We're a global leader in premium drinks, one of the most dynamic consumer categories.
Job Description
Job Title: Electrical / Instrument Technician
Location: Leven, Scotland
Contract: 12 month FTC/Secondment
Closing Date: 24th May 2026
The role operates on a continental shift pattern, working 12‑hour shifts across days and nights.
About the Role
As an Electrical / Instrument Technician, you’ll play a key role within the site engineering team, maintaining and improving a wide range of plant equipment and systems—from LV electrical distribution and process control systems to boilers, compressors, HVAC, and utilities. You’ll be responsible for planned preventative maintenance, fault finding, and supporting capital projects including installation and commissioning activities.
As an Electrical / Instrument Technician, you’ll play a key role within the site engineering team, maintaining and improving a wide range of plant equipment and systems—from LV electrical distribution and process control systems to boilers, compressors, HVAC, and utilities. You’ll be responsible for planned preventative maintenance, fault finding, and supporting capital projects including installation and commissioning activities.
Working in a high‑performance environment, you’ll ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, and legislative standards, while driving continuous improvement across asset care, reliability, and productivity. You’ll also support operators, contribute to performance metrics, and use system data to help optimise site operations.
About You
You’re a time‑served Electrical or Controls/Instrumentation engineer with solid experience working in a manufacturing environment.
You’re a time‑served Electrical or Controls/Instrumentation engineer with solid experience working in a manufacturing environment.
You bring strong technical knowledge across electrical systems, instrumentation, and control, with the ability to read and interpret electrical drawings and P&IDs.
You’re comfortable using maintenance systems such as SAP, confident working with data, and committed to safe systems of work at all times. Ideally, you’ll also have exposure to PCS7, functional safety systems, and continuous improvement methodologies.
Most importantly, you’re someone who takes ownership, works collaboratively, and is passionate about maintaining high standards in safety, quality, and performance.
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.
About Us
With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Join us to collaborate, explore, and innovate as you build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.
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!
With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 29,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.
Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented thinkers, leaders, and makers from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.
With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.
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Primary Location: Leven, Scotland
Job posting start date: 7th May 2026