Project Manager

Capex Technical Manager (Technical Project Management) – Maturation & CamLe 

Location: Flexible in the central belt of Scotland, with travel to sites required 
Contract Type: Permanent
Application Closing Date: 27th October 2025

About the Role 

We are looking for a versatile and expert Technical Manager to join our Global Engineering team, leading Capital Project Management (Capex) initiatives across Diageo's production sites for Scotch Maturation, CamLe (Cameronbridge and Leven), and Abercrombie. This role is essential to delivering our Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for asset investments, overseeing multi-year, multi-million-pound projects across 12 sites. 

As Technical Manager, you’ll lead a diverse, multi-functional team, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the highest quality. You’ll use your engineering expertise to run efficient project spend and ensure seamless coordination between internal teams and external partners. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Project Management: Lead the end-to-end delivery of Capex projects with a portfolio value of up to $300M, ensuring they are completed safely, on time, within budget, and to expected quality standards while handling risks and resolving issues. 

• Technical Expertise: Utilise specialist engineering knowledge to define technical specifications, provide cost estimates, and guide project teams in delivering the best solutions. 

• Supplier and Contractor Management: Oversee contracts with OEMs and contractors to ensure all project deliverables meet required standards and timelines. 

• Leadership and Collaborator Engagement: Line-manage and inspire a multidisciplinary engineering team, including three lead engineers and a wider project team of 26 members. 

• Compliance: Ensure alignment to health, safety, and environmental standards, Diageo’s Code of Conduct, and all legal and regulatory requirements. 

What You'll Need to Succeed 

• Strong Health & Safety background with relevant qualifications (e.g., NEBOSH). 

• An engineering degree or equivalent qualification, with significant experience in engineering and project management, ideally within a manufacturing environment. 

• Professional Project Management qualifications (e.g., APM) are required or should be obtained within a reasonable timeframe. 

• Confirmed leadership experience, with the ability to build strong relationships, influence stakeholders, and lead cross-functional teams. 

• Excellent communication skills, a collaborative mindset, and a commitment to creating a positive, inclusive working environment. 

What We Offer 

• The opportunity to lead high-impact projects for one of the world’s leading beverage companies. 

• A dynamic environment with hybrid working options. 

• Career development opportunities within a global organisation committed to innovation, sustainability, and growth. 

About Global Engineering at Diageo 

The Global Engineering team at Diageo is dedicated to delivering world-class engineering solutions that drive our business forward. We partner across functions to ensure our projects meet the highest standards in safety, value, quality, and sustainability. Our vision is to be a trusted partner in delivering innovative and reliable engineering solutions that enable Diageo's growth and support our world-renowned brands. 

Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

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

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