Distillery Site Support Operative

Facilities & Compliance Checks Operator

Responsibilities

• Distillery Facilities Operations
• Conduct routine inspections across all areas to ensure safe working conditions.
• Monitor and support operation of essential utilities including steam boilers, condensate return, hot and cold-water systems, chilled water and glycol systems, compressed air, and effluent treatment.
• Assist with minor repairs and maintenance tasks such as drain cleaning, general painting, power washing, and wider site cleaning.
• Ensure walkways, access routes, and production floors meet housekeeping and safety standards.
• Support readiness for production start-ups, shutdowns, and seasonal maintenance periods.
• Compliance & Regulatory Checks
• Carry out scheduled compliance checks aligned with HMRC requirements.
• Perform statutory and industry-required inspections such as fire safety systems, ATEX-rated equipment, emergency lighting, legionella and water hygiene monitoring, and pressure system safety checks.
• Maintain accurate records and reports, ensuring all compliance documentation is up to date for internal audits, HMRC inspections, and industry certifications.
• Identify non-conformities and support corrective actions to maintain audit readiness.
• Distillery Safety & Hazard Control
• Monitor hazardous areas including still house, spirit store, and mash house.
• Support DSEAR/ATEX compliance by ensuring ignition controls, ventilation, and equipment integrity.
• Report hazards, near misses, and unsafe conditions promptly to the distillery management team.
• Environmental & Sustainability
• Support waste management processes including effluent handling, pot ale and spent lees handling, and general site recycling.
• Assist with monitoring environmental compliance for effluent discharge limits, water sources, and abstraction points.
• Administration & Reporting
• Update compliance management systems, maintenance logs, and HMRC-related documentation.
• Liaise with internal teams to ensure alignment on compliance-related matters.
• Support planning of preventative maintenance schedules for production-support equipment and facilities to keep documentation audit-ready.

Qualifications

• Excellent numeric and literacy skills.
• Effective communication skills (fluent in English).
• Honest, reliable, trustworthy, and resilient.
• Understanding of distillery operations and whisky production processes.
• Knowledge of ATEX zones, DSEAR requirements, and ethanol-related safety controls.
• Basic computer skills.
• Process improvement focus.
• Experience in a distillery operations environment.
• Knowledge of health & safety regulations relevant to distilling (COSHH, DSEAR, ATEX, manual handling).
• IOSH or NEBOSH First Aid, Legionella awareness, permit-to-work awareness training.
• Understanding of HMRC regulations.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Leadership & Personal Attributes
• Strong attention to detail and methodical approach to compliance.
• Proactive, reliable, with ability to prioritise tasks in a live production environment.
• Effective communication with management, distillers, engineers, and contractors.
• Calm and practical when responding to urgent issues or safety concerns.
• High levels of self-awareness, reflective and knowledge of personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Deep ability to understand and relate to people, navigate tough situations, and cultivate collective performance.
• Working Hours

Mon – Thu 08:00 hrs – 16:30 hrs, Fri 08:00 hrs – 12:00 hrs. This role does not attract shift allowance.

Benefits

• Competitive Pay Package.
• Holiday/Paid Time Off, with additional days such as volunteer days.
• Retirement/Pension Plan.
• Health & Wellbeing: Medical, Critical Illness, and Life Insurance; Employee Assistance Programs.
• Best-in-class, family-friendly and inclusive leave policies.
• Incentive plans linked to individual and company performance.
• Various other benefits and perks (subject to variation by location and position).
• Equal Employment Opportunity

Bacardi seeks talent from all backgrounds to bring diversity of thought, agility and capability to our organization across the globe.

We promote a working environment where all employees are treated and rewarded fairly.

We do not tolerate any form of discrimination that adversely affects individuals or groups on the basis of national origin, race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, and any other legally protected aspect of a person’s identity.

S. applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.

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