Mechanical Production Engineer

Diageo; Leven; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Product allowance

Pension contribution up to 14%

Private health

Virtual GP service

Benefits App with extra rewards

Paid family leave (6 months)

Job summary

Diageo's Leven site is seeking a Mechanical Production Engineer on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role focuses on maintenance, repair, and improvement of mechanical assets to maximise site availability, with weekend shifts Fri–Sun, 7am–7pm and rotating nights. Apply by 05 October.

Based at Leven, you will collaborate with operations and maintenance teams, implement maintenance programs, and ensure safety and quality across all activities.

Qualifications

• Experience with health and safety legislation and risk assessment.
• Experience in production/FMCG environments desirable.
• Ability to communicate at all levels.
• Proactive in manufacturing improvements.
• Willingness to work weekends and shifts.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with operations and maintenance to drive performance improvements.
• Coordinate maintenance tasks with minimal production impact and ensure spare parts availability.
• Develop maintenance programs to improve asset performance and utilisation.
• Respond to plant breakdowns and identify root causes to minimise downtime.
• Log maintenance outcomes in SAP and uphold safety and quality standards.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Health and Safety knowledge

Environmental risk principles

Production/FMCG experience

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Job description

Job Description : Mechanical Production Engineer

Location: Leven, Scotland. Contract: 12-Months Fixed-Term Contract. Work Pattern: Weekends, Friday-Sunday. End date to Apply: 05th October. Competitive salary of £46,702.09 including shift allowance and other benefits.

About Us:

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, Diageo is home to some of the world’s most iconic drinks. From Johnnie Walker and Guinness to Tanqueray, Smirnoff and Don Julio, we craft brands chosen for life’s moments — from everyday connections to landmark celebrations. Bring your talent, curiosity and ambition, and strive for your personal best alongside people who challenge, support and learn from each other. Together, as one outstanding team, we keep learning, improving and raising the bar for our brands, our business and each other. Join us and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more!

About the Function:

Supply Chain & Manufacturing is where our brands are made, moved and delivered to the world. With over half of our people working across more than 100 sites, this is a complex, large-scale operation that brings together production, logistics, engineering and supplier partnerships. It’s fast-paced and hands-on, with teams working together to ensure quality, efficiency and sustainability at every stage. From sourcing ingredients to getting products into customers’ hands, you’ll play a role in delivering the brands people know and love.

About the Role:

This role is based at Diageo’s Leven packaging site. Leven packages a huge volume of Scotch malt whiskies, white spirits and ready to drink brands to supply over 170 countries around the world and is a key manufacturing site within the Scotch supply category. As a Mechanical Production Engineer within our team at Leven, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the efficient and effective maintenance, repair, problem-solving, and improvement of all mechanical assets to maximize their availability across the site.

Key responsibilities:

• Collaborate with operations teams, CAPEX, and other maintenance groups to drive operational performance and improvements.
• Engage with operations teams and maintenance personnel to deliver and review mandatory and requested maintenance with minimal production impact, ensuring the availability of spare parts for scheduled maintenance tasks.
• Implement and develop maintenance programs aimed at supporting and improving asset performance and utilization.
• Respond promptly to plant breakdowns, identifying and repairing root causes to minimize downtime.
• Report maintenance outcomes via SAP to ensure the sharing of best practices.
• Uphold health and safety compliance and maintaining high-quality standards in all aspects of work.
• Health and safety compliance is key, and you will be at the forefront of making sure this is monitored alongside ensuring both site and personal KPI’s are achieved.

Shifts As a Weekend Production Mechanical Engineer, you will work Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 7 am to 7 pm with rotating nights 1 weekend out of 3 from 7 pm to 7 am.

Experience/skills required:

To be successful in this role, we’re looking for someone who has strong interpersonal skills and can communicate at all levels

Key skills and experience:

• Relevant qualifications and have demonstrable knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and environmental risk principles
• Experience in a production/FMCG environment desirable
• Can work well within a team as well as the ability to make effective decisions and thrive in situations where they can solve problems
• Able to push forward your own ideas about improvements to current approaches and appraise new opportunities.
• A desire to make a positive difference to manufacturing excellence.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Fabricating and welding
• Machining background
• IOSH or similar safety qualifications
• Packaging / bottling hall experience

Rewards & Benefits Statement

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including product allowance, pension contribution of upto 14% from Diageo, Private health, Virtual GP in hand, Benefits App to explore many more additional benefits and the invaluable benefit of 6 months of paid family leave. Prioritise your well‑being with private medical insurance and share options, securing your financial future. Immerse yourself in our unique location, infused with heritage and iconic brands. Bid farewell to parking hassles with complimentary on‑site parking and relish our well‑maintained facilities.

Diversity Statement

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this. We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more. Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

About Diageo

With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 29,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities.