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Distillery Operator

🏢 Bacardi 📍 Keith, Scotland 💼 Company - Private
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£37,167 - £51,271
£3,097 - £4,273 / mo
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Location Base
Keith, Scotland
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
Single tax filer baseline
Transatlantic Parity
1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

WHAT DOES A DISTILLERY OPERATOR DO?

To effectively operate Aultmore Distillery Production facility within environmental and legislative consents.
To account for and despatch new make spirit.

Responsibilities

WITH OUR CONSUMER AT THE HEART, YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE TO:

  • Understand personal and team responsibility under Health and Safety legislation and promote safe working practices within the team.
  • Ensure that all tasks, activities and responsibilities are undertaken within the Company EHS procedures.
  • Actively participate in the continuous improvement of distillery operations and activities, suggesting alterations as appropriate.
  • Maintain complete flexibility of operations within your areas of responsibility through personal commitment and behaviour.
  • Identify maintenance requirements and potential plant failure and effectively communicate to the Distillery Manager or in their absence the Distillery Supervisor.
  • Actively participate in Company Training, Development Initiatives and Communications Briefings as appropriate.
  • Liaise with colleagues during shift handovers.
  • Within your area of responsibility ensure work practices are carried out in a Lean manner.
  • Ensure that all plant and monitoring equipment is calibrated as scheduled.
  • Ensure all spirit handling activities are carried out according to company procedures and HMRC notices.
  • To ensure that the plants are operated within defined parameters and SEPA consents.
  • Maintain responsibility and accountability through personal commitment and behavior
  • Report any unsafe or environmentally unsound acts and conditions to Site Management such that remedial action can be taken to manage the risk
  • To ensure the maintenance of excellent housekeeping standards using 5s+s principles.
  • To ensure the development and maintenance of a safety conscious environment, identify hazards and risks using the NEMO system.
  • Carry out related tasks that are required from time to time.

Skills and Experience

THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED TO CREATE YOUR LEGACY:
  • Excellent numeric & literacy skills
  • Effective communication skills (must be fluent in English)
  • Honest, reliable, trustworthy and resilient
  • Basic understanding of mechanical equipment
  • Basic understanding of control systems
  • Basic computer skills
  • Process Improvement focused

PERSONAL QUALITIES
  • Be honest, reliable and trustworthy
  • Maintain responsibility and accountability through personal commitment and behavior
  • Ability to maintain behaviour in compliance with HSE requirements
  • Lives the 3 F’s – Fearless, Founder’s Mentality, Family

OTHER
  • FLT license preferred ,but not essential
  • Must be open to support other areas and sites when business dictates (Driving License required)

Our culture

We share the passion and entrepreneurial flair of our founder and are guided by our three culture pillars - Fearless, Family and Founders, they inspire our Primos to be the best they can be and drive us forward in all we do. But what does this mean?

  • Being Fearless; means adopting an agile mindset, being comfortable trying new things and taking risks. We are empowered to question, challenge and innovate.
  • Family; We treat each other, and our communities, like Family. Always.
  • Founders; The spirit of entrepreneurship is at the heart of everything we do. We see the business as if it’s our own. We do the right thing for the business and we all take accountability for our work.

When you join Bacardi, you become part of our family and gain more than just a job.


Disclaimer: Bacardi is an equal opportunity employer that values workforce diversity. Diversity is core to our business: by embedding diversity into all aspects of our culture, we maximize the opportunity to achieve sustainable business success and growth. The duties and responsibilities described in the role profile might not be a comprehensive list.

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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

1

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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