Senior Operator

Senior Operator - Distilling and Maturation

Cameronbridge, Scotland

Full time - Permanent

Closing Date - 24/01/2025

Take our heritage into the future. Make way for tomorrow with Diageo Supply...

From pioneers like Arthur Guinness, John Walker and Elizabeth Cumming, to the digital disrupters already shaping our future, at Diageo, we've never stopped looking forward. We're continuing to build on our heritage and, with eCommerce at the heart of everything we do, we're creating our legacy for tomorrow. Join us and explore new ways ahead with digital sales channels, consumer insight and data. As you help us to keep shaking up the market with industry-leading solutions, you'll transform your career too.

Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray, and Guinness. With over 200 brands in 180 countries and a global network of ambitious individuals, our teams blend a diverse range of experience, knowledge, and skills. We connect customers and consumers to our iconic products and create innovative experiences that bring people together to celebrate life.

About the role

Salary of £65,033.60 including shift allowance + competitive benefits package including pension, shares scheme and bonus!

Shifts are on a rotating basis:

• Day Shift: 5:30 AM - 1:30 PM

• Back Shift: 1:30 PM - 10:30 PM

• Night Shift: 10:30 PM - 5:30 AM

• Actively support the delivery of Cameronbridge Distilling strategies.

• Display Diageo values in day to day work: encourages this in others

• Utilise knowledge and experience to optimise plant performance.

• Take decisions based on this knowledge to ensure delivery of site KPIs.

• Actively contribute to plant/process improvement.

• Use KPI's to monitor and assess plant and process performance and make necessary adjustments.

• Clearly communicate with own team and others, to ensure the effective continuity of site operations both during and across shifts. This will include verbal and written communication. Respond promptly and appropriately to plant emergency and breakdown situations. This may include contact with emergency services.

• Identify and analyse any non-conforming deviations from the expected process parameters and take appropriate action

• Record and update data in a range of business systems (paper and electronic)

• Fully comply with all legal requirements and Diageo standards.

• Demonstrate and promote positive actions and behaviours within and outwith the workplace consistent with Diageo core values

• Work effectively in a team to deliver team and site objectives.

• Raise SAP Maintenance jobs and track to completion.

• Raise Purchase orders to procure goods and services.

About you

• General understanding of complete distillery process. With in-depth knowledge specific to role but including grain intake and transfer, malt plant, cooking, mashing, YOVing, fermentation and distillation.

• A knowledge and understanding of the Health and Safety, HMRC, environmental requirements and relevant legislation under which Cameronbridge operate

• Recognised Health and Safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH) or a willingness to work towards obtaining one

• A knowledge and understanding of the health and safety, HMRC, environmental principles and relevant legislation under which Cameronbridge operates

• PC/Keyboard skills/IT skills

• HNC in technical subject area would be advantageous.

• Completed or actively participating in external technical training programme e.g. GCD/IBD diploma is highly desirable

• Actively builds trust and understanding within team

• Will challenge and coach colleagues where appropriate

• Demonstrates a positive "can -do" attitude.

• Displays an on-going commitment to development of self and others

• Ability to understand and deal with change

• Identifies opportunities to change and improve self, team and site performance

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.]]>