OT Projects Manager

Type:
Permanent

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, Diageo is home to some of the world’s most iconic drinks. From Johnnie Walker and Guinness to Tanqueray, Smirnoff and Don Julio, we craft brands chosen for life’s moments — from everyday connections to landmark celebrations. Bring your talent, curiosity and ambition, and strive for your personal best alongside people who challenge, support and learn from each other.

Together, as one outstanding team, we keep learning, improving and raising the bar for our brands, our business and each other. Join us and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.

Diageo’s Global Engineering team is a trusted partner that safely delivers best in class engineering solutions, bringing Diageo products to the world. We succeed together through our talented people, collaboration, agility, and creativity.

The Operational Technology (OT) and digital space are constantly evolving. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of Diageo's manufacturing operational technology. We are looking for someone who is ambitious and enterprising, with outstanding leadership qualities that enables them to assume a critical role in the future of Global Engineering. As part of the Global Engineering Digital & Automation Team, and working across Diageo global manufacturing sites, you will support all CAPEX Projects as an OT and Digital Subject Matter Expert, coaching in new standards and ways of working to project teams.

Global Engineering manages a portfolio of projects over $800m, you will provide OT support to all projects within this portfolio, with specific support to large scale projects. Can you set a vision for change? If you are an autonomous, flexible, positive thinker, who enjoys working globally across different markets, functions, time zones, cultures and styles … we want to hear from you!

• Apply specialist OT engineering knowledge to support and advise on projects to the required technical specifications and standards
• Awareness of standards such as ISA
  99/IEC-62443, NIST CSF, ISO 27001 desirable
• Co-ordinate and liaise with multiple internal/external resources, and subject matter experts
• Empower projects to deliver scope safely, on time, within budget to the expected standards, whilst managing risk and resolving issues
• Develop OT project documentation, processes and guidance to be used in tendering packs, contractor management and supplier KPI’s
• Maintain relationships between key OT delivery partners and main contractors
• Ensure compliance with appropriate health, safety, security, and environmental standards
• Experience Risk based approach to problem solving, able to balance project deliverables with technical requirements
• Deep knowledge and experience delivering and leading OT engineering projects and programs
• The expertise to question and challenge, driving focus, to enable decision making
• The ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities and senior partners
• The confidence to make bold design decisions where guidance does not exist to ensure project success

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one. We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package. Our purpose is crafting iconic drinks chosen for life’s moments. And it’s our people, with their different experiences, perspectives and talents, who make that possible.

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