Maintenance Utilities Manager at Diageo

About the Role

Reporting to the Beer Packaging Engineering Manager, Maintenance Utilities Manager oversees the utilities maintenance, service operations and also the facilities management. The role involves ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, driving continuous improvement, and leading Utilities and facilities service through the specialist contractors. In this role, you will collaborate across multiple site functions with engineering, operations, compliance and with external partners delivering key improvement projects. You will strive to define greater efficiencies in particular, water, energy, gas usage and aims to enhance asset reliability and overall manufacturing efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards.
• Manage the optimal operation and maintenance of utility systems such as boilers, refrigeration, water treatment and electrical systems
• Implement cost savings opportunities and Continuous Improvement activity through focused projects
• Coordinate projects relating to upgrades, modifications or installations of new utility systems
• Drive projects to reduce site energy, carbon, and water usage aligned with site key performance indicators for environmental management
• Prepare budgets for Utilities, Facilities maintenance operations and monitoring of expenditures
• Provide technical solutions through Root Cause Problem Solving (RCPS) and promote the practice with contractor management teams
• Act as a leader in maintaining 5S and Asset Care standards.

About You

• For this role you’ll need to have a minimum HND or degree level qualification in electrical, mechanical or chemical/process engineering subject areas.
• We are looking for a dynamic leader with experience in leading teams and improving utility performance through efficiency and sustainability. Your leadership skills, combined with hands-on knowledge of plant operations and a proactive approach to problem-solving, will be key to enhancing asset performance and supporting a positive, high-performing workplace culture.