Electrical Engineer

Location: Leven, Scotland

Contract: x2 Full-time, Permanent positions available

Shift Pattern: Rotating weekly – Days (08:00–16:45), Backs (14:00–22:00), Nights (22:00–06:00)

Working hours: 38 hours per week + overtime available

End date to Apply: 5th Feb 2026

Competitive package of £53,914.94, including base salary and all allowances, plus a benefits package that includes pension, share scheme, and bonus!

About Us

At Diageo, we’re home to world-famous brands like Baileys, Guinness, Smirnoff, and Johnnie Walker. Every year, we produce and deliver 6.5 billion litres of product across 180 global markets. Our Leven site is one of the largest and most advanced packaging facilities in the world, and we’re proud of the collaborative culture that underpins our success.

Working at Diageo means being part of a team that values inclusion, innovation, and continuous improvement. Whether you're joining us on a fixed-term contract or as a permanent colleague, you’ll be supported to develop your career while helping us deliver on our performance goals.

About the Role

As an Electrical Production Engineer, you will be part of the Packaging Line Craft team, bringing your technical expertise to help ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations across high-speed packaging lines. You’ll support asset care, carry out planned and reactive maintenance, and drive improvements in line performance, safety, quality, and delivery.

Working closely with operators and team leaders, you’ll also coach colleagues in autonomous maintenance and troubleshooting. Your proactive approach to identifying and fixing problems will be key, and you’ll contribute to improvement projects, shift handovers, and Tier meetings. Safety is a top priority, and you’ll work in full compliance with safe systems of work, ensuring lockout/tagout and electrical standards are always met.

We’re looking for an experienced and self-motivated Electrical Engineer who:

• Thrives in a team setting and is confident in a fast-paced, high-performing production environment.
• Is comfortable working with SAP and maintenance systems.
• Has a structured approach to problem-solving and process improvement.
• Holds a recognised apprenticeship or HNC in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent).
• Ideally has experience in FMCG or high-speed manufacturing.
• Understands asset care systems and quality/safety compliance.
• Has a multiskilled background or is willing to develop further.

Key Site and Team Facts –  

• 100+ Brands, 2,500 SKU’s & up to 40 million cases packed a year  
• Whisky, Gin, Vodka, Rum & a wide range of ready-to-drink products  
• Over 1.25m cases per week at peak  
• 1100 people including 3rd parties  
• 25 lines spread over three halls, with two new lines in the next 6 months  

Working with Us

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you!

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