Job Title:  Distillery Manager

Function:  Distilling

Location:  Jura Distillery, Isle of Jura

Job Level: (Internal Reference Only) 6

Contract:  Full Time, Permanent.  Monday to Thursday, 08:00am – 4:30pm & Friday, 08:00 – 14:00 (38 hours p/w) Some evenings and weekend work, on call and travel overseas and within the UK will be required and on call rota.

Date vacancy will close:  25th April 2025.  Where we receive high numbers of applications we may close vacancies early.  If you think this is the right opportunity for you please don't delay in applying!

Who we are:

Born in Glasgow, made in Scotland and enjoyed around the world. Whyte and Mackay is home to a collection of multi-award-winning global whisky brands led by The Dalmore, Fettercairn, Jura and Tamnavulin. Our mission is to be a driving force in whisky, renowned for building brands that stand-out.  Enabled by our brilliant community of 700 colleagues, reaching across 16 countries and counting.  We're led by our values, continuing to grow and invest and looking for great talent to join our brilliant community.  Ready to hear more?

What the opportunity looks like:

Key responsibility will be the leadership and management of the Distillery including liaising with the Brand Home & Experience Team. The nature of the job is very cross functional including areas such as health and safety, HMRC, quality, risk, engineering, sustainability, process support and brand representation.

Accountabilities will include site production satisfies an agreed budget in line with volume, cost and efficiency targets. As well as constant review of reducing risk to ensure continuous improvement for the distillery and the brand home.

You will act as our ambassador on Jura, developing excellent relationships on behalf of the company with the island community.

• Leading and motivating the Distillery team with the Distiller and supporting the Brand Home Team. Creating an environment that ensures a positive and performance driven team can continue to succeed and continually improve. 
• Fully support the Health & Safety Manager in the development and maintenance of health and safety processes and procedures with a strong focus on continuous improvement and legislative compliance.
• Be able to have great vision to forward plan, for assisting the Distilling Director in undertaking as much opportunities and challenges to maximise the flexibility of the business, as well as utilising all equipment on site.
• To effectively set budgets and KPI’s, which requires full understanding of critical spares, understanding engineering reports to be able to set accurate maintenance budgets and justify these budgets in order to minimise downtime and maximise efficiencies.

Skills and experience that will help you be a success:

For this role we're looking for:

• Previous experience within a leadership role.
• Experience in a scientific or engineering discipline along with experience in Distilling & Warehousing.
• IOSH level of health and safety training, NEBOSH would be desirable.
• GCD in Distilling through the IBD, Diploma would be desirable.
• Commitment of the shared visions and values of Whyte & Mackay.

We believe that everyone has the potential for growth in our roles!  You may feel you don't tick every box for this role, but if you believe you have relevant experiences that could help you succeed we'd much rather you apply rather than rule yourself out based on any self-limiting beliefs!  

Why join us:

We offer a competitive salary, bonus package, life assurance, competitive pension, excellent product allowance, 35 days annual leave, plus enhanced family friendly policies. 

Our application process:

If you like what you’ve read and want to explore this opportunity further, please apply before the closing date listed at the top of the advert.

Our team read each and every application, therefore you'll hear back from us in due course.

Should you require any adjustments to our recruitment process to help you be at your best then please contact us at HRTeam@whyteandmackay.com and we'll do what we can to support.