Lead Project Engineer

Lead Project Engineer

Location: Leven

Full-time, Permanent position

Closing date: 8th January 2025

Join our Global Engineering Team

As the home of iconic brands such as Baileys, Guinness, Smirnoff, and Johnnie Walker, at Diageo we source, produce and deliver 6.5 billion litres of world-leading products every year across 180 markets globally. Because of this huge undertaking, we rely on highly advanced systems as well as the very best talent to make sure our businesses continue to run efficiently.

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 versatile people, collaboration, agility and creativity.

Global Engineering works to define, build and embed best practice for all capital engineering projects. We also execute projects wherever it is required of us. Throughout 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.

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 implement bigger and more complex projects.

About this Role 

The role is positioned in the Diageo Global Engineering team providing Capital Project Management (CapEx) services to Diageo's Scotch, Europe Spirits and Beer packaging sites. The overall purpose of the team is to deliver the investment plan (Annual Operating Plan – AOP) for asset investments on a year on year basis.

In this role, you will work alongside the Operations Project Management to deliver the business goals. Working with other members of the Diageo Global Engineering team, this role must ensure the delivery of the overall business and strategic priorities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Using of specialist engineering knowledge to deliver capital projects to correct technical specification and managing efficient spend for capital projects.
• Co-ordinating and managing external resources.
• Leading a team of Capex resources assigned to the project for day to day direction.
• Delivering the scope safely, on time, within cost to the expected quality, while managing risk and resolving issues.
• Ensuring compliance with appropriate Health, Safety and Environmental standards, Diageo Code of Conduct, Legal & Regulatory Standards as they apply to the delivery of capital investments.

You will be able to leverage their own experience and capability to effectively run multiple contracts with project OEM’s and contractors to ensure the project delivers as expected. Support for same will be provided by a support resource assigned to the project by Diageo Procurement.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Strong Health & Safety experience or equivalent and/or relevant qualification i.e. NEBOSH.
• Good at networking to establish excellent relationships, effective influencer, with excellent communication skills.
• Engineering knowledge and experience would be an advantage.
• Considerable experience and professional development in areas such as project management is required. APM (Professional) Qualification is required either at entry or to be acquired within a limited timeframe.
• A full clean UK Driving License.

Working with Us

Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including annual bonus, product allowance, 6 months paid family 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 outstanding 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 encouraged? Then this may be the opportunity for you.