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.

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.

About the role

We are delighted to share that we have multiple excellent opportunities for Equipment Owner Operators to join us within our Shieldhall site.

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 an Operator within our Packaging Team at Shieldhall, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring that operations are carried out to the highest standard and in adherence to Diageo's health and safety, environmental and food safety standards, at all times.

You will be accountable for delivering effective shift handovers and operating bottling line machines while following defined standard operating procedures for machine operation. Set up time reduction and perform autonomous maintenance tasks including cleaning, inspecting, lubricating and responding to issues.

This role involves working closely with Team Leaders to drive performance and improvement initiatives on your line.

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 such as production quality and HMRC compliance.

To be successful in this role, 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.
• Holds strong interpersonal and leadership skills with an ability to communicate with all levels across the site.
• Has ambition and aim to support Team Leaders and possibly aspire to become a Team Leader of the future.
• Able to push forward your own ideas about improvements to current approaches and appraise new opportunities. With a strive to make a positive difference to manufacturing excellence and show your excellent communication skills.

Skills and proficiency are things that matter to Diageo, and so we'd love to hear from candidates from a wide range of backgrounds and experience who are passionate about transferring those skills and experience into a Packaging environment.

Shifts

As a Weekend Operator you will enjoy 4 days off and then work Friday 11:30 - 18:00 and Saturday & Sunday 07:00 - 19:00.

Working with Us

Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including:

• Base salary
• End of year annual bonus (dependent on performance)
• 6 months, fully paid, family leave for ALL parents - regardless of gender
• Contributary pension scheme
• Product allowance
• Training and qualification opportunities
• Opt-in private medical care for you and your family
• Share programmes and other voluntary benefits

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, mindsets, 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.