Distilleries Maintenance Lead, Jobs, 10458

Distilleries Maintenance Lead - Moray

 

Distilleries Maintenance Lead


Multi-site (Highlands & Speyside) | Hybrid Role

Office Base Speyside with mobility between sites (3-5 days per month)

Competitive Salary & Benefits Package

Nine Twenty Engineering & Manufacturing are delighted to be continuing our partnership with International Beveridge in their search for a Distilleries Maintenance Lead, a pivotal role that will drive a strong safety culture while ensuring the delivery of world-class maintenance standards across their distillery estate.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in shaping the future of International Beveridge' multi-site operations by developing and delivering effective maintenance strategies, ensuring asset reliability, and embedding a culture of continuous improvement.

About the Role

The Distilleries Maintenance Lead will:

  • Oversee day-to-day maintenance activity across multiple distilleries, ensuring asset reliability and availability.
  • Drive the delivery of planned preventative maintenance (PPM) alongside reactive breakdown response, all captured within the MMS to build data for long-term improvements.
  • Work with multi-site stakeholders to forecast R&M and CapEx budgets, aligning with wider business strategies.
  • Ensure compliance with statutory inspections, quality, and regulatory standards, returning assets safely and efficiently to production.
  • Optimise distillery performance through effective planning, resource management, and collaboration.
  • Champion a strong safety culture, embedding standards across all operations.

The Scope

  • Responsibility for the full lifecycle of maintenance and facilities management across a number of production sites.
  • Ensuring budgets, compliance, and inspection regimes are met.
  • Supervising contractors and resources while building collaborative relationships across functions.
  • Driving sustainability through utility consumption monitoring and efficiency reviews.

About You

We’re looking for someone with:

  • Strong maintenance management or technical leadership experience, ideally within FMCG, distilling, or manufacturing.
  • Strong experience with MMS systems and using data to influence decisions.
  • Knowledge of maintenance planning, scheduling, and budgeting principles.
  • A collaborative approach with excellent stakeholder management skills.
  • High attention to detail with the ability to manage competing priorities across multiple sites.
  • Proven ability to drive safety, compliance, and continuous improvement.
  • Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering OR Time served Mech/Elec Engineer with Maintenance Background (or equivalent hands-on experience) - preferred 

 

Apply now or contact:

Caroline Strachan

cstrachan@weareninetwenty.com

07825 450 978