Lead Project Engineer - C&I

Diageo; Leven; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Diageo seeks a Lead Project Engineer in Leven to oversee Control & Instrumentation projects. This role includes managing a team to upgrade complex control systems and ensuring project delivery aligns with strategic goals, while maintaining safety and quality standards. Join a global team committed to innovation and sustainability in distilling operations.

Benefits

Flexibility in work hours

Comprehensive health insurance plan

Contributory pension scheme

Annual bonus based on performance

34 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Degree level or time served in industrial process control systems.
• Strong Health & Safety experience and/or relevant qualification.
• Considerable experience in project management.

Responsibilities

• Leading a team of Project Engineers for OT and control system projects.
• Managing Health & Safety of contractor works.
• Ensuring compliance with Health, Safety and Environmental standards.

Skills

Health & Safety

Engineering knowledge

Stakeholder leadership

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree in Engineering or related field

NEBOSH qualification

APM (Professional) Qualification

Job description

Job Description :

Lead Project Engineer – Control & Instrumentation

Location: Cameronbridge / Leven Spirit / Blackgrange / Abercrombie

Full-time, Permanent Contract

End date to Apply: 22nd July

Join our Global Engineering Team

As the home of iconic brands such as Baileys, Guinness, Smirnoff, and Johnnie Walker, at Diageo we source, produce and deliver 6.5 billion litres of world-leading products every year across 180 markets globally. Because of this huge undertaking, we rely on highly advanced systems as well as the very best talent to make sure our businesses continue to run efficiently.

Diageo Global Engineering team is a trusted partner to safely deliver best in class Engineering Solutions that bring Diageo Products to the World. We succeed together through our talented people, collaboration, agility and creativity.

Global Engineering works to define, build and embed best practices for all capital engineering projects. We also execute projects wherever it is required of us. Throughout capital projects and innovative solutions, we enable the business to grow in line with the 6 must do's - Safety, Value, Quality, Innovation, Sustainability, and Consistency.

This is an exciting time to work for Diageo Global Engineering team as Diageo has impressive ambitions to grow our World Class Brand as well as creating an enduring sustainable business. Global Engineering are at the centre of this ambition, and we will need to lead the way for asset master planning and brilliantly execute bigger and more complex projects.

About the Role

This role involves leading a team of Project Engineers to deliver critical Operational Technology (OT) and industrial process control system projects. These include full system upgrades of major complex control and automation systems in process & packaging operations to new ground breaking systems such as manufacturing execution systems (MES/LMS) tailored to Diageo’s requirements. The team will work alongside the Operations, Asset Care and Global teams to deliver the business goals. Working with other members of the Diageo Global Engineering team, this role must ensure delivery of the overall business and strategic priorities. Peer and Senior Stakeholder management will be a key part of the delivery.

The role is positioned in the Diageo Global Engineering team providing Capital Expenditure (CapEx) Project Management services to Diageo's spirits production sites. The overall purpose of the team is to deliver the investment plan (Annual Operating Plan – AOP) for asset investments on a year on year basis. The role will cover Distilling & Maturation sites in the South of Scotland.

Key responsibilities include:

• Facilitate technical design and architecture discussions to develop the right functional specification for control systems & manufacturing execution systems
• Leading a team of Capex Project Engineers assigned to key Operational Technology (OT) and industrial and packaging process control system projects.
• Proactively managing Health & Safety of contractor works including leading a Health & Safety Lead resource.
• Using of specialist engineering, controls, instrumentation, manufacturing execution systems and automation knowledge to deliver capital projects to accurate technical specification and efficient spend for capital projects.
• Co-ordinating and managing external resources.
• Delivering the scope safely, on time, within cost to the expected quality, while managing risk and resolving issues.
• Ensuring compliance with appropriate Health, Safety and Environmental standards, Diageo Code of Conduct, Legal & Regulatory Standards as they apply to the delivery of capital investments.

You will be able to demonstrate your own experience and capability to effectively run multiple contracts with project OEM’s and contractors to ensure the project delivers as expected. Support for same will be provided by a support resource assigned to the project by Diageo Procurement.

To be successful at this role, you will need;

• Strong Health & Safety experience and/or relevant qualification i.e. NEBOSH.
• Engineering knowledge or experience of industrial process control systems, Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Line Management System (LMS) (Degree level or time served).
• Considerable experience and professional development in areas such as project management is required. APM (Professional) Qualification is required either at entry or to be acquired within a limited timeframe.
• Effective stakeholder leadership skills to advise and gain support from a wide range of senior stakeholders across the Diageo business.
• Good at networking to establish excellent relationships, effective doer, with excellent interpersonal skills.

Working with Us

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.

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

• Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Contributory pension scheme
• Comprehensive health insurance plan
• Annual bonus (depending upon performance)
• 34 days annual leave per annum (inclusive of public holidays 25+9)

& many more..

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is inclusive in nature as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

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. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

About Us

From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of great character and in 250 years, nothing’s changed. We’re the world’s leading premium alcohol company. Our brands are industry icons. And our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It’s why we trust them with our legacy. And it’s why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve.

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 very best people.

We're looking for people with 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.

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Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Cameronbridge

Additional Locations :

Abercrombie, Blackgrange, Leven Processing

Job Posting Start Date :

2025-07-08