Operator

Alloa, Clackmannanshire
Diageo

Various Operator Roles

Alloa, Scotland

Full time – Permanent

Multiple Roles Available

Salaries range from 29,985 for Core Hours Operators, to 37,812 for Shift Operators both including shift allowance + competitive benefits package including pension, shares scheme and bonus!

Do you have a passion for delivering high standards? To think on your feet and make fast paced decisions? If so, this role may just have the new challenge and direction that you are craving!

Due to demand, we have multiple opportunities for you to join one of our teams within our Alloa sites as an Operator. If you are looking for a new and exciting role, which fully supports you to learn and develop in a new career with opportunity for growth then we would love to hear from you!

Not sure if a role in Diageo is for you? To support our recruitment campaign, we are hosting an Open day at our Cambus site in Alloa, Scotland! This is a phenomenal opportunity to visit our site, see production as it happens, meet our Operators, and get a chance to experience life at Diageo. We will also have our Talent Engagement team on hand to discuss the opportunities available, as well as providing CV building tips, the application process and interview preparation techniques.

To register your interest for our Open Day, please complete the form below:

About Us

With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Join us, and you’ll be celebrated for your work and empowered to be you. Together with people around the world, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, crafting a tomorrow worth celebrating.

Champions of Diversity and Inclusion

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 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.

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, approaches, 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.

You can read more about our diversity and inclusion values by visiting our website here

Flexibility

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

Diageo 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

• Annual freeshares and discounted Diageo share plans
• Contributary pension scheme up to 14% employer contribution!
• Option to opt into private medical cover for you and your family
• Annual bonus incentive (based on site & individual performance)
• Salary reviews governed by Union process

• 6 monthly Product Allowance to spend on discounted Diageo brands
• 34 days annual leave

Current roles available

Currently, we have opportunities available across 3 of our industry leading sites – Blackgrange, Cambus and Menstrie. The roles and responsibilities vary and showcase the variety of development opportunities that an Operator role at Diageo can provide.

Overall, an Operator within one of our dedicated teams will play a pivotal role in the whisky supply process and will oversee and control the safe movement of spirit within an established set of process procedures.

Each of our sites are responsible for a different aspect of the supply process. The main responsibilities of each process have been highlighted below:

• At our dedicated Blackgrange Disgorging unit, you will be responsible for the safe handling of casks. Collaborating with a team, your day-to-day role with be to safely empty the casks and sample the mature spirit in line with various key performance targets.
• Within our Blackgrange and Menstrie sites, our operators are responsible for safely storing/unloading of casks within our warehouses. Using traditional high-racking systems, our operators will be operating high-reach trucks or operating machinery within our palletised systems. All training and support will be provided to all individuals brought into the roles.

Each of our roles require some element of cask handling. As a result, you would ideally be a safety conscious individual, who leads by example and contributes to the overall safe working conditions that we promote on site.

• At Cambus cooperage, you will be part of a team who provide a constant supply of casks for our filling store. This involves building up casks that have been imported from either the Bourbon or Wine industry, or rejuvenating casks from site that have previously been used in our maturation process. You’ll work safely within the cooperage team, assisting with day-to-day operations, working within a team of 30 operators and coopers to ensure that we are hitting our daily health and safety standards and production efficiency targets to maximise performance. Demonstrating highly effective communication abilities would set you up for success in this exciting role.

• At Cambus filling store, day-to-day responsibilities will include filling casks with the new make spirit required for some of the worlds most iconic brands such as Johnnie Walker, Lagavulin and Coal Ila to name a few.

Overall, Health and safety compliance is key, as the forefront of production you would be relied upon to ensure this is supervised alongside other key performance indicators and targets including production quality and HMRC compliance.

Working Hours

We have a variety of working hours available, including:

Core hours – Monday – Friday (07.30 – 16.00)

3 Shift Rotation – First week of Nightshift (Sunday to Thursday 10pm – 6am), Second week of Backshift (Monday – Friday 2pm – 10pm), and third week of Dayshift (6am – 2pm).

What You’ll Bring

All of these roles require no previous manufacturing experience; therefore, we welcome applications of all backgrounds and experience levels. A full training programme and continued mentorship will be available to successful applicants, alongside a clear succession plan throughout your career. Don’t let anything stop you from applying.

Proven experience of working well within a team, as well as the ability to rely on your own initiative to be able to make effective decisions are excellent qualities to bring to these roles. Ideally, you will thrive in situations where you can find positive solutions to problems on site.

You can make these roles your own, and we would love to hear from you if you have the passion to push forward new ideas about improvements to current approaches and appraise new opportunities. Our operator roles present a wonderful opportunity to make a positive difference to manufacturing excellence, showcase your excellent communication skills, work within a diverse team and develop your career within the whisky industry.