Cask Handler

Cask Handler

Diageo Leven, Scotland

Fixed Term Contract (multiple positions available)

Salary £33,518.18 + competitive benefits package including pension, shares scheme and bonus!

Working with Us

As one of the world's leading alcoholic beverage companies, we pride ourselves on providing our employees with a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including:

• End of year annual bonus (dependent on performance)

• 6 months, fully paid, family leave for ALL parents - regardless of gender

• Contributary pension scheme - planning for your future is important, which is why we contribute 14% to your pension while you contribute 6%

• Product allowance

• Free onsite parking, ensuring that your commute is hassle-free

• Opt-in private medical care for you and your family

• Share programmes and other voluntary benefits

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 best people.

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

About Us

Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks company known for our wonderful collection of iconic brands such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray, and Guinness.

At Diageo, we source, produce, and deliver 6.5 billion litres of our world leading products every year with over 200 brands in 180 countries. Our teams blend a diverse range of experience, knowledge, and skills. Join us to collaborate, explore, and innovate as you build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world,you'lltest innovative ideas, learn, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

About the role

• Play a significant role to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of colleagues and others
• Working safely within the team, aware of hazards within your work area, wider site and operating procedures and preventing incidents from occurring
• Responsible for the safe movement of spirit in casks within an established set of process procedures, either manually or by using site machinery.
• Required to support a range of activities including filling, warehousing, disgorging (emptying spirit from casks) and empty cask handling, to ensure targets are met relating to Health and Safety, quality, service and cost.
• There may be occasions when extended hours working will be required, particularly during peak periods.
• Both team and lone person working that require effective decision-making and problem-solving skills as well as an ability to use initiative to adapt pre-set work plans.
• Action must always be taken that ensures full compliance with all warehousing Health & Safety, Customs & Excise and environmental constraints.

About you

• Excellent analytical skills with ability to drive improvements.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate to key stakeholders across the site.
• Ability to organise a variety of tasks and prioritise self and others accordingly.
• Able to work as individual but also part of team. Have meticulous attention to detail.
• Good numerical skills
• Demonstrate a "Can Do" attitude and an ability to challenge appropriately.
• Experience of working in a team-orientated production environment would be advantageous, although support and development will be provided.

• Basic PC skills including Microsoft office
• Excellent organisational and planning skills
• Is an ambassador forManufacturing Excellence and continuous improvement.
• FLT Licence - relevant for tasks in area
• Knowledge/awareness of Health & Safety, Environment and HMRC Legislation

We're looking for someone who can work well within a team as well as the ability to make effective decisions and thrive in situations where they can solve problems!

You'll make this role your own. We want you to push forward your own ideas about improvements to current approaches and appraise new opportunities. Both roles present a great opportunity to make a positive difference to manufacturing excellence and showcase your excellent communication skills.]]>