Job Description
Summary: Engineering Shift Manager sought to lead electrical maintenance teams and implement modern processes to improve equipment performance.
This position requires working day shifts from 6am to 2pm and evening shifts 2pm to 10pm on alternating weeks. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, this is an onsite position based at Fox & Geese site.
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. Our brands are driving the success of Irish whiskey globally.
The role's objective is to support the engineering manager in leading and developing electrical maintenance teams. This includes executing the Packaging maintenance program to ensure equipment reliability aligns with modern manufacturing standards.
The role involves implementing modern processes, procedures, and standardization to continuously improve equipment performance using lean principles. The position requires a strong understanding of how to develop a high-performing team.
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.
- Capable of challenging the status quo and have the ability to develop and coach the maintenance teams.
- Key influencer at a cross-functional level.
- Lead the maintenance team to best in class in Lean Principles.
- Invest in and develop a culture of accountability within the engineering department.
- Play a pivotal role in influencing transformational change.
Compliance:
- Every employee has a duty of care to ensure the safety and wellbeing of themselves and others.
- Ensure compliance with all safety, health, environment, and quality legislation, procedures, and standards in the workplace.
- 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 and communicate effectively.
- Support and champion the capability development of the maintenance team.
Job Requirements:
- Experience leading a team and strong understanding of how to develop a high-performing team.
- BEng Degree (Mech, Elec, Mnf) or Minimum: BEngTech / 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.
What We Offer:
- Profit share: An annual profit share scheme.
- Product allowance: an annual allowance to spend on our portfolio of products.
- People Development: Continuous development for our people through various programmes.
- Health & Wellbeing: Our Wellbeing Programme supports employees across the three main pillars: Life, Body and Mind.