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Automation Engineer 

Shieldhall, Glasgow   

Permanent Full-Time Contract 

Closing Date 24/03/2025 

Are you seeking a better work-life balance with a 4 day working week Monday to Thursday? Join the world’s leading premium drinks company and make an impact with us, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!   

Automation Engineer – Base salary £43,003.88 + competitive benefits package including pension, shares scheme and bonus! 

About Us   

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company known for our wonderful collection of iconic brands such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray, and Guinness. 

At Diageo, we source, produce, and deliver 6.5 billion litres of our world leading products every year with over 200 brands in 180 countries. Our teams blend a diverse range of experience, knowledge, and skills. Join us to collaborate, explore, and innovate as you build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test innovative ideas, learn, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future. 

Working with Us  

As one of the world's leading alcoholic beverage companies, we pride ourselves on providing our employees with a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including: 

4 day work week Monday to Thursday 

End of year annual bonus (dependent on performance) 

6 months, fully paid, family leave for ALL parents - regardless of gender 

Contributary pension scheme - planning for your future is important, which is why we contribute 14% to your pension while you contribute 6% 

Product allowance 

Free onsite parking, ensuring that your commute is hassle-free 

Opt-in private medical care for you and your family 

Share programmes and other voluntary benefits 

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the world’s best people. 

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you! 

About the Role 

We are delighted to share that we have an excellent opportunity for an Automation Engineer to join us within our Shieldhall Packaging Site. 

Shieldhall packages a huge volume of Scotch malt whiskies, white spirits, and ready-to-drink brands to supply over 170 countries around the world. As a key manufacturing site within the Scotch supply category, it plays a vital role in ensuring the highest standards of quality, efficiency, and safety in our operations. 

As our Automation and Controls PLC Engineer, you will play a vital role in enhancing line efficiency by reducing unplanned stoppages and optimising machine performance. You will lead continuous improvement initiatives, collaborating closely with maintenance and operations teams to ensure swift issue resolution and address recurring challenges through root cause analysis. 

In this role, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimising our site’s programmable logic controller (PLC) systems. Working closely with both production and maintenance teams, you will address technical issues, implement process enhancements, and contribute to the seamless operation of our automated systems, including project engineering work.  

Your responsibilities will include: 

Modify and update PLC programmes for both new and existing systems. 

Diagnose and resolve issues related to PLC hardware and software. 

Collaborate with production and engineering teams to implement system improvements. 

Perform routine maintenance and updates to PLC systems. 

Optimise PLC performance to enhance manufacturing efficiency and reliability. 

Lead the implementation of a Risk-Based Assessment programme for all PLC systems, covering both existing assets and future upgrades. 

Ensure compliance with organisational change processes for all modifications, upgrades, and project work related to PLC systems. 

Champion the maintenance management system, promoting best standard processes, procedures, and methodologies. 

Work closely with line electricians, providing coaching and support on PLC systems and functionality. 

Lead the resolution of complex technical issues as they arise. 

Continuously monitor and analyse line performance, identifying gaps, root causes, and opportunities for improvement. 

Health and safety compliance is key, and you will be at the forefront of making sure this is monitored alongside ensuring both site and personal KPI’s are achieved. 

Shifts 

As an Automation Engineer, you will work a 37.5hr week on a dayshift Monday – Thursday 07:00AM to 05:00PM. 

About You 

To be successful in this role, we are looking for someone who works effectively as part of a team, brings a proactive and solution-focused attitude, and is eager to contribute ideas for improvement.  

Confident in challenging existing approaches, identifying new opportunities and driving positive change in manufacturing excellence. Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach will be key to your success. 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

Experience with Siemens S5/S7, TIA Portal, and Allen Bradley PLCs (essential). 

Strong knowledge of PLC hardware and software, including programming languages such as ladder logic. 

Familiarity with industrial control systems and automation standards. 

Expertise in PLC programming, ladder logic, SCADA, HMI design, and electrical circuit design. 

Understanding of automation systems and industrial networking. 

Can work well within a team as well as the ability to make effective decisions and thrive in situations where they can solve problems. 

Holds strong interpersonal and leadership skills with an ability to communicate with all levels across the site. 

Able to push forward your own ideas about improvements to current approaches and appraise new opportunities. With a strive to make a positive difference to manufacturing excellence and show your excellent communication skills. 

Skills and proficiency are things that matter to Diageo, and so we would love to hear from candidates from a wide range of backgrounds and experience who are passionate about transferring those skills and experience into a packaging environment. 

Working with Us  

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating 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 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. 

Join us, and you will be part of an organisation that embraces diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you will be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You will 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, attitudes, and more. And you will 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. 

We value each other and celebrate different perspectives. In our inclusive culture, you will have the backing you need to test innovative ideas and learn from them. Harness your passion and desire to grow as you make your mark. Let us unlock a brighter, more exciting future together. 

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 best people. We are looking for people with curiosity, creativity, boldness, and a sense of purpose to take Diageo and our timeless, pioneering brands to the next level. 

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. 

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