Project Engineer

Job Introduction

Are you a driven Project Engineer with a process or chemical background looking to make a real impact? In this role, you’ll play a key role in delivering capital and special revenue projects that enhance site capability, improve efficiency, and support sustainable growth.

The Role

As a Project Engineer, you will support and deliver a diverse portfolio of engineering projects across multiple sites. You’ll work on initiatives that go beyond routine maintenance - focusing on plant improvements, efficiency optimisation, and long-term infrastructure development.

This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of projects from concept through to completion while collaborating with cross-functional teams and driving best-in-class engineering practices.

Main Responsibility

Key Responsibilities

Support and deliver engineering projects across all OBU sites, outside routine maintenance scope

Contribute to solutions addressing plant performance, health & safety, and environmental challenges

Develop and support initiatives that optimise and future-proof site infrastructure

Provide input into Site Master Plans, 5-year strategies, and capital budgets

Support project prioritisation and lead allocated engineering development projects

Project Delivery & Management:

Define project concepts and develop technically robust solutions

Conduct financial analysis and prepare strong CAPEX justifications

Identify and manage suppliers, tender processes, and contract negotiations

Deliver projects on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards

Ensure full compliance with health, safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements

Lead handover to operational teams with clear documentation and training

Performance & Continuous Improvement:

Produce clear technical reports with data-driven recommendations

Monitor and report on key metrics (capital spend, milestones, variations)

Contribute to engineering standards and continuous improvement initiatives

Support operational engineering activities to minimise downtime and maximise efficiency

Ensure plant, utilities, and infrastructure assets are maintained to high standards

Our Ideal Candidate

What We’re Looking For

Degree-qualified (or equivalent) in Chemical, Process, or related Engineering discipline

Proven experience in project engineering within a process or manufacturing environment

Strong knowledge of CAPEX project delivery and financial justification

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Solid understanding of health, safety, and environmental standards

A collaborative mindset with a passion for continuous improvement

What we can offer you

We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.

Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.

Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).

Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.

Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.

Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.

Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.

Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.

Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.

Learning resources to help you be your best self.

About William Grant & Sons

A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS

William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.

We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.

At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.

OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY

Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.

Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.

We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.

INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.

William Grant & Sons