Distillery Maintenance Team Leader

About the role

Lead a team of maintenance professionals at Appleton Estate, ensuring reliability, safety and performance of distillery operations while collaborating with Operations, Engineering and site leadership.

Key responsibilities

• Lead day‑to‑day electrical and mechanical maintenance activities and manage planned, corrective and emergency work.
• Support equipment reliability, drive preventive‑maintenance compliance and continuous‑improvement initiatives.
• Coach and develop frontline maintenance staff, perform root‑cause analysis and implement sustainable solutions.
• Partner with operations and technical teams to improve efficiency, and contribute to commissioning and maintenance of new equipment.

Required profile

• Technical qualification in Engineering, Chemistry or related discipline.
• At least 5 years of experience in manufacturing, maintenance, production or plant engineering.
• Strong mechanical and electrical maintenance knowledge and experience leading teams.
• Familiarity with Health & Safety, HACCP, ISO and Food Safety standards.
• Valid Food Handler's Permit (or ability to obtain one).

Required skills

• Mechanical maintenance
• Electrical maintenance
• CMMS (e.g., Megamation)
• SAP
• HACCP
• ISO standards
• Food Safety compliance
• Food Handler's Permit