Process Engineer - Sustainability-2

Ciwmjobs; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Diageo is seeking a Process Engineer to advance sustainability across its Scotch production network, including Moray House and partner sites. You will lead water and energy initiatives, apply data analytics, and drive step-change improvements in carbon efficiency while balancing cost and performance.

You'll work with site teams, global project engineering, and business partners to deliver technically sound solutions, champion best practices, and mentor colleagues in robust problem-solving and

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent in Chemical Engineering.
• Experience leading and delivering projects within a team.
• Strong communication with a wide range of colleagues and partners.
• Full clean driving licence with over one year of driving experience.
• Lean or Six Sigma experience or qualification.

Responsibilities

• Guide and assist water and carbon-reduction projects across the Scotch category with site teams.
• Provide technical insights to improve water and energy efficiency and meet targets.
• Benchmark internally and externally to identify innovations.
• Build collaborations across finance, HR, risk, governance, procurement and more.
• Coach others to use data, analytics and root-cause tools for structured problem-solving.

Skills

Project leadership

Communication skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Statistical analysis

Education

Master's degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

Statistics tools

IS packages

Job description

Process Engineer - Sustainability-2DiageoEdinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom**Description**Elgin, Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland Glasgow, Scotland Leven, Scotland Full time JR1130589 \\*\\*Job Description :\\*\\* \\*\\*Process Engineer\\*\\* \\*\\*Moray House\\*\\* \\*\\*Fixed Term Contract - 12 Month\\*\\* \\*\\*End Date to Apply - 30th October 2026\\*\\* In this exciting role you'll play a substantial and hands-on role in shaping the future of Scotch production at Diageo. You'll join a passionate technical team committed to delivering our bold ambition of achieving our Spirit of Progress targets for water and carbon. This is a role for someone who loves collaboration, flourishes with problem‐solving, and feels energised by driving real, measurable impact across iconic distilleries and supply sites. Working closely with site teams, Global Project Engineering, and key business partners, you will help lead and support projects that push our sustainability performance forward-creatively, responsibly, and confidently. You'll blend technical insight with curiosity, relationship-building, and a championing spirit to elevate the way we use water and energy, adopt new technologies, and unlock breakthrough performance across our 31 distilleries, 4 maltings, bottling hall, and maturation and coopering footprint. \\*\\*In this role, you will:\\*\\* + \\*\\*Guide and assist water and carbon-reduction projects throughout the Scotch category,\\*\\* working side-by-side with operational teams to deliver our 2030 Spirit of Progress commitments + \\*\\*Provide technical insights that enhance water and energy efficiency,\\*\\* improve current water and carbon-reduction technologies, and meet environmental, cost, and performance targets. + \\*\\*Benchmark internally and externally\\*\\* , identifying emerging innovations and translating them into important opportunities for Scotch. + \\*\\*Build strong, trust-based collaborations\\*\\* across finance, HR, risk & governance, procurement and more to deliver joined‐up, complete solutions. + \\*\\*Champion high standards\\*\\* , role‐modelling a steadfast drive for step‐change sustainability performance. + \\*\\*Enable confident problem‐solving\\*\\* , coaching others to use data, analytics and root-cause tools to solve challenges in a structured and empowering way. + \\*\\*Encourage a growth mindset, supporting multi-disciplinary collaboration\\*\\* and helping teams gain assurance in taking ownership of the challenges they face. Here is a wonderful chance to create a significant impact through your technical knowledge, curiosity, and passion for a balanced future for Scotch.. You'll help influence decisions, inspire others, and contribute directly to Diageo's journey toward a cleaner, smarter and more resilient supply chain. \\*\\*About you\\*\\* You're a thoughtful, collaborative, and forward‐looking professional who enjoys bringing people together to tackle problems and make meaningful improvements. You combine technical expertise with a calm, supportive approach that helps teams feel confident and connected. You care about learning, sharing knowledge, and encouraging an environment where everyone can do their best work. \\*\\*You'll bring:\\*\\* \\*\\*Qualifications\\*\\* + Master's degree or equivalent experience in Chemical Engineering \\*\\*Experience & Skills\\*\\* + Experience \\*\\*leading and delivering projects\\*\\* within a team + Confidence \\*\\*working in partnership\\*\\* with a wide range of colleagues and collaborators + A strong record of \\*\\*clear, engaging communication\\*\\* + Experience using \\*\\*statistical analysis tools and IS packages\\*\\* + \\*\\*Full clean driving licence\\*\\* with more than one year of driving experience \\*\\*Desirable\\*\\* + \\*\\*Lean or Six Sigma\\*\\* experience or qualification \\*\\*Excellence in Supply Chain\\*\\* + Ability to \\*\\*support and guide engagement\\*\\* as processes and strategy are implemented across malt distilling + A natural tendency to \\*\\*role model Dial Up behaviours\\*\\* , creating a positive and inclusive culture + A supportive approach to \\*\\*coaching others\\*\\* , helping them follow consistent, high‐quality ways of working + Curiosity and commitment to learning, using \\*\\*Diageo Learning HUB\\*\\* and other resources to grow your capability and help operational teams develop \\*\\*Working with us\\*\\* Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this. We embrace diversity in the broadest sense. This means that being yourself will be encouraged and celebrated just as you are. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, attitudes, and more. Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world. \\*\\*Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you!\\*\\* \\*\\*\\_Recruitment Scam Warning\\_\\*\\* \\_Protecting candidates is very important to us. All communications regarding your application will come from an email address ending in @diageo.com. In our recruitment process, we'll never ask for money.\\_ \\*\\*Worker Type :\\*\\* Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term) \\*\\*Primary Location:\\*\\* Moray House \\*\\*Additional Locations :\\*\\* Cameronbridge, Edinburgh Park, Onyx, Glasgow \\*\\*Job Posting Start Date :\\*\\* 2026-10-16 With more than 200 brands sold in over 180 countries, we are home to a diverse portfolio of drinks enjoyed around the world. Every day, our talented colleagues bring creativity, expertise and passion to the brands people know and love. From established favourites to exciting new launches, the brands we build are shaped by culture, connected to local communities and made for life's moments. By understanding our consumers and building strong, trusted relationships with our customers, we help our brands remain relevant, distinctive, and accessible. Our founders, including Arthur Guinness, John Walker and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose ambition and ingenuity helped shape the drinks industry. Today, that pioneering spirit lives on through our people. Join us and you'll work alongside talented colleagues from around the world, bringing together different perspectives, experiences and specialist skills. Together, you'll challenge convention, explore new possibilities and help shape a more inclusive and sustainable future. You'll be empowered to learn, grow, thrive, and make a lasting impact. \\*\\*DRINKiQ\\*\\* What's your DRINKiQ? Take our quiz to understand how alcohol is made and explore the effects of drinking. You can discover everything you need to know at DRINKiQ (https://www.drinkiq.com/en-gb/)