Project Engineer

Project Engineer

Location- Leven, Scotland

Full-Time, Permanent

Closing date - 08th January 2025

Join our Global Engineering Team

Diageo Global Engineering team is a trusted partner to safely deliver outstanding 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 standard methodology for all capital engineering projects. We also implement 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.

The role is positioned in the Spirit and Beer Packaging team within Global Engineering. The overall purpose of this team is to deliver against a 5-year Capex plan. This includes the annual operations Capex investment against Brand Change and Strategic CapEx.

Some of the key responsibilities are

• Deliver annual Capex plans ensuring projects are delivered safely on time, within budget, and to the expectations of the business.
• Responsibility for delivering Capex spend relating to own projects some of which could be in excess of £1M.
• Use specialist and engineering knowledge to provide technical specifications and costs for CapEx projects.
• Liaise with external resources/contractors and deploy appropriate resources to ensure project delivery.
• Ensure compliance with appropriate Health & Safety, Engineering Safety Compliance and Environmental standards.

To be successful in the role, you will need

• A professional engineer qualified to Higher National or Degree level, who can demonstrate competence for the role based on previous or current experience. Considerable experience and professional development in areas such as project management are needed and critical for the role.
• Strong health and safety experience and relevant qualification i.e. NEBOSH.
• Experience in lean manufacturing techniques would be advantageous.
• Good at networking to establish excellent relationships, effective influencer, with excellent communication skills.
• A full clean Driving License.

Depending on the project requirements, the role will also require some travel to other sites.

Working with Us

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including:

• Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Private medical insurance
• Product allowance
• Access to discounts ar 1000's of retailers
• Contributory pension of up to 14% by Diageo
• Sharesave/sharepurchase/sharematch options
• Cycle to work scheme
• Annual bonus (dependent on performance)
• 34 days annual leave per annum including bank holidays
• 6 months paid parental leave to all employees

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is 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 create 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, pioneering brands to the next level.      

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