Senior Process Engineer

Process / Senior Process Engineer

Your Manager: Head of Engineering Projects (North)

Team: Production, Engineering Projects

Location: The role will be mostly based out of our sites across Speyside, however you could be based elsewhere in Scotland as long as you are comfortable with travelling to Elgin on a weekly basis.

Be part of something big

We are Pernod Ricard, a leading company in the global wines and spirits industry with over 19,000 employees globally. We own 16 of the world’s top 100 Spirits Brands and hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with 240 premium brands available in over 160 countries, including: Absolut vodka, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater, Malfy and Monkey 47 gins, Malibu liqueur, Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes as well Jacob’s Creek, Brancott Estate and Campo Viejo wines.

Here in the UK

In the UK, Pernod Ricard is made up of 4 businesses:

• Chivas Brothers, the largest brand company in the Group, responsible for the production and management of our award-winning Scotch whisky portfolio
• Pernod Ricard UK, which markets, sells and distributes our products in the UK market
• Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail, the global and EMEA home of the group’s duty free, air travel and cruises business.
• The Absolut Group, the brand owner of our global white spirits portfolio, whose Gin brand unit and Business Acceleration team sit in London.

We are an organisation of 2,000 employees in the UK, headquartered in London, in a brand-new office designed with sustainability, ‘conviviality’ and collaboration in mind. We also have offices in Scotland and various distilleries and production sites across the UK from Plymouth to London to Speyside.

Your new team

This position sits in our Chivas Brothers business. At Chivas Brothers, our 1,600-strong team across 27 sites is committed to upholding the heritage of Scotch and ensuring its sustainable future, as well as opening it up to new audiences across the globe.

The scope of Operations stretches from Procurement through conversion (distillation and maturation) and manufacturing (or bottling) to all the downstream Supply Chain activities until the final product is delivered.  In addition, Operations play a very active role in Innovation, Talent Development and Operational Risk Management.

Our Production function encompasses everything from the distilling of our products, through to Filling, Maturation, Warehousing, and the final Draining & Vatting.  Northern Operations is all our sites across the North of Scotland, this includes 12 Distilleries, Animal Feed and Bio-Plants, Heritage Sites, Bulk Warehousing Sites, Blending and Dispatch terminals, laboratory complex. 

The Project Engineering team are responsible for designing and implementing capital investment projects that support business objectives for production growth, carbon reduction, safety, efficiency, and compliance.  Individual project values will vary between £50,000 and £75,000,000, with multiple projects running concurrently.

Your unique contribution

The Process/Senior Process Engineer will have full responsibility for Process Engineering elements of projects and may act as lead for multi-discipline projects.

You will have five main areas of responsibility:

Process Design – completion of Process Engineering deliverables on major projects, distillery upgrades and new build projects.

Project Scoping - to assist in defining and implementing multi-disciplinary Engineering projects.

Project Management - to manage multi-disciplined teams to execute CAPEX projects across all functions assuming responsibility for all aspects from securing of funds through to commissioning and handover. You will take responsibility for budget, timescale, scope, and HS&E compliance to ensure projects are executed to meet business needs.

Project Installation - to specify, design, purchase and supervise the installation of complete projects including co-ordination between the different engineering disciplines.

Project Commissioning – Provides specialist Process Engineering support to planning and execution of commissioning activities.

Improvements – to be responsible for recommending improvements or replacements which will improve reliability, safety, or production.  You will proactively seek and develop new systems or methods of working to improve the project execution process and implement across project functions.

Technical Support – to