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With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

About us

Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Bulleit, Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. With over 200 brands in 180 countries and a global network of entrepreneurial individuals, we 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 Function:

Supply Chain and Manufacturing

To be used for the Job Profiles of: Customer Service Technical, Customs and Compliance, Logistics and Transport, Planning Warehouse Operations, Agriculture, Brewing, Distilling and Maturation, Engineering and Maintenance, Manufacturing Excellence, Packaging, Health and Safety, Quality Assurance, Research and Development, Supply Leadership, Brand Change

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 the team:

About the role

At Diageo Bulleit, we seek to operate a Zero Harm environment. We believe everyone goes home safe, every day, everywhere! In this role you will promote and lead a spirit of "Safety First" in all other areas of the operation! The ability to address problems and work in highly effective teams is critical for success. As a self-motivated member of the Diageo Bulleit Distillery Team, you will provide support, training and mentor to your fellow team members, and encourage and engage others. You will have the opportunity to also work closely with multi-functional departments (Operations, Risk, Quality, Maturation, Logistics, and Procurement) to ensure the safe and efficient operation of all aspects of the facility. A few more things:

Role Responsibilities:

• Control and monitoring of distillery/dryhouse processes and related activities. Safety, distillate quality, production efficiency, energy management, production planning and cost efficiency.
• Full compliance with all regulatory requirements and Diageo procedures relating to site risk, TTB and environmental constraints.
• Use of automated production recording and management reporting systems e.g. SAP.
• Demonstration and promotion of positive actions and behaviors within and out with the workplace.
• Support to "on-call" managers that is likely to include:
  The completion of plant operating, H & S, environmental and security checks.
• Performing minor maintenance (cleaning, inspection and lubrication of equipment). Safe & efficient production of a high-quality product.
• Organize and prioritize production operations and dispatches in accordance with agreed plans.
• Identify and analyze any non-conforming deviations from the expected process parameters.
• Respond appropriately to a range of breakdown, accident or emergency situations. This will include initial contact with emergency service(s).
• Maintaining accurate process and inventory records.

Experience / skills required: About you

You will be responsible for:

• Operating the distillery and dryhouse per Standard Operating Procedures.
• Monitoring and controlling the process.
• Identifying and correcting deviations from standard process parameters.
• Reacting to abnormal conditions, breakdowns, and emergencies.
• Maintaining accurate process and inventory records.
• Maintaining a high standard of distillate quality.

You will actively:

• Continually improving distillery operations.
• Meeting or exceeding operations goals/Key Performance Indicators.
• Finding solutions to distillery issues and break downs by using Root Cause Problem Solving.
• Sensory evaluations.
• Optimizing yield and minimizing waste.
• Cross functional training in all distillation areas to support flexibility.

You will need:

• Minimum 21 years of age.
• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent.
• Minimum of 2 years relevant process operating experience in any of the following environments distilling/brewing/food manufacture/petrochemical/pharmaceutical and/or the equivalent process technical training with proven achievements.
• Experience working with automated process systems and PLCs.
• Excellent communication skills demonstrated partnership capability and can-do attitude.
• Willingness to work towards industry qualifications.
• Full driving license.
• A working knowledge and understanding of health and safety, TTB and environmental risk management principles.
• PC/Systems skills. SAP knowledge would be an asset.
• Flexibility to adapt to different shift working practices and patterns. The distillery will operate on a 24/7 basis. Shift work is required on a 7-day schedule including holidays. Will be assigned to day shift or night shift once trained.

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.

Rewards & Benefits Statement:

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:

• [Recruiter to list relevant market/region benefits].

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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