Production Shift Operator (Still House) Tomatin, Scotland
Job description
Job Title
Production Shift Operator (Still House)
Location
Tomatin Distillery Visitor Centre, Inverness-shire, IV13 7YT
Company Overview
At Tomatin, we are more than just another distillery. Since 1897 our people have worked hard to build the Tomatin community that exists today and lies at the heart of everything we do. Many of our employees live on site in the distillery houses. It is more than just a job, it is a way of life. This in turn is reflected in the quality of the different whiskies produced at the distillery; every bottle of whisky we make is distilled with pride.
Once the biggest distillery in Scotland, we were capable of producing 12 million litres every year. We now produce just over 2 million with a focus on quality over quantity. The distillery offers a portfolio of single malt and blended whiskies including the Tomatin single malt, Cù Bòcan single malt, The Antiquary premium blended whisky, an array of whisky blends including The Talisman and Big ‘T’, as well as where it all began, with bulk whisky. We have gone from strength to strength and our whiskies are now sold in over 60 export markets.
Job Description
Role Purpose
To distill single malt new make spirit of the appropriate quality, maximising production yield/volume and energy efficiency, while adhering to Safety and Environmental procedures and policies throughout.
Key Responsibilities
Production Processes (60%)
- Monitoring of production processes to ensure efficiency and quality is maintained, through sampling and simple analysis
- Control production processes via SCADA control system for wash still and spirit still distillation, boiler house operations, CIP.
- Carry out any manual production processes for distillation, boiler house operations.
- Ensure safe working practices are adhered to by following procedures and risk assessments, while carrying out tasks
- Understand and comply with industrial boiler safe working practises to standards of BG01, BG04 and BOMSA training (Boiler Operation, Maintenance and Safety Awareness)
- Comply with lone working procedure
- Carry out Safety and Compliance checks to ensure all activities comply with relevant regulations such as those issued by HM Revenue and Customs, Health and Safety Executive, Scottish Water, SEPA, BFBI, DSEAR and COMAH etc
- Ensure the physical security of distillery and surrounding buildings
- Carry out Key holder duties in line with company standards
- Comply with all company procedures and maintain high company standards of quality control and housekeeping.
Site Development and Maintenance (40%)
- To fill, stow, sample, and break down casks to company standards within the spirit supply area.
- Understand roles and responsibilities with respect to COMAH requirements, and comply with competency standards and checks required by COMAH
- Understand and comply with distillery raw materials, chemicals, and bi-products (Draff, pot ale, effluent, cooling waters) usage, processing, and dispatch; ensuring all standards comply with company policies and relevant regulators.
- Complete basic mechanical repairs and maintenance.
- Support in site development with painting and ground work during summer shutdown.
The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list and you will be expected to perform different tasks commensurate with your role and as necessitated by your role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation. For developmental or operational reasons this role may occasionally contain some elements of work that re either more or less demanding than described above.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Technical Expertise
Essential:
- Relevant experience working within a production environment.
- Experience of process control system, SCADA process control systems preferred.
Desirable:
- Experience working within a whisky production environment essential.
- Basic Food Safety
- IBD Fundamentals of Distilling or higher
- H&S qualification e.g. IOSH
Experience
Essential:
- Experience of working in an environment with high standards and accountability
- Experience in completion of production records with high degree of accuracy.
- Experience of working as a part of a team but also on own initiative
- Experience of working to deadlines and prioritising workload
- Experience in problem solving techniques.
Desirable:
- Experience in working in a FMCG within the food and drink sector.
- Experience of shift working.
- Basic mechanical skills
Skills and Abilities
Essential:
- Ability to communicate accurately whether face to face or by phone.
- Ability to work as part of a team and to be self-directed
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Good communications skills - the Distillery Tours happen on a daily so you will be required to communicate with the general public as they pass through work areas.
Other
This role will be based at Tomatin Distillery and involves shift work, as such you will be required to have a regular means of attending work for these shift times.
Production runs for 40 weeks of the year and during these times the role works a shift pattern, rotating weekly between early, back, night and day shifts.
For approximately 28 of these weeks, the shifts operate between Monday and Friday. For the other 12 weeks, in order to meet production requirements, the shifts operate between Monday and Sunday and as such you will required to be worked some weekends at this time and will be remunerated accordingly.
During production shut down you will be on day shifts and also expected to use a proportion of your annual leave at this time.
All shifts and working times are planned in advance.
Remuneration
Salary will be competitive and commensurate with experience with additional pay for overtime and weekend working. This will also include an annual bonus payment linked to achieving set objectives and goals.
Closing date for receipt of applications is Sunday 19th February 2023.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £14.94 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Night shift
Supplemental pay types:
- Yearly bonus
Application question(s):
- Do you have regular means of travel to enable you to commute to Tomatin Distillery (IV13 7YT) to work the range of shifts required in this job?
Shift availability:
- Day shift (required)
- Night shift (required)
Work Location: One location
Application deadline: 19/02/2023
