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Cooperage Operator

Cooperage Operator

Alloa, Scotland

Closing Date: 13/01/2025

CooperageOperator - £43,154,02 including shift allowance+ competitive benefits package with pension, shares scheme and bonus.

Join our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team.

Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo's 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It's an intricate and sophisticated operation that's the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.

Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We're committed to realising our 'Society 2030: Spirit of Progress' goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we'll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.

About the role

As an Operator you will play a pivotal role in the day-to-day running of our Cooperage based at Cambus. Our modern, state of the art cooperage has been custom designed in close co-operation with the company's coopers, drawing on generations of skill, craft, and experience.

You will be working within the rejuvenation process supporting our coopers with preparing the casks for rejuvenation and making the casks tight and fit for filling before exiting the cooperage, using a combination of trained handling techniques, hydraulic machinery, and bespoke robotic technology.

Quality is at the heart of everything we do and a keen attention to detail, passion for learning about our products/industry and embracing teamwork is a must.

The Operator role will cover a rotating 3-shift pattern consisting of:

Early shift: Monday - Thursday (6am - 2pm), Friday (6am - 11.45)

Backshift: Monday - Thursday (2pm - 10pm), Friday (11.30am - 5.30pm)

Nightshift: Sunday - Friday (10pm - 6am)

What you'll bring

As a Cooperage Operator you will be expected to demonstrate high levels of teamwork and flexibility working in your core role as well as supporting other areas. The role involves working in a large team production environment and good communication is essential. Working to the highest level of Health & Safety is expected from all personnel working within Diageo.

In addition, you'll demonstrate the ability to:

• Work efficiently and in a safe manner at all times

• Work to and achieve set targets at workstations

• Communicate effectively with other team members

• Display positive behaviours and flexibility on an ongoing basis.

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. This role presents a great opportunity to make a positive difference to manufacturing excellence and showcase your excellent communication skills.

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.

Ourambitionistocreatethebestperforming,mosttrustedandrespectedconsumer 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!

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Cooperage Operator

Alloa, UK
Full-Time

Published on 09/01/2025

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