Project Engineer

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Project Engineer to join our Girvan distilling site. You'll develop and deliver Capital & Special Revenue projects to increase site capabilities and improve process efficiencies within the WG&S Operations Business Unit.

What you’ll be doing

• You'll manage the scoping, design and delivery of capital projects at the Girvan site.
• During project delivery you’ll be working with a multi-disciplined project team, utilising your EC&I background to compliment the groups capabilities.
• Implement capital projects to address plant issues, equipment obsolescence, capacity/ productivity increases, health & safety and environmental improvement initiatives.
• Identify and quantify development plans for input into our site Master Plans along with relevant budgets and appropriate justification.
• Provide detailed data to support project prioritisation exercises and manage projects that are to be progressed:
• Detailing project concept and approach, ensuring comprehensive and technically realistic requirements.
• Conducting financial analysis, providing suitable justifications and leading to full capex submissions with clear investment cases.
• Identifying potential suppliers, develop optimal sourcing approach, tender for best overall costs and fine-tune chosen option to deliver maximum value-add with appropriate contractual protections.
• Delivering projects to full satisfaction of stakeholders, in line with approved project scope and quality and ensuring optimal cost and timelines.
• Delivery will include the co-ordination of installation activities with selected contractors/ suppliers, creation and execution of commissioning documentation, roll out of training & handover documentation and maintaining financial controls & reporting throughout.

About You

Trust and respect are vital in this team. We seek someone who is degree level qualified or with equivalent project management experience with expertise in electrical, controls & instrumentation engineering.

You should have experience in using both project management methodologies & continuous improvement techniques and analysis as well as knowledge of current health & safety/ environmental compliance & excellent communication & presentation skills.

What can we offer you?

• 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 (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.

Are you that ‘Rare Character’ we are looking for?