The Diageo Lebanon Distillery is the newest addition to Diageo’s North American Distillery portfolio! The Bulleit brand is undergoing significant growth and this is a key role in ensuring we continue to deliver high-quality whiskey to meet consumer demands. The Diageo Lebanon Bourbon Production Experts (BPE’s) are responsible for the distillery, DDG dry house, warehousing operations and maintenance. This position is a member of a salaried, self-directed, professional, operator/mechanic team ensuring the site operates at the safest level and achieves the highest quality. We are currently hiring to support a 24/5 schedule with eventual transition to 24/7. Candidates must have a driven sense of ownership and a strong desire to master the entire bourbon production process!

Crucial Functions:

Plant Safety
Encourage safety, with a continuous focus on improving safe work practices to maintain an injury free environment.

• Work to eliminate safety hazards, and respond quickly to any safety issues
• Assist site leadership team in meeting site safety objectives

Distillery, Dry House and Warehousing Operations

• Control and optimize all distillery, DDG dry house and warehousing processes
• Maintain automated production recording and management reporting systems (SAP)
• Produce technical contributions to process improvement initiatives while participating within a cross-functional team
• Identify and correct deviations from standard process parameters
• Support consistent approaches for Key Performance Indicators of safety, quality and productivity cost management and delivery
• Communicate with site team regarding all facets of distillation, dry house and warehousing
• Finish the cross-functional training and implement to scheduled rotations in all production areas to support flexibility
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of all production process and inventory paperwork
• Support the sensory taste panel for whiskey distillate

Distillery, Dry House and Warehousing Maintenance

• Troubleshoot, inspect, diagnose, adjust, test, maintain, and clean all facility equipment including, but not limited to; mechanical equipment, electrical equipment and digital, pneumatic and manual instruments
• Basic repairs to pumps, gearboxes, and electrical motors
• Conduct basic PLC programming and instrument troubleshooting
• Pipe installation including threading and compression fittings as needed
• Basic steam system maintenance
• Ensure modifications and changes to any process or equivalent have a valid work order and approvals
• Work in partnership with the Bourbon Resource Manager to understand work order backlog and priorities
• Control job execution including quality, duration, cost and thoroughness of all work
• Use SAP to coordinate and record asset care activities
• Attend operations shift handover meetings to communicate maintenance and operations events

Leadership and Success

• Provide support, training and coaching to your fellow team members, while positively impacting your colleagues, inspiring and engaging others
• Support a continuous improvement culture
• Outwardly demonstrate positive actions and behaviors
• Openly support Diageo’s industry-leading environmental initiatives on reduced water and power usage
• Self-motivated, driven to see a task through

Work Environment
Role operates 90% in the distillery, DDG dry house, and maturing warehouse environment and 10% in an office environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant process operating experience in any of the following environments: distilling/brewing/food manufacture/petrochemical/pharmaceutical OR Degree in Engineering, Science, Business or related field (Will consider military with additional proven experience)
• Strong analytical, budgeting, organization and time-management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work with all departments and levels of management
• Must work well with other departments and levels of management
• Understanding of blueprints, specifications and schematics
• Basic knowledge and experience of operating pumps and valves
• Ability to read and interpret gauges for pressure, vacuum, temperature, and flow rate
• Ability to read and understand basic process drawings
• Willingness to work towards industry qualifications
• Experience in distilling or brewery operations preferred but not required