DRS Project Coordinator - FTC

Position: DRS Project Coordinator - 12 Months FTC
Location: Dunecht

About Us

PENSION ENHANCEMENTS UP TO 10% | 4-WEEK SABBATICAL EVERY 5 YEARS | STAFF DISCOUNT | EXTRA HOLIDAY DAY EACH YEAR We love great craft beer. We want everyone to be as passionate about it as we are – and our central team are vital in this mission. Every single person in our team can shape our future for the better, whether that’s for our people, planet or our incredible beer.

Because we expect great things from you, we give great things back. PENSION ENHANCEMENT | We increase our contributions to your pension up to 10% of your salary so together we can properly invest in your future. And, since the statutory amount all businesses pay is 3%, our decision to pay above that shows we’re taking your future seriously. 4-WEEK SABBATICAL| After every 5 years here you will receive an additional 4 weeks off to spend doing whatever you want.

STAFF DISCOUNT | 25% off in bars, 30% off online and 50% off Brew Dog Merch to fill up your fridge and your wardrobe* (
* don’t put your hoody in the fridge though) ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY DAYS | For every full year completed up to your 5th year with us we add on one additional day’s leave above and beyond your initial entitlement. You therefore get an extra full week off at 5 years every single year onward to rest up. AND A LOT MORE | Okay, deep breath… enhanced sick pay, healthcare, life assurance, high street retail discounts, employee assistance programmes, enhanced family friendly policies around maternity and paternity leave, pawternity leave, DE+I and crew forum groups and an allowance to quality check some beers each month!

About

The Role Job Purpose

The DRS Project Coordinator will support the successful implementation of the UK Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) across the business ahead of go-live on 1st October 2027. Working closely with the Head of NPD Operations (DRS lead) and cross-functional workstream owners, the role will coordinate activity across a complex portfolio of approximately 140 SKUs spanning UK and international markets as well as the company's owned bar estate.

The role will provide the day-to-day coordination required to keep multiple interdependent work streams on track, allowing the DRS lead to focus on programme leadership, cross-functional detail and decision-making, risk management and senior stakeholder engagement.

Key Result Area / Principal

Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintain DRS project plan, milestones and critical path

• Coordinate actions and dependencies across work streams

• Maintain programme action, risk, issue and decision logs

• Proactively follow up actions with workstream owners, escalating delays or risk to DRS Lead

• Coordinate regular project meetings

• Help prepare agendas, meeting materials, actions and follow-up

• Maintain clear project documentation and version control

• Maintain central DRS SKU tracker

• Track DRS status by SKU, pack format and packaging component

• Coordinate timelines for artwork, packaging, barcode and master data changes

• Submit and track artwork briefs, approvals and release dates across relevant teams

• Support management of UK versus international packaging transitions

• Support communication of packaging and finished goods depletion milestones ahead of DRS cutover

• Coordinate activity across key business functions

• Support visibility of customer-specific requirements and transition milestones

• Coordinate customer product set up and change activity with Commercial and Master Data teams

• Support readiness tracking across owned bar estate

• Support preparation of DRS Steering Committee materials

• Consolidate workstream updates into project reports

• Maintain project readiness dashboards

• Provide accurate status reporting to DRS Lead

• Maintain evidence required for programme readiness and go-live sign off

• Support increased project governance and…