Process Engineer - Sustainability

Job Description :

Process Engineer - Sustainability

Location: Moray House, Elgin (preferred) or Cameronbridge, Leven

​2-Year Fixed-Term Contract

Closing date: 21st March 2025

Join our Supply & 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 this Role

This role reports to the Sustainability manager – Scotch. The role has no direct reports

• To work as part of a technical team based in Scotland to deliver net zero carbon in the Scotch category operational footprint by 2030 by implement of the carbon reduction programme.
• Work closely with site operations, Global Project Engineering and business partnering functions to lead and support a range of projects to deliver the carbon reduction agenda across 30 distilleries, 4 maltings, 1 bottling hall and the maturation and coopering footprint.
• Continually provide technical insights to improve and enhance the performance of existing carbon reduction technology, whilst driving energy efficiency with considerations of cost, environmental and energy targets.
• Benchmark internally and externally to Identify new technical insights to unlock performance pushing the boundaries to breakthrough performance.
• Build and sustain working relationships with other functional stakeholders within the Scotch category (i.e. finance, human resources, risk & governance, procurement) to deliver holistic solutions to challenges.

Top Key Accountabilities are:

• Demonstrate uncompromising drive to deliver step change sustainability performance in respect to carbon reduction.
• Support continuous improvement and problem-solving activities by providing/utilising technical knowledge and experience presented logically and codified using Data & Analytics techniques and tools.
• Coach Stakeholders and customers to improve technical understanding and capability.
• Encourage a growth mind-set to problems faced and empower people to take ownership.
• Role model and champion the use of data and analytics tools and systemic root cause problem-solving tools within the Scotch category.
• Identify the need for multi-disciplinary problem-solving teams to address systemic problems.
• Willingness and ability to travel to other Scotch sites within Scotland.

To be successful in this role, you need:

• Master’s degree level qualification or equivalent in Chemical Engineering subject area.  
• Experienced in leading and delivering projects within a functional team.
• Experienced in working in partnership.
• Track record of phenomenal engagement and communication skills.
• Experienced in Statistical analysis Tools & IS Packages.
• Lean / Six Sigma qualification and or experience beneficial
• Full Clean Driving Licence with >1 year experience

Working with Us

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including:

• Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Contributory pension scheme
• Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family
• Share options
• Annual bonus (depending upon performance)
• 6 months of fully paid paternal leave
• 34 days annual leave per annum (inclusive of public holidays 25+9)

& many more..

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 conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

About Us

From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of great character and in 250 years, nothing’s changed. We’re the world’s leading premium alcohol company. Our brands are industry icons. And our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It’s why we trust them with our legacy. And it’s why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve.

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 very best people.

We're looking for people with creativity, boldness and a sense of purpose to take Diageo and our timeless, pioneering brands to the next level.      

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

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Worker Type :

Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)

Primary Location:

Moray House

Additional Locations :

Cameronbridge

Job Posting Start Date :

2025-01-07