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From Johnnie Walker and Guinness to Tanqueray, Smirnoff and Don Julio, we craft brands chosen for life’s moments - from everyday connections to landmark celebrations.\nBring your talent, curiosity and ambition, and strive for your personal best alongside people who challenge, support and learn from each other. Together, as one outstanding team, we keep learning, improving and raising the bar for our brands, our business and each other.\nJoin us and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more!\nAbout the Function:\nSupply Chain & Manufacturing is where our brands are made, moved and delivered to the world. With over half of our people working across more than 100 sites, this is a complex, large-scale operation that brings together production, logistics, engineering and supplier partnerships.\nIt’s fast-paced and hands-on, with teams working together to ensure quality, efficiency and sustainability at every stage. 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Leven packages a huge volume of Scotch malt whiskies, white spirits and ready to drink brands to supply over 170 countries around the world and is a key manufacturing site within the Scotch supply category.\nAs a Mechanical Production Engineer within our team at Leven, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the efficient and effective maintenance, repair, problem-solving, and improvement of all mechanical assets to maximize their availability across the site.\nKey responsibilities:\nCollaborate with operations teams, CAPEX, and other maintenance groups to drive operational performance and improvements. \nEngage with operations teams and maintenance personnel to deliver and review mandatory and requested maintenance with minimal production impact, ensuring the availability of spare parts for scheduled maintenance tasks. \nImplement and develop maintenance programs aimed at supporting and improving asset performance and utilization. \nRespond promptly to plant breakdowns, identifying and repairing root causes to minimize downtime. \nReport maintenance outcomes via SAP to ensure the sharing of best practices. \nUphold health and safety compliance and maintaining high-quality standards in all aspects of work. \nHealth and safety compliance is key, and you will be at the forefront of making sure this is monitored alongside ensuring both site and personal KPI’s are achieved.\nShifts\nAs a Weekend Production Mechanical Engineer, you will work Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 7 am to 7 pm with rotating nights 1 weekend out of 3 from 7 pm to 7 am.\nExperience/skills required:\nTo be successful in this role, we’re looking for someone who has strong interpersonal skills and can communicate at all levels We would love to talk to someone who can use initiative and push forward their own ideas whilst offering guidance and support for our current approaches.\nKey skills and experience:\nRelevant qualifications and have demonstrable knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and environmental risk principles \nExperience in a production/FMCG environment desirable\nCan work well within a team as well as the ability to make effective decisions and thrive in situations where they can solve problems \nAble to push forward your own ideas about improvements to current approaches and appraise new opportunities. A desire to make a positive difference to manufacturing excellence.\nDesirable skills and experience: (Preferable but not essential)\nFabricating and welding\nMachining background\nIOSH or similar safety qualifications\nPackaging / bottling hall experience\nRewards & Benefits Statement\nWe recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including product allowance, pension contribution of upto 14% from Diageo, Private health, Virtual GP in hand, Benefits App to explore many more additional benefits and the invaluable benefit of 6 months of paid family leave.\nPrioritise your well-being with private medical insurance and share options, securing your financial future. Immerse yourself in our unique location, infused with heritage and iconic brands. 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