Location
Edinburgh, with additional locations at Moray House, Cameronbridge, Edinburgh Park, Onyx, and Glasgow.

Hours
Full Time - Fixed Term Contract for 12 months

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
In this exciting role, you will play a substantial and hands-on part in shaping the future of Scotch production at Diageo. Joining a passionate technical team, you will help deliver our Spirit of Progress targets for water and carbon reduction. This role suits someone who thrives on collaboration, problem-solving, and driving measurable impact across iconic distilleries and supply sites. Working closely with site teams, Global Project Engineering, and key business partners, you will lead and support projects that advance our sustainability performance creatively, responsibly, and confidently.

You will guide and assist water and carbon-reduction projects throughout the Scotch category, working side-by-side with operational teams to deliver our 2030 Spirit of Progress commitments. You will provide technical insights to enhance water and energy efficiency, improve current reduction technologies, and meet environmental, cost, and performance targets. Benchmarking internally and externally, you will identify emerging innovations and translate them into key opportunities for Scotch.

Building strong, trust-based collaborations across finance, HR, risk & governance, procurement, and more, you will deliver joined-up, complete solutions. You will champion high standards by role-modelling a steadfast drive for step-change sustainability performance. Enabling confident problem-solving, you will coach others to use data, analytics, and root-cause tools to solve challenges in a structured and empowering way. Encouraging a growth mindset, you will support multi-disciplinary collaboration and help teams gain assurance in taking ownership of their challenges.

This is a wonderful opportunity to create significant impact through your technical knowledge, curiosity, and passion for a balanced future for Scotch. You will influence decisions, inspire others, and contribute directly to Diageo’s journey toward a cleaner, smarter, and more resilient supply chain.

Experience
Experience leading and delivering projects within a team environment. Confidence working in partnership with a wide range of colleagues and collaborators. A strong record of clear, engaging communication. Experience using statistical analysis tools and IS packages. Full clean driving licence with more than one year of driving experience.

About you
You are a thoughtful, collaborative, and forward-looking professional who enjoys bringing people together to tackle problems and make meaningful improvements. You combine technical expertise with a calm, supportive approach that helps teams feel confident and connected. You care about learning, sharing knowledge, and encouraging an environment where everyone can do their best work. You naturally role model Dial Up behaviours, creating a positive and inclusive culture. You have a supportive approach to coaching others, helping them follow consistent, high-quality ways of working. You demonstrate curiosity and commitment to learning, using Diageo Learning HUB and other resources to grow your capability and help operational teams develop.

Qualifications
Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Chemical Engineering. Desirable qualifications include Lean or Six Sigma experience or certification. Excellence in Supply Chain knowledge and the ability to support and guide engagement as processes and strategy are implemented across malt distilling.