Job Description :

Shift Electrical Engineer  

Guinness Packaging Site 

Marshalls Road - Belfast 

Permanent - 42hrs per week 

Closing date 05/01/2025 

Our Guinness Packaging Engineering Team have an outstanding passion for what they do, and we are looking for a driven and diligent individual to bring their own unique contributions to the team.

Base salary including shift allowance £52,260 + competitive benefits package including pension, shares scheme and bonus! 

Working with us 

As one of the world's leading alcoholic beverage companies, we pride ourselves on providing our employees with a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including: 

Base salary + substantial shift allowance 

End of year annual bonus (dependent on performance) 

6 months, fully paid, family leave for ALL parents - regardless of gender 

Contributary pension scheme 

Product allowance 

Free onsite parking with electrical charging, ensuring that your commute is hassle-free  

Opt-in private medical care for you and your family 

Share programmes and other voluntary benefits 

About Us 

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company known for our wonderful collection of iconic brands such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray, and Guinness. 

At Diageo, we source, produce and deliver 6.5 billion litres of our world leading products every year with over 200 brands in 180 countries. Our teams blend a diverse range of experience, knowledge, and skills. Join us to collaborate, explore, and innovate as you build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and unlock a brighter, more exciting future. 

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the world’s very best people. 

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you! 

About the role  

As a Shift Engineer, you'll play a key role in improving line efficiency by minimizing unplanned stoppages and improving planned maintenance. You’ll lead continuous improvement initiatives, working closely with maintenance teams to ensure quick turnarounds and address recurring issues through root cause problem solving. 

Your focus will be on increasing equipment uptime, driving performance in line with Diageo's standards, and ensuring health and safety compliance. Achieving site and personal KPIs will be a top priority as you contribute to our culture of manufacturing excellence. 

Key points you would be responsible for are:  

Contributing to the achievement and improvement of Asset Care KPI’s through the delivery of efficient and effective maintenance, repair, problem solving and improvement of assets and their availability across site.  

Contributing to the achievement and improvement of Asset Care KPIs through efficient maintenance, repairs, and problem-solving. 

Support improvement projects focused on compliance, waste reduction, cash savings, and performance reliability. 

Ensure effective information sharing, handovers, and teamwork, providing technical knowledge and collaborating with OEMs for solutions. 

Manage Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedules, ensuring accurate completion to standards and SAP input. 

Support capital work, including installation, commissioning, and early equipment management; review RCM as needed. 

Work with Operators, Reliability Engineers, and Shift Managers on situational problem-solving using root cause analysis. 

Participate in Daily Tier meetings to address and resolve performance issues. 

Proactively anticipate and address issues, driving solutions with the wider engineering team. 

Conduct Daily Craft Inspections and collaborate with Shift Managers to optimize machine efficiency and perform repairs during downtime. 

Health and safety compliance is key, and you’ll be at the forefront of making sure this is monitored alongside ensuring both site and personal targets are achieved. 

About you 

Are you a time served electrician and have a passion for delivering high standards? Are you able to react quickly to unexpected problems and make fast paced decisions? If so, then this may be just the role for you!  

To be successful in this role, we’re looking for someone who has a recognised Electrical Apprenticeship and an Electrical HNC OR equivalent. Proven experience in a production environment and able to demonstrate understanding of asset performance and maintenance philosophy. 

Bringing with you a shown understanding of electrical maintenance and the ability to meet goals are qualities that will set you up for success. 

Key skills and experience: 

Electrical HNC or equivalent 

Time served electrical qualification (NVQ level 3 etc) 

17/18th Edition 

Skills and proficiency are things that matter to Diageo, and so we’d love to hear from candidates from a wide range of backgrounds and experience who are passionate about transferring those skills and experience into a quality environment. 

Shifts 

This role requires you to work a 42hr week, 24/7 cover consisting of x2 day shifts, x2 night shifts, on a rolling 4 on 4 off basis. 

Working with us 

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this. 

We believe the most diverse and inclusive culture makes for a better business and a better world. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realise its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. Around the world we have a number of inclusive Business and Employee Resource Groups known as BRGs and ERGs. These influential groups, made up of our people, represent various viewpoints, experiences and communities who generate thought-provoking work to enhance our business and workplace, creating a sense of belonging and opportunities for all. 

Join us and be part of an organisation that embraces diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you will be encouraged and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of — and help build — an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more. And you'll help us champion inclusion and diversity across our entire business: with our employees, our suppliers, across our brands, and within the communities in which we operate. 

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. 

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