Distillery Control Engineer - PLC & SCADA Specialist

CHIVAS BROTHERS LTD; Elgin; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Defined Contribution Pension

Private medical insurance

Income protection

Employee Assistance Programme

20 days’ annual holiday plus holidays

Pernod Ricard share incentive plan

Share ownership plan

Life Assurance

Brand allowance

Reward & recognition scheme

Employee discounts

Job summary

CHIVAS BROTHERS LTD is seeking a Control Engineer to provide in-house PLC work and instrumentation support across our Miltonduff distillery in Elgin, with occasional travel to Moray sites. You will modify HMI/SCADA, support maintenance projects and work with distillery management on control strategies.

The role requires an electrical trade qualification, hands-on instrumentation experience, and strong PLC programming skills, with driving licence and safety compliance as essential requirements.

Qualifications

• Trade qualification with electrical background.
• Experience with instrumentation setup, fault finding and calibration.
• Sound understanding of Allen-Bradley PLC systems – diagnosing faults, I/O, programming and graphics.
• Experience in programming batch processes.
• Awareness of industrial communication protocols, cyber security and health & safety legislation.

Responsibilities

• Carry out modifications to distillery HMI/SCADA systems.
• Support control projects with Maintenance teams and Project Engineers.
• Collaborate with Distillery Management on PLC, control and instrumentation matters.
• Assist multi-skilled technicians with instrumentation problems and critical testing.
• Provide call-out support to the sites.

Skills

Electrical background

Allen-Bradley PLC

Instrumentation

Batch process programming

Industrial communication protocols

Cyber Security awareness

Health & Safety compliance

Driving licence

Tools

SCADA/HMI software

Job description

CHIVAS BROTHERS LTD is seeking a Control Engineer to provide in-house PLC work and instrumentation support across our Miltonduff distillery in Elgin, with occasional travel to Moray sites. You will modify HMI/SCADA, support maintenance projects and work with distillery management on control strategies.

The role requires an electrical trade qualification, hands-on instrumentation experience, and strong PLC programming skills, with driving licence and safety compliance as essential requirements.