William Grant & Sons
Weekend Lead Technician
Bellshill
Posted 1 day ago
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The Opportunity
We're looking for a Lead Technician to support our Packaging operation at Bellshill, helping to drive performance, reliability, and continuous improvement across our production site. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced engineering or maintenance professional who enjoys leading from the front, developing people, and delivering operational excellence in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
What you’ll be doing
- Coordinating shift activities to maximise team performance and resource utilisation
- Ensuring all maintenance activities are completed safely and in compliance with company and legislative requirements
- Managing contractors effectively and in line with company procedures
- Taking ownership of planned and corrective maintenance schedules for production lines and site services
- Driving equipment reliability and continuous improvement initiatives
- Working closely with Bottling Team Leaders and operational teams to support production performance
- Building strong relationships with internal stakeholders and maintenance support functions
- Reviewing maintenance activities within IFS to eliminate non-value-adding tasks and improve efficiency
- Supporting the identification of skills gaps and contributing to technician training and development plans
- Assisting with new product introductions, trials, capital projects and line improvement activities
- Producing technical reports, recommendations and improvement plans based on operational data and findings
- Championing an inclusive culture where diverse perspectives and ideas are valued
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About You
- Previous experience in a maintenance, engineering or technician role within a manufacturing environment
- Experience leading, coordinating or coaching technical teams
- Strong fault-finding and problem-solving capabilities
- Knowledge of planned and preventative maintenance practices
- Experience working with maintenance management systems such as IFS or similar
- A continuous improvement mindset with a focus on performance and reliability
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- The ability to prioritise workloads and coordinate multiple activities effectively
- A commitment to health, safety and environmental standards
What we can offer you
- We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
- Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
- Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
- Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
- Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
- Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
- Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
- Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
- Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
- Learning resources to help you be your best self.
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Hours of work
- 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. on a Friday
- 6.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. on a Saturday and Sunday
- 6.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon on a Monday with a 30-minute break each day.
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Skills
Team Leadership
Fault-finding
Problem-solving
Planned and Preventative Maintenance
IFS Maintenance Management
Continuous Improvement
Stakeholder Management
Contractor Management
Technical Reporting
Resource Utilisation
Health and Safety Compliance