Senior Warehouse Operator - New Make Spirit & Mature Spirit

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit two Senior Warehouse Operators to join the team at The Macallan Estate, with the Mature Spirit and New Make Spirit teams. The warehousing team carry out a variety of key tasks involving New Make Spirit, Mature Spirit and Cask Quality and Compliance with a dayshift and backshift in place to support delivery of operational requirements. The current vacancies are on dayshift within the Mature Spirit and New Make Spirit teams. A key aspect of the role is to lead by example and ensure all aspects of operations are carried out safely, in an efficient manner and to the highest quality standard. The roles report to the Warehouse Operations Team Leader and covers Macallan and Parkmore sites., Key tasks and responsibilities of a Senior Warehouse Operator role include:

• Responsible for day-to-day warehouse security
• Responsible for overall warehousing standards
• Identify, plan and support the training and development of warehouse operators
• Ensure team delivers KPI's safely, efficiently and to the highest standard at all times by following documented procedures
• Organise day to day activities of team and delegate tasks accordingly
• Direct warehousing tasks as a member of the team
• Support and drive continuous improvement
• Decide on action to be taken in the event of day-to-day warehouse operational problems
• Loading and unloading full and empty casks from transport vehicles
• Filling casks with New Make Spirit.
• Filling casks with Mature Spirit as part of a racking operation
• Responsible for tanker receipt, loading and despatch
• Responsible for spirit accounts and reduction
• Cask sampling and regauging
• Disgorging mature casks
• Cask destowing and stowing
• Using a barcode gun system to track cask movements, casks details and operational events
• Using a variety of computer systems to ensure traceability of maturing stock and samples
• Monitor cask conditions during the maturation process and take action to minimise losses
• Operating equipment such as FLT, tractor/trailer, stacker
• Identify and report any warehouse, equipment maintenance requirements
  
  To be successful in this role you are capable of undertaking the manual tasks required within this role and be able to adopt new technologies. You are willing and eager to be part of a high performing team, bringing a good work ethic and positive attitude to the role. You have the ability to lead, coach and provide performance feedback to a team. You are IT literate with strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail. You have H&S awareness and suitable qualification i.e. IOSH Managing Safely is desirable. Due to the nature of the role and multiple sites, a full clean driving licence is required.
  
  Our vision is to give more by crafting exceptional ultra-premium spirit brands. The Macallan is our leading brand, supported by Highland Park and The Glenrothes in the fast-growing single malt category and Naked Malt in the blended malt category. Our portfolio is completed with Brugal premium rum from the Dominican Republic, The Famous Grouse Blended Scotch Whisky, and Wyoming Whiskey in the American Whiskey category. Edrington also has a strategic partnership with No.3 London Dry Gin.
Our principal shareholder is a charitable trust, so we were built to make a world of difference. Discover a place where values define our culture. The home of exceptional brands, where people and teams thrive.


• Salary £20.84 per hour
• 37 days holiday, plus 4 Giving More volunteer days
• Save for retirement and invest in your future - pension contributions (employee up to 8.75%, employer up to 14%)
• Share in our success with up to 10% Share Reward scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Private medical insurance that covers the cost of private healthcare and includes round the clock access to GP services and menopause health line
• 24/7 support for you and your loved ones to counselling, life coaching and information on financial, mental, and physical wellbeing
• Experience our exceptional brands with a generous annual product allowance, plus at least 20% discount in our staff shop
• Embrace work-life harmony with 26 weeks' paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and up to five paid carers leave days a year