Project Engineer - Mechanical

Job Description :

Project Engineer - Mechanical

Moray House, Elgin

One Permanent / Full Time & One 12 Month Secondment / FTC

Closing Date : 17/01/2024

Join our Global Engineering Team!

Diageo Global Engineering team is a trusted partner to safely deliver best in class Engineering Solutions that bring Diageo Products to the World. We succeed together through our talented people, collaboration, agility and creativity.

Global Engineering works to define, build and embed best practice for all capital engineering projects. We also execute 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.

This is an exciting time to work for Diageo Global Engineering team as Diageo has impressive ambitions to grow our World Class Brand as well as creating an enduring sustainable business. Global Engineering are at the centre of this ambition, and we will need to lead the way for asset master planning and brilliantly execute bigger and more complex projects.

About this role 

The Project Engineer Mechanical will collaborate closely with site operations, technical and business partnering functions to lead capital expenditure projects sought at advancing the business goals across a vast operational landscape. This encompasses 30 distilleries and 4 maltings. 

The Project Engineer Mechanical will be supporting projects across our Scotch footprint, which may include sites across the central belt of Scotland, as well as Speyside, the Highlands, and Isle of Islay. This geographic scope may vary based on business priorities.

The Scotch Category encompasses the production of all Diageo's Scotch whiskies and a significant portion of gin, vodka, and rum. It holds a leading position within the spirits production industry and plays a crucial role in ensuring a consistent supply of bottled products to markets worldwide. The responsibilities of this role extend not only to the Scotch production footprint but also encompass our co-products and bio-energy facilities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Applying specialist engineering knowledge to deliver single-discipline and multi-discipline capex projects to precise technical specifications.

• Leading scope, budget, quality, and scheduling for capex projects.

• Coordinating and leading all aspects of external contractors and suppliers.

• Supporting operations teams in developing a long-term strategy for site assets

• Delivering annual capex plans across Scotch, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in line with business expectations.

• Collaborating closely with external resources/contractors and deploying appropriate resources to ensure project delivery.

• Ensuring compliance with applicable Health, Safety, and Environmental standards.

About you

To thrive in this role, you should have prior experience in liquid process plant design, installation and commissioning. 

In addition, possessing qualifications in Mechanical engineering is crucial. You should also demonstrate a strong background in project management, with APM, Prince 2, or an equivalent qualification.

Your success in this position will be improved by your excellent analytical and communication skills, as well as your ability to take the lead and drive continuous improvements. If you don't already have it, a willingness to work towards a NEBOSH qualification is important. Furthermore, a full clean driving license is a requirement due to the travel responsibilities associated with this role.

Diageo - As the home of iconic brands such as Baileys, Guinness, Smirnoff, and Johnnie Walker, at Diageo we source, produce and deliver 6.5 billion litres of world-leading products every year across 180 markets globally. Because of this huge undertaking, we rely on highly advanced systems as well as the very best talent to make sure our businesses continue to run efficiently.

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 condition