Project Engineer (Plant Design)

Moray House, Elgin

Full Time (Permanent & 12 month FTC)

End Date to apply: 15th March’2024

This is an exciting time to work for Diageo Global Engineering team as Diageo has impressive ambitions to grow our World Class Brand as well as creating an enduring sustainable business. Global Engineering are at the centre of this ambition, and we will need to lead the way for asset master planning and brilliantly execute bigger and more complex projects.

Join our Global Engineering Team!

Diageo Global Engineering team is a trusted partner to safely deliver best-in-class Engineering Solutions that bring Diageo Products to the World. We succeed together through our talented people, collaboration, agility and creativity.

Global Engineering works to define, build and embed best practices for all capital engineering projects. We also execute projects wherever it is required of us. Through capital projects and innovative solutions, we enable the business to grow in line with the 6 must-do's - Safety, Value, Quality, Innovation, Sustainability, and Consistency.

Your Impact on this Role 

Collaborating closely with site operations, technical and business partnering functions to lead capital expenditure projects sought to advance the business goals across a vast operational landscape. This encompasses 30 distilleries and 4 maltings. 

You will be supporting projects across our Scotch footprint, which may include sites across the central belt of Scotland, as well as Speyside, the Highlands, and the Isle of Islay. This geographic scope may vary based on business priorities.

The Scotch Category encompasses the production of all Diageo's Scotch whiskies and a significant portion of gin, vodka, and rum. It holds a leading position within the spirits production industry and plays a crucial role in ensuring a consistent supply of bottled products to markets worldwide. The responsibilities of this role extend not only to the Scotch production footprint but also encompass our co-products and bio-energy facilities.

Key Responsibilities:

·      Applying specialist engineering knowledge to deliver single-discipline and multi-discipline capex projects to precise technical specifications.

·      Leading scope, budget, quality, and scheduling for capex projects.

·      Coordinating and leading all aspects of external contractors and suppliers.

·      Supporting operations teams in developing a long-term strategy for site assets

·      Delivering annual capex plans across Scotch, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in line with business expectations.

·      Collaborating closely with external resources/contractors and deploying appropriate resources to ensure project delivery.

·      Ensuring compliance with applicable Health, Safety, and Environmental standards.

About You

• To thrive in this role, you should have prior experience in liquid process plant design, installation and commissioning. 
• Possessing qualifications inEngineering is crucial (Mechanical Preferred, but not essential).  Demonstrate a strong background in project management, with APM, Prince 2, or an equivalent qualification.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, as well as your ability to take the lead and drive continuous improvements. If you don't already have it, a willingness to work towards a NEBOSH qualification is important.
• A full clean driving license is a requirement due to the travel responsibilities associated with this role.

Flexible Working Statement

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our people work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

Working with Us

Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including an annual bonus, product allowance, 6 months of paid parental leave, private medical insurance, share options, contributory pension scheme.

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality, or ethnicity.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills, and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose, and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

About Us

From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of great character, and in 250 years, nothing’s changed. We’re the world’s leading premium alcohol company. Our brands are industry icons. And our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It’s why we trust them with our legacy. And it’s why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve.

Our ambition is to build the best-performing, most trusted, and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the world’s very best people.

We're looking for people with creativity, boldness, and a sense of purpose to take Diageo and our timeless, groundbreaking brands to the next level.

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