holiday (increasing to 27 with length of service) plus 11 public holidays, employee pension, share incentive plan, share ownership plan, life assurance and more.

Access to gifts & discounts, a staff shop allowance, reward & recognition scheme, employee discounts from high street retailers.

EEO & Diversity Statement

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.

We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain, fostering an inclusive culture where individuals can be themselves.

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