Job Description
**Engineering Shift Manager** **Summary:** Lead and develop electrical maintenance teams to execute the Packaging maintenance program, ensuring equipment reliability aligns with modern manufacturing standards. Hours of work: This position requires working day shifts from 6am to 2pm and evening shifts 2pm to 10pm on alternating weeks. Irish Distillers is Ireland's leading supplier of spirits and wines and producer of some of the world's most well-known and successful Irish whiskeys. Led by Jameson, our brands are driving the success of Irish whiskey globally. **Key Responsibilities:** * Assist the Engineering manager in leading and developing the mechanical and electrical maintenance teams in the execution of the Packaging maintenance program * Deliver modern and effective reliability/asset care processes and procedures and standardization, continuously improving equipment performance in line with Lean principles, standards and systems * Capable of challenging the status quo and have the ability to challenge, develop and coach the maintenance teams in the delivery of the engineering reliability and lean operations strategy * Key influencer at a cross functional level * Must lead the maintenance team to best in class (site and company) in Lean Principles * Investing in and developing a culture of accountability within the engineering department * Play a pivotal role in influencing transformational change * Help Fox & Geese become best in class Pernod Ricard Affiliate in terms of safety, quality and productivity **Compliance:** * Every employee has a duty of care to ensure the safety and wellbeing of themselves and others * Ensure compliance and comply with all safety, health, environment, and quality legislation, procedures and standards in the workplace * Are responsible for ensuring all team members are competent to operate equipment and perform all duties safely (risk assessment competent) and according to maintenance regulatory standards, legislation, and site procedures and standards * Champion and embed a safe work environment **People Engagement and Leadership:** * Be Real, Be Remarkable, Be Responsible, role-modelling the Irish Distillers Values * Embrace and support a competitive and collaborative High-Performance team mindset * Team building, mentoring and coaching skills * Must be able to build relationships with plant personnel, communicate in an effective, interesting and persuasive way with employees at all levels * Coach and support craft and line teams to deliver performance and increase reliability of machines * Champion an agile continuous improvement mindset in IDL, Production and your direct team * Lead and participate in improvement projects using relevant Lean principle tools **Qualifications and Experience:** * Experience leading a team and strong understanding of how to develop a high performing team * BEng Degree (Mech, Elec, Mnf) or Minimum: BEng Tech / HCEng / City and Guilds (Mech, Elec, Mnf) * Strong Lean manufacturing experience, minimum green belt or equivalent * Strong financial awareness, understanding of business drivers, budgeting processes * Experience in the use of computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS)