Distilleries Maintenance Lead

Nine Twenty; Airdrie; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering and manufacturing firm in Alberta is seeking a Distilleries Maintenance Lead to ensure world-class maintenance standards across multiple distilleries. The role involves overseeing maintenance activities, managing budgets, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Ideal candidates have strong experience in maintenance management within FMCG or manufacturing. This hybrid position offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Qualifications

• Strong maintenance management or technical leadership experience, ideally in FMCG, distilling, or manufacturing.
• Strong experience with MMS systems and using data to influence decisions.
• Knowledge of maintenance planning, scheduling, and budgeting principles.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day maintenance activity across multiple distilleries.
• Drive planned preventive maintenance alongside reactive breakdown response.
• Ensure compliance with statutory inspections and quality standards.

Skills

Maintenance management

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decision making

Safety compliance

Continuous improvement

Education

Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

MMS systems

Job description

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's 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 preventive 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

[e-mail]

07825 450 978