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Lead Equipment Owner

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Diageo

Lead Equipment Owner

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Lead Equipment Owner

Shieldhall, Glasgow

Permanent Contract

Night-shift, 28.5 hrs per week

Join our dynamic team at Diageo's Shieldhall Packaging site in Glasgow as a Lead Equipment Owner and take the next step in your career journey!

Base salary including shift allowance £37,071.90 + competitive benefits package including pension, shares scheme and bonus!

At Diageo, we are committed to fostering talent and providing our team members with opportunities for growth and development and are seeking individuals who aspire to build a rewarding career with us.

About Us

Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks company known for our wonderful collection of iconic brands such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray, and Guinness.

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At Diageo, we source, produce and deliver 6.5 billion litres of our world leading products every year with over 200 brands in 180 countries. Our teams blend a diverse range of experience, knowledge, and skills. Join us to collaborate, explore, and innovate as you build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new ideas, learn and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Working with Us

As one of the world's leading alcoholic beverage companies, we pride ourselves on providing our employees with a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including:

  • Base Salary + Substantial Shift Allowance


  • End of year annual bonus (dependent on performance)


  • 6 months, fully paid, family leave for ALL parents - regardless of gender


  • Competitive contributary pension scheme


  • Product allowance


  • Free onsite parking, ensuring that your commute is hassle-free


  • Opt-in private medical care for you and your family


  • Share programmes and other voluntary benefits


Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the world's best people.

About the Role

We are delighted to share that we are looking for 2 Lead Equipment Owners to join our night-shift team at Shieldhall!

Shieldhall packages a huge volume of Scotch malt whiskies, white spirits and ready to drink brands to supply over 170 countries around the world and is a key manufacturing site within the Scotch supply category.

As a Lead Equipment Owner (Lead EO), you will work as part of our core team responsible for delivering a range of tasks associated with operations within our Shieldhall Bottling Hall.

Health and safety compliance is key, and you'll be at the forefront of making sure this is supervised alongside other key performance indicators and targets including production quality, production efficiency, service, cost efficiency and FI. Ensuring that operations are performed to the highest standard and both line and site goals are achieved to meet operational needs.

You will continuously be supporting our scotch strategy to deliver within our 3 key areas: Innovation, Efficiency and Society 2030.

Main duties within the role will be to:

  • Provide support to the Packaging Team Leaders with daily tasks to ensure line and site KPIs are met and appropriate resources are available


  • Work closely, engage and liaise with other Equipment Owners to deliver production commitments and help generate FI ideas to continuously drive performance and improvement initiatives within the Bottling Hall


  • Identify areas of concern and proactively highlight any potential risks of missing deadlines.


Effective organisation is essential, as the Lead EO you will work within a team and must multitask efficiently to operate the machine and manage additional responsibilities.

Shifts

As a Night shift Lead EO, you will work 28.5 hours per week Sunday 23:00 - 05:30 and Monday - Thursday midnight - 05:30.

About you

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 tackle problems. Passionate and has excellent interpersonal skills, organisation and leadership skills with a demonstrated history of operational excellence.

Be able to push forward your own ideas about improvements to current approaches and appraise new opportunities. Have the strive to make a positive difference to manufacturing excellence and show your excellent communication skills.

The ideal candidate will be a confident and an effective communicator, capable of fostering strong relationships at all organisational levels. Additionally, they should possess the willingness and ability to coach Equipment Owners and craft, driving enhanced performance and advancing their knowledge and skills.

Working with Us

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this. We believe the most inclusive and diverse culture makes for a better business and a better world. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realise its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.

Join us, and you'll be part of an organisation that embraces 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 - an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, attitudes, and more. And you'll help us champion inclusion and diversity across our entire business: with our employees, our suppliers, across our brands, and within the communities in which we operate.

We value each other and celebrate different perspectives. In our inclusive culture, you'll have the backing you need to test new ideas and learn from them. Harness your passion and desire to grow as you make your mark. Let's unlock a brighter, more exciting future together.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. To achieve this, we need the world's very best people. We're looking for people with curiosity, creativity, boldness and a sense of purpose to take Diageo and our timeless, pioneering brands to the next level.

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

Client-provided location(s): Glasgow, UK
Job ID: Diageo-JR1101072
Employment Type: Part Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • Pension
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Internship Program
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Woman founded/led

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