Job Description
Brewing Support Shift Manager St James Gate, Dublin Fixed Term Contract until February 2026 Closing date: 29th October 2024 This role covers a 37.5-hour week Mon- Fri on day shifts, with the expectation to cover additional shifts when needed, and includes a 33% shift allowance. About us From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of great character, and in 250 years, nothing's changed. We're the world's leading premium alcohol company. Our brands are industry icons. And our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It's why we trust them with our legacy. And it's why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve. Our ambition is to build the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the world's very best people. Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you About the Role We are seeking a Brewing Shift Manager to join our dedicated team at St. James's Gate Brewery. This role offers a unique opportunity to drive excellence in production, quality, customer service, and continuous improvement. As a Brewing Shift Manager, you will guide production teams to deliver extraordinary quality products while maintaining high standards of customer service and operational efficiency. You'll play a pivotal role in the recruitment, training, and development of team members, ensuring they have the skills and support needed to excel. Key Responsibilities: Lead & manage resources within the production team, fostering a positive, collaborative environment. Build strong relationships with team members, encouraging a culture of teamwork and mutual success. Take ownership of team performance, setting ambitious goals and guiding the team to achieve them. Proactively identify opportunities for improvement and drive initiatives to enhance operational efficiency. Make decisive, action-oriented decisions to support production goals, while demonstrating flexibility in work practices. Recognise and celebrate team successes, promoting a positive and motivating atmosphere. Lead the production area to ensure seamless operations across brewing, packaging, hygiene, quality assurance, and asset care. Apply advanced manufacturing excellence tools to drive site performance. Maintain a strong focus on safety, health, environment, and hygiene, conducting risk assessments and promoting safe work practices. Develop resource plans to meet production needs and oversee local scheduling. Own key performance indicators (KPIs) and ensure the team meets or exceeds targets. About You: The ideal candidate will have: Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in a manufacturing environment Strong understanding of Brewing and Packaging processes. Knowledge of management systems, quality, safety, and environmental standards. Familiarity with engineering, maintenance, and commercial aspects of production and supply chain management. Proven ability to lead high-performance teams and achieve objectives. Ability to coach effectively with strong interpersonal skills. Proactive leader with a positive attitude, focused on driving results. Committed to continuous improvement, always seeking ways to enhance team and process performance. About the site St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin is Diageo's largest manufacturing facility in Ireland, and the largest stout brewery in the world, producing over three million pints of Guinness every day, supplying a growing Irish, UK and US market, and exporting to 90 global markets. Our main beer brands are Guinness, Rockshore, Hop House 13, Smithwick's and Harp. We also brew Carlsberg and Tuborg under licence for the Irish market, as well as a range of newer products, most recently Guinness 0.0 The brewery is highly utilised placing a premium on plant and process reliability. In late 2014 Diageo completed a €169 million investment creating a world class brewing centre of excellence at St. James's Gate, which has increased the competitiveness of beer exports through our end-to-end global supply chain network. Given continued growing demand for our beers, Diageo committed a further €100 million to the Brewery last year, enabling our team to deliver increased volume, new innovations and replacing our Kegging facility. Diversity Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo's purpose of "celebrating life every day everywhere". This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings. Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don't let anything stop you from applying. To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process click the Continue to Application below.