Project Engineer (Mechanical)

Diageo; Leven; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading premium drinks company in the United Kingdom is looking for a Project Engineer (Mechanical) to join its Global Brands Supply team. The role involves delivering capital projects, managing specifications, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Candidates should have a mechanical engineering background and experience in managing manufacturing projects. This is a temporary role facilitated through a Managed Service Provider.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing capital expenditure projects in manufacturing.
• Knowledge of technical specifications related to mechanical engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develop requirement specifications in collaboration with operations.
• Deliver capex projects to technical specification.
• Manage project lifecycle and financial accuracy.

Education

Mechanical Engineering background

Job description

Overview

Temporary work opportunities align well with people who are looking for career flexibility and less traditional ways of working, but at the same time are people driven to deliver amazing work in high-profile situations. Magnit Direct Sourcing is a service offered by Magnit Global that provides top talent directly to industry leading clients who have flexible temporary assignments that work on a variety of projects and unlock opportunities for exciting work. As a temporary contractor, you’ll be employed by our Managed Service Provider, Magnit Global, who manages most of our temporary contract hiring. You will not be employed by Diageo. This temporary assignment will be working with Diageo, the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray, and Guinness.

With over 200 brands in 180 countries, Diageo is a global network that champions diverse experiences, knowledge, and skills. We connect customers and consumers to iconic products and create innovative experiences that celebrate life. Visit Drink IQ for information, initiatives, and best practices. Celebrating life, every day, everywhere.

Job Title

Project Engineer (Mechanical)

About Us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo’s 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It’s an intricate and sophisticated operation that’s the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.

The role

The role is positioned in the Global Brands Supply, Project Engineering team providing Capital Project support to Manufacturing sites including distillation, brewing, spirits and beer packaging and maturation warehousing. The overall purpose of this team is to deliver capital expenditure projects. For this role this includes:

• Development of requirement specifications in collaboration with other teams such as Operations.
• Use specialist knowledge to deliver capex projects to correct technical specification.
• Development of cost estimates and project schedules.
• Managing efficient spend for capex projects.
• Co-ordinating and managing external resources.
• Manage the project lifecycle including capital approval, maintaining accurate financial data including spend and forecast and project closure.
• Manage construction activities and overseeing commissioning activities.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant health, safety and environmental standards.

The role holder will have a mechanical engineering background.

Diversity Statement

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 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 and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, 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 new heights 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.

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Contractor Declaration

"As a temporary contractor, you'll be employed by our Managed Service Provider, Magnit Global, who manage most of our temporary contract hiring, you will not be employed by Diageo."