About this role
Job title: Maintenance Electrician
About the Role As Maintenance Electrician at Diageo, you’ll play a critical role in keeping our site running safely, reliably and efficiently. You'll work within a skilled electrical and mechanical maintenance team and provide specialist electrical support across end-to-end operations — from blending and packaging through to dispatch. The role focuses on hazardous area electrical installations and requires adherence to WHS legislation and Diageo’s Global Risk Management Standards.
What You'll Do
- Deliver planned preventative maintenance to electrical equipment in line with the site maintenance strategy
- Respond quickly to breakdowns, diagnose faults and restore equipment to minimise downtime and improve OEE
- Provide front-line electrical support across blending, packaging and dispatch operations
- Support and contribute to root cause analysis, sharing knowledge and coaching others to prevent repeat issues
- Lead and contribute to Continuous Improvement initiatives that improve reliability and reduce maintenance costs year-on-year
- Support production lines through an electrical call-out roster (typically day and afternoon shifts) alongside fellow electricians and fitters
- Use CMMS systems (such as SAP) to accurately capture maintenance activity, data and insights
What We're Looking For
- A current Electrical Licence (essential)
- Recent hands-on experience in an industrial or FMCG maintenance environment
- Experience working with hazardous area electrical installations (highly desirable)
- Strong fault-finding, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Confidence reading and interpreting electrical schematics and drawings
- Proven experience (5+ years) working with PLC and SCADA-controlled equipment, variable speed drives, pneumatics and hydraulics
- Comfortable using digital tools, data-driven insights and related software