Lead Engineering Safety Compliance Engineer
Primary Location: Abercrombie, Alloa
Secondary Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow
Full-time, Permanent Role
End date to apply: 20th Feb.'2025
About Us
Diageo is a global leader in premium drinks, with an outstanding collection of over 200 brands enjoyed in more than 180 countries. We are driven by a culture of continuous improvement and safety, ensuring our operations meet the highest engineering compliance standards. As we continue to grow and innovate, we are looking for a dedicated Lead Engineering Safety & Compliance Engineer to join our team and drive excellence across our operations in Great Britain (GB) and the Island of Ireland (IOI).
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The Role
As the Lead Engineering Safety & Compliance Engineer, you will be responsible for the leadership and strategic development of Diageo's Global Engineering Safety and Compliance team. You will manage a team of six engineers and external supplier partners, ensuring the successful implementation and consistency to engineering safety and compliance measures across four key areas:
- Process Safety - HAZOP / LOPA
- Machinery Safety - PUWER
- DSEAR Compliance - ATEX, CoMAH, HAC, MIA
- Electrical Safety - HV, LV, Fixed Wiring Inspections
Your role will involve close collaboration with key stakeholders across the business, ensuring compliance, safety, and standard methodology engineering principles are consistently applied.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a high-performing, multi-functional engineering team across multiple locations.
- Drive adherence to engineering compliance across market sectors.
- Work closely with strategic and operational site teams to ensure smooth and efficient engineering compliance processes.
- Develop and implement strategies to achieve 100% compliance.
- Utilise analytics and insights to track and improve key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Embed a culture of continuous improvement within the team.
- Act as an ambassador for Engineering Safety & Compliance.
- Collaborate with CapEx groups and governance teams to support engineering safety initiatives.
What We're Looking For
- Proven leadership experience in an engineering or manufacturing environment.
- Strong stakeholder management skills across multiple geographies.
- Demonstrable experience in leading high-performing teams.
- Functional expertise in Engineering Safety
- Ability to identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to drive solutions.
- Resilience and confidence in a fast-paced environment.
Key Accountabilities
- Provide expert guidance on machinery safety within Diageo's Global CapEx Engineering teams.
- Coordinate and update PUWER machinery assessments.
- Manage the Scotch sector machinery inventory within Diageo's PUWER database.
- Offer machinery safety guidance to site and governance partners.
- Review and update global engineering standards.
Essential Qualifications & Skills
- Machinery safety qualification (CMSE, UCPD, C&G, or equivalent).
- Knowledge of CE marking and machinery safety design (EN ISO 13849-1 / EN 62061).
- Understanding of The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER).
- Electrical qualification (HNC, ONC, C&G, or equivalent).
- ATEX qualification (CompEX 1-4 and/or 14, or equivalent).
- NEBOSH National General Certificate.
- Strong IT and data analysis skills (Excel, Power BI).
- Experience in a fast-paced consumer goods environment.
- Ability to prioritise
Working with Us
Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including annual bonus, product allowance, 6 months paid family leave, private medical insurance, share options, contributory pension scheme.
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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