Operator

Operator – Weekend Shifts

Location: Shieldhall, Glasgow

Role Type: Full-time, Permanent

Shift Pattern: Friday 11:30–18:00 | Saturday–Sunday 07:00–19:00 (30.5 hours per week)
Salary & Benefits: £28,290.62 per year plus pension, share scheme, bonus, and other benefits

End date to Apply:  02/03/2026

Seeking a better work-life balance with more time to recharge? This opportunity offers you a 3-day workweek and 4 days off every week – the perfect chance to enjoy more of what matters to you.

About the Role

 We are delighted to share that we have multiple excellent opportunities for Weekend Operator to join us within our Shieldhall site.

As part of our Packaging Team, you’ll play a key role in maintaining the highest standards of health, safety, and quality in line with Diageo’s values.

You’ll operate bottling line machines, ensure smooth shift handovers, and perform autonomous maintenance tasks like cleaning, inspecting, and lubricating equipment. Collaborating with Team Leaders, you’ll drive performance improvements and contribute to the success of our operations.

Health and safety compliance is key and you’ll be at the forefront of making sure this is supervised alongside other Key Performance Indicators and targets such as production quality and HMRC compliance.

What you’ll bring 

We’re looking for individuals who bring enthusiasm, teamwork, and a desire to learn. You don’t need prior production experience — we provide all the training you’ll need to excel in this role!

Here’s what we’re looking for

• A strong team player who thrives on solving challenges and making effective decisions.
• Excellent communication skills with the confidence to collaborate across all levels of the site.
• Ambition to support our Team Leaders and a desire to grow — maybe even stepping into a leadership role in the future!
• Someone eager to share ideas, suggest improvements, and embrace opportunities to make a positive impact on our operations.

This is a chance to join a dynamic environment, build new skills, and grow your career while contributing to world-class manufacturing.

Skills and proficiency are things that matter to Diageo, and so we’d love to hear from candidates from a wide range of backgrounds and experience who are passionate about transferring those skills and experience into a Packaging environment. 

About the Site & Team-

• The largest packaging site in our Scotch category
• Supplies over 30 million cases annually of iconic brands including Johnnie Walker, Buchanan’s, Bell’s, and J&B Scotch Whisky
• Comprises 7 production lines, spirit supply operations, multiple dry and wet component areas, and around 400 people
• A diverse, dynamic team with excellent opportunities for learning, growth, and career progression

Working with Us 

Join us and you can expect a highly competitive base salary, plus a comprehensive benefits package including contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities, Private medical insurance, Product allowance, Contributory pension of up to 14% by Diageo, prorated annual leave for weekend staff, 6 months of parental leave to all employees & many more.. 

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. 

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. 

We're looking for people with creativity, boldness, and a sense of purpose to take Diageo and our timeless, groundbreaking brands to the next level. 

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

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