Engineering Team Lead

Job Description:

Job Title: Engineering Team Lead
Fox & Geese Bottling Site - Dublin 22
Contract: Permanent

About Us:
Pernod Ricard's Gold Brand Unit is the Group's Aged Spirits & Champagne division, bringing together the prestigious portfolios of Irish Distillers, Chivas Brothers, Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouët and North American Distillers. With a global team operating across over 40 sites, and brands spanning Irish, Scotch and American Whiskey, Cognac, Champagne and wine, the division unites exceptional craftsmanship and deep expertise across iconic terroirs in Ireland, Scotland, France and North America. Its portfolio, rooted in heritage and provenance, embodies Pernod Ricard's commitment to excellence from Premium to Ultra-Prestige, delivering some of the world's most celebrated and enduring spirits and champagnes.

Role Purpose
The Engineering Team Lead is responsible for driving engineering best practice, asset care, and equipment reliability at the Fox & Geese bottling site. Working through both direct and indirect teams, the role focuses on eliminating preventable losses, embedding Asset Care principles, and supporting safe, efficient daily operations.
As a member of the local area management team, the role contributes to continuous improvement, risk management, and long-term asset performance within a regulated FMCG environment.

Key Accountabilities
Safety, Quality & Compliance
* Champion and embed a safe work environment, ensuring compliance with all safety, health, environmental, and quality legislation, standards, and site procedures.
* Ensure all team members are competent to operate equipment safely, including risk assessment competence in line with maintenance and regulatory standard.
* Lead investigations into safety incidents and audits, defining and implementing corrective actions in a timely manner.
* Support investigations into quality issues and implement engineering preventative and corrective actions as required.
People Leadership & Engagement
* Lead, coach, mentor and develop Engineering Maintenance Teams, Team Leaders and Multi-Skilled Technicians.
* Build effective working relationships with production, quality, and site stakeholders, communicating clearly at all levels.
* Support a high-performance, collaborative team culture aligned to site objectives.
Asset Care & Reliability
* Lead the development and deployment of Asset Care and Autonomous Maintenance within the bottling and packaging area.
* Work with the Maintenance Planner to define and deliver the Asset Care Continuous Improvement strategy.
* Drive improved performance through regular review and analysis of KPIs and equipment performance data.
* Lead Root Cause Analysis of equipment failures to prevent recurrence and improve long-term reliability.
Engineering Management & Delivery
* Define and execute area maintenance plans aligned with production demand, including management of external contractors where required.
* Support daily operations through attendance at key meetings and rapid response to escalated breakdowns.
* Identify CAPEX needs for equipment replacement and upgrades, contributing to User Requirement Briefs (URBs) and CAPEX governance processes.
* Ensure engineering procedures, standards, and documentation remain up to date and understood.

Essential Experience & Qualifications (HiredScore-Critical)
* Proven experience leading or supervising engineering or maintenance teams in a manufacturing or FMCG environment.
* Strong working knowledge of asset care, reliability engineering, and preventative maintenance practices.
* Demonstrated experience of Root Cause Analysis and problem-solving in an operational setting.
* Experience working in safety-critical or regulated environments with strong compliance requirements.
* Ability to lead teams, influence stakeholders, and communicate effectively across functions.
* Relevant engineering qualification (mechanical, electrical, industrial, or related discipline).

Desirable Experience & Qualifications
* Experience in food, beverage, packaging, or bottling operations.
* Exposure to Autonomous Maintenance and continuous improvement frameworks.
* Experience contributing to CAPEX projects and upgrade initiatives.
* Knowledge of audit processes (internal and external) within manufacturing environments.
* Familiarity with maintenance management systems and KPI reporting.

Leadership Behaviours
* Safety-first mindset with strong accountability.
* Calm, structured decision-making in high-pressure operational situations.
* Collaborative, coaching-led leadership style.
* Continuous improvement orientation.

What we offer
We understand our people are our special ingredient and at different points, employees require different supports at different stages of their working lives. Our benefits, perks and programmes look to support your employee journey. We want to make you feel recognised and valued for your contribution to our shared success. Some of offerings include;
* Hybrid working; A blended working arrangement of up to 3 days a week working from where you work best
* Profit share; - An annual profit share scheme to reward your contribution to the company's success.
* Allowance; an annual allowance to spend on our portfolio of products and merchandise, for you to enjoy responsibly.
* People Development: We enable continuous development for our people at every stage of their careers through our people development, online learning, and leadership training programmes.
* Family leave: fully paid maternity, parent and paternity leave, allowing you spend precious time with your new family member
* Parental Support: Our 'Reconnect' programme includes access to a workplace parenting coach, a phased return to work and a supportive environment for new parents
* Health & Wellbeing; Our Wellbeing Programme "THRIVE" supports employees across the three main pillars: Life, Body and Mind
* Charity Days: up to 2 days paid leave every year to volunteer at a charity of their choice

At Irish Distillers, we know that great spirits are crafted by blending unique ingredients, and we believe the same is true for people. We actively welcome individuals from all walks of life, and warmly welcome those with diverse religious backgrounds, ethnicities , members of the Irish Travelling community, genders, abilities, and identities. It's the mix of our experiences, voices, and cultures that gives us our true character."

Learn more about working with Irish Distillers, a Pernod Ricard Company - www.irishdistillers.ie/careers

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Job Posting End Date:

2026-06-30