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Job Description: Project Engineer
Location: Leven
Position Type: Permanent
Closing Date: Midnight 23rd September
Join our Supply Chain and Manufacturing teams!
Supply Chain & Manufacturing is where our brands are made, moved, and delivered to the world. With over half of our people working across more than 100 sites, this is a complex, large-scale operation that brings together production, logistics, engineering, and supplier partnerships.
It’s fast-paced and hands-on, with teams working together to ensure quality, efficiency, and sustainability at every stage. From sourcing ingredients to getting products into customers’ hands, you’ll play a role in delivering the brands people know and love.
About the Role
Join our Global Brands Supply Project Engineering team and play a key role in delivering capital investment projects that shape the future of our manufacturing and distillation operations. Combining engineering expertise with collaboration, innovation, and project leadership, you will drive projects from feasibility to completion. You will craft safe, balanced, and high-performing solutions that unlock long-term value.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver CapEx projects across our sites, from scope development through to commissioning and close-out.
- Partner with Operations and key collaborators to develop project requirements, technical specifications, and arguments.
- Manage project budgets, schedules, forecasts, and governance to ensure successful delivery.
- Lead external contractors and suppliers, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to specification.
- Champion health, safety, and environmental excellence during every phase of the project.
- Identify and apply new technologies, guidelines, and innovative solutions to improve performance.
- Build strong partnerships across Engineering, Operations, Procurement, Risk & Governance, and technical specialist teams.
- Use data, analytics, and structured problem-solving approaches to drive continuous improvement and solve complex challenges.
- Act as a role model for collaborative working, root-cause problem solving, and a culture of continuous learning.
- Lead end-to-end delivery of engineering and capital projects, managing scope, budget, risks, and timelines.
- Build strong partnerships with stakeholders, suppliers, contractors, and internal teams to achieve successful project outcomes.
- Ensure compliance with Health & Safety legislation, including contractor management under CDM 2015.
- Support process safety activities, including PRA, HAZOP, LOPA, SIL, and SIS reviews.
- Ensure projects align with DSEAR and PUWER requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement, find opportunities for innovation, and deliver balanced operational benefits.
- Provide clear project governance, reporting, and communication throughout the project lifecycle.
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About You
We're looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead the management of engineering initiatives and capital undertakings that support innovation, performance, and growth across our operations. You'll take ownership of projects starting from the feasibility stage through final delivery. You will ensure they are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the highest standard.
With experience in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, or Process-related engineering, you'll bring expertise in delivering projects in production, industrial, or operational settings. You'll be a collaborative relationship builder who thrives on turning ideas into results, driving continuous improvement, and bringing value through strong partner engagement.
What You'll Bring
- Experience delivering end-to-end engineering or capital projects within a manufacturing, industrial, or process environment.
- Qualification in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Process Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong collaborator management, communication, and project planning skills.
- Knowledge of PRA, HAZOP, LOPA, SIL, SIS, DSEAR, and PUWER.
- NEBOSH (or equivalent Health & Safety qualification).
- PRINCE2, APM, or equivalent Project Management qualification.
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Working with us
Our purpose is crafting iconic drinks chosen for life’s moments. And it’s our people, with their different experiences, perspectives, and talents, who make that possible. We value diversity in its broadest sense and want everyone to feel they can belong, contribute, and strive for their personal best. You’ll work alongside people with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives — challenging, supporting, and learning from one another as one outstanding team. Together, we’re constantly learning and improving, combining the strength of our people, capabilities, and iconic brands to raise the bar, grow, and win. Wherever you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute, make an impact, and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.
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Worker Type: Regular
Primary Location: Cameronbridge
Additional Locations: Leven DSS
Job Posting Start Date: 2026-08-19
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