Project Engineer

Project Engineer

Location: Leven, Scotland

Contract: Full-Time, Permanent

End date to Apply: 23rd Nov

Are you an engineer driven to deliver impactful projects across packaging, process, and utility systems?

We’re seeking a Project Engineer to join our diverse team and lead the delivery of technical solutions that power some of the world’s most iconic brands. From packaging machinery to process and utility systems, you’ll drive innovation, boost efficiency, and champion sustainability.

You’ll bring sharp business acumen, hands-on project management expertise, and a proven ability to lead engineering projects independently. You know how to influence change, build strong partnerships, and deliver results that make a difference.

Join our Global Engineering Team

Diageo’s Global Engineering team is a trusted partner that safely delivers best in class engineering solutions, bringing Diageo products to the world. We succeed together through our versatile people, collaboration, agility, and creativity.

Global Engineering works to define, build and embed standard methodology for all capital engineering projects. We directly execute projects in several global markets. And in others we provide specialist support and guidance regarding packaging solutions, sustainability, master planning, digital and automation, process and engineering safety and best practice project execution. The Global Engineering Team is also responsible for Capex planning globally and for ongoing Capex cash reporting and forecasting.

This is an exciting time to work for the Diageo Global Engineering team as Diageo has impressive ambitions to grow our world-class brands as well as build an enduring and sustainable business. Global Engineering are at the centre of this ambition, and we will lead the way for planning and brilliantly driving bigger and more complex projects.

Your work will directly contribute to the success of our iconic brands and improve the customer experience.

About the Role

• Take charge of innovative engineering projects from concept to successful launch.

• Deliver packaging and process equipment upgrades and installations.

• Collaborate multi-functionally to address technical challenges.

• Handle capital expenditures (CapEx), timelines, and contractor engagement.

• Champion safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

• Deliver annual CapEx plans, ensuring projects are safe, on time, on budget, and meet business expectations.

• Run CapEx projects, including those over £1M.

• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety, Engineering, and Environmental standards.

We’d love to work with you if you have:

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering

• A project management qualification (e.g., PMI, APM, PRINCE2)

• Project management experience in Manufacturing, FMCG, or a similar industry

• A valid UK driving licence

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

• Private medical insurance

• Product allowance

• Access to discounts at 1000's of retailers

• Contributory pension of up to 14% by Diageo

• Sharesave/sharepurchase/sharematch options

• Cycle to work scheme

• Annual bonus (dependent on performance)

• 34 days annual leave per annum including bank holidays

• 6 months paid parental leave to all employees

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 outstanding contribution each person brings.

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

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