Senior Project Engineer

Job Introduction

We’re seeking a Senior Project Engineer for our Girvan Distillery to lead the charge in transforming our infrastructure, driving technical excellence, and delivering high impact projects that keep our distillery world class. This is your opportunity to engineer the future of one of Scotland’s most famous distilleries.

Main Responsibility

• Develop deep technical expertise to solve plant challenges, boost productivity, and lead health, safety, and environmental improvements.
• Scope, justify, and execute capital projects from concept to commissioning with precision, value, and compliance.
• Drive technology innovation and generate intellectual property that sets us apart.
• Translate development needs into Site Master Plans, 5-year roadmaps, and budget proposals.
•  Communicate complex technical insights to non-technical and senior audiences to support commercial decisions.
• Implement governance frameworks, develop engineering standards, and ensure operational continuity across bottling and distilling.
• Monitor buildings and utilities to maximise efficiency, minimise risk, and future-proof our assets.

Our Ideal Candidate

You’re a problem solver with a strong background in complex engineering environments and a proven ability to deliver high impact projects. Comfortable navigating shifting priorities, you balance multiple initiatives with clarity and precision. Your communication skills allow you to translate technical insights for non-technical and senior audiences alike, making you a trusted voice in cross functional decision-making. You’re passionate about continuous improvement, sustainability, and innovation, and you thrive in collaborative settings where your expertise can influence and inspire.

Ready to engineer something extraordinary?

Apply now and build your legacy with us.

What we can offer you

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues. 
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.

About William Grant & Sons

A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS

William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.

We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.

At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.

OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY

Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.

INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.