Cask Handler
Diageo Leven, Scotland
Fixed Term Contract (multiple positions available)
Salary £33,518.18 + competitive benefits package including pension, shares scheme and bonus!
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Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo's purpose of "celebrating life every day everywhere". This purpose is, in itself, 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.
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Flexibility
This is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time and compressed hours. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don't let anything stop you from applying.
Benefits
Join us and you'll receive a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including...
- 6 months, fully paid, Family Leave for new/expecting parents - regardless of gender
- Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
- On site gym or subsidised gym membership
- On site nursery or vouchers
- Share options
- Contributary pension scheme
- Option to opt into private medical cover
- Manufacturing Incentive Plan (MIP) annual bonus incentive based on site & individual performance
- Salary reviews governed by Union process
- Product Allowance
- 34 days annual leave (Fixed in to Rota throughout the year)
Take our heritage into the future. Make way for tomorrow with Diageo Supply...
From pioneers like Arthur Guinness, John Walker and Elizabeth Cumming, to the digital disrupters already shaping our future, at Diageo, we've never stopped looking forward. We're continuing to build on our heritage and, with eCommerce at the heart of everything we do, we're creating our legacy for tomorrow. Join us and explore new ways ahead with digital sales channels, consumer insight and data. As you help us to keep shaking up the market with industry-leading solutions, you'll transform your career too.
Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray, and Guinness. With over 200 brands in 180 countries and a global network of entrepreneurial individuals, our teams blend a diverse range of experience, knowledge, and skills. We connect customers and consumers to our iconic products and create innovative experiences that bring people together to celebrate life.
About the role
- Play a significant role to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of colleagues and others
- Working safely within the team, aware of hazards within your work area, wider site and operating procedures and preventing incidents from occurring
- Responsible for the safe movement of spirit in casks within an established set of process procedures, either manually or by using site machinery.
- Required to support a range of activities including filling, warehousing, disgorging (emptying spirit from casks) and empty cask handling, to ensure targets are met relating to Health and Safety, quality, service and cost.
- There may be occasions when extended hours working will be required, particularly during peak periods.
- Both team and lone person working that require effective decision-making and problem-solving skills as well as an ability to use initiative to adapt pre-set work plans.
- Action must always be taken that ensures full compliance with all warehousing Health & Safety, Customs & Excise and environmental constraints.
About you
- Excellent analytical skills with ability to drive improvements.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate to key stakeholders across the site.
- Ability to organise a variety of tasks and prioritise self and others accordingly.
- Able to work as individual but also part of team. Have meticulous attention to detail.
- Good numerical skills
- Demonstrate a "Can Do" attitude and an ability to challenge appropriately.
- Experience of working in a team-orientated production environment would be advantageous, although support and development will be provided.
- Basic PC skills including Microsoft office
- Excellent organisational and planning skills
- Is an ambassador for Manufacturing Excellence and continuous improvement.
- FLT Licence - relevant for tasks in area
- Knowledge/awareness of Health & Safety, Environment and HMRC Legislation
We're looking for someone who can work well within a team as well as the ability to make effective decisions and thrive in situations where they can solve problems!
You'll make this role your own. We want you to push forward your own ideas about improvements to current approaches and appraise new opportunities. Both roles present a great opportunity to make a positive difference to manufacturing excellence and showcase your excellent communication skills.