Technical Specialist- Barley & Malted Barley

As a Technical Specialist in our dedicated Technical Team at Moray House, you will play a pivotal role in the central support functions of Malt Distilling and to support all operational areas across sites in Scotland. You will work closely with operational teams to lead and support a range of projects to improve operational quality and efficiency performance across and the 4 maltings. Develop and support transformational initiatives in partnership with operations to sustain and enhance efficiency, quality and productivity performance into the future. This role requires a full-time presence in Elgin, Scotland, with daily attendance at Moray House and regular visits to other sites as needed. About the Role

• You'll continually provide technical insights to improve and enhance the quality performance of malted barley, whilst driving best value. Tracking of analytical data, with provision of proactive insights, from barley merchants through to malt production and supply.
• You'll represent Diageo at malted barley and cereal external trade bodies and organisations, such as the Malt Association for Great Britain (MAGB), to keep updated on current industry thinking and future direction.
• You'll undertake internal and external benchmarking exercises to deliver best practice, identify new technical insights to unlock quality and efficiency pushing the boundaries to breakthrough performance.
• You'll build and sustain working relationships with other functional partners within Malt Distilling (for example process engineering, project engineering, risk & governance, Global audit team, Manufacturing excellence, procurement, laboratory) to deliver holistic solutions to challenges.
• You'll work closely with operations to maintain high standards in quality management to ensure all governance & compliance requirements are met (ISO, HACCP, TACCP) maintaining all departmental processes to ensure that outcomes align with a coordinated quality assurance system.
• You'll develop and support groundbreaking initiatives in partnership with operations to sustain and improve performance into the future.
• You'll proactively benchmark internally and externally to identify new technical insights to unlock performance pushing the boundaries to breakthrough performance.
• You'll be responsible for participating in continuous learning and development opportunities; within technical or operational environments.
  
  We're looking for someone who can work well within a team as well as the ability to make effective decisions and thrive in situations where they can solve problems. You'll be able to push forward your own ideas about improvements to current approaches and appraise new opportunities.
You'll have the drive to make a positive difference to manufacturing excellence and show your excellent communication skills. You'll possess a degree-level qualification or equivalent in a related field or qualified through relevant experience. You're going to be responsible for automated production recording and management reporting systems and so you'll have proven IT skills. You'll have a Lean / Six Sigma qualification and or experience (not essential though) You'll have a full clean driving license for >1 year. We're looking for people with character: motivated, resilient, and open-minded. You'll be commercially astute, target-focused, and flexible, as our work can change quickly.

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And crafting an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this. We believe the most inclusive and diverse culture makes for a better business and a better world. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realise its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base., With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Join us, and you'll be celebrated for your work and empowered to be you. Together with people around the world, you'll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a tomorrow worth celebrating. Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. To achieve this, we need the world's very best people. Join us and help to take Diageo and our timeless, pioneering brands to the next level. Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

Join us and you can also expect a highly driven and flexible rewards and benefits package including: - Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities - Private medical insurance - Product allowance - Access to discounts at 1000's of retailers - Contributory pension of up to 14% by Diageo - Company freeshares - Sharesave/sharepurchase/sharematch options - Cycle to work scheme - Annual bonus of circa 10% of your base salary (dependent on performance) - 34 days annual leave per annum including bank holidays - 6 months of paid parental leave (regardless of gender) You'll be part of an organisation that embraces 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 - an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more. And you'll help us champion inclusion and diversity across our entire business: with our employees, our suppliers, across our brands, and within the communities in which we operate.