Distillation Team Member

Scotch Whisky; Girvan; Presencial; GBP 32 000 - 42 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Bonus plan

Private Healthcare

Doctor@Hand (remote GP service)

Defined contribution pension plan

Cycle to Work

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Holiday entitlement

Life Assurance

Product allocation

Learning resources

Employee assistance programme

Charity donation programme

Resumo da oferta

William Grant & Sons is seeking a proactive Distiller Operative to safely and efficiently run our distillation equipment, delivering high-quality spirits and upholding our standards of compliance and performance.

As part of a skilled production team, you will monitor and optimise the process, troubleshoot issues, and contribute to continuous improvement while embodying our values of collaboration, responsibility and safe working practices.

Responsabilidades

• Operate and optimise distillation processes to meet production schedule.
• Troubleshoot process issues and correct alarms.
• Monitor safety, quality and KPI parameters to stay within targets.
• Document process records from materials receipt to parameter logging.
• Enforce safety policies; issue Permit to Work; perform lock-out tag-out.
• Conduct OPC safety checks and housekeeping to maintain a safe workspace.
• Contribute to team meetings and share knowledge to improve processes.
• Ensure compliance with ISO standards and HMRC regulations.
• Assist in Emergency Response scenarios.
• Promote a diverse and inclusive culture in line with WG&S values.

Descrição da oferta de emprego

At William Grant & Sons, our distilleries sit at the heart of creating exceptional spirits enjoyed around the world. As a Distiller Operative, you will play a critical role in the safe, efficient and consistent operation of our distillation process, ensuring the highest standards of quality, compliance and performance are maintained every day.

Working as part of a skilled production team, you will independently monitor and control distillation equipment, optimise plant performance, troubleshoot process issues and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a technical manufacturing environment, takes pride in producing high-quality products, and is motivated by achieving operational excellence while upholding our values of collaboration, responsibility and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities

• Independently operate and optimise the process to ensure repeatable, consistent and efficient performance adhering to production schedule. Deliver CI initiatives that maximise efficiency gains.
• Anticipate and solve routine process problems and correct alarm situations in area to minimize additional process upsets and costs.
• Ensure stable operations and analysis of process safety and key performance indicators to ensure working parameters are within acceptable limits for quality, cost and safety.
• To document and control all process records, from receipt of goods/raw materials through to process parameter recording.
• Ensures contractors, visitors, co-workers and others comply with company safety policies/procedures. Issuing authority for Permit to Work and performs lock-out tag-out of equipment.
• Conduct ‘Operator Plant Care’ (OPC) activities, safety checks and housekeeping tasks to maintain a safe and organised work environment.
• Contributes appropriately to team meetings and supports the implementation of team strategy, plans and continuous improvement projects as well as sharing knowledge with peers.
• Ensure that safe working practises and quality procedures are adhered to in line with both company and external regulatory requirements (e.g. ISO standards, HMRC).
• Assists in Emergency Response situations.
• Demonstrate behaviours in line with our diversity and inclusion aim, which is to create and promote a diverse and inclusive culture at WG&S where ideas, differences and views are respected and where all employees are encouraged to create their own personal legacy.

Key Performance Metrics:

1. HSE, Environmental Compliance: Ensure full compliance with company Health & Safety and Environmental policies and Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs Legislation

2. Service: Conformance to distilleries production plan. Required asset availability. Accounting accuracy.

3. Quality: Ensure all new make GWS meets required sensory standard and analytical specifications conformance to distillery processing parameters/ Accounting accuracy.

4. Efficiency: Ensure distillation process operates as per design intent to maximise distilleries efficiencies.

About you

We're looking for a proactive and safety focused individual who thrives in a hands-on operational environment.

You will be someone who can work independently, make sound decisions under pressure, and take ownership of maintaining stable and efficient plant operations.

Reward and benefits

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.