Location
Ellon, Aberdeenshire | United Kingdom
Job description
About Us
BREWDOG IS A SUNDAY TIMES BEST PLACES TO WORK EMPLOYER 2023
COMPANY SHARES | 10% PROFIT SCHEME | PENSION ENHANCEMENTS UP TO 10% | 4-WEEK SABBATICAL EVERY 5 YEARS | STAFF DISCOUNT | EXTRA HOLIDAY DAY EACH YEAR | ADDITIONAL PAY FOR EACH BEER EXAM PASSED
We love great craft beer. We want everyone to be as passionate about it as we are – and our central team are vital in this mission. Every single person in our team can shape our future for the better, whether that’s for our people, planet or our incredible beer. Because we expect great things from you, we give great things back. And not only that - we are a Best Places to Work employer 2023
HOP STOCK | We believe in sharing our success with our crew and have a unique Hop Stock benefit for our salaried team. That means you share in our success, and if we grow strongly, we win together.
PROFIT SHARE | Via our ground-breaking Unicorn Fund, we give away 10% of our profits, to our amazing crew members, every single year. We wouldn’t be able to do it without you so it’s only right we share the success together.
PENSION ENHANCEMENT | We increase our contributions to your pension up to 10% of your salary so together we can properly invest in your future. And, since the statutory amount all businesses pay is 3%, our decision to pay above that shows we’re taking your future seriously.
4-WEEK SABBATICAL| After every 5 years here you will receive an additional 4 weeks off to spend doing whatever you want.
STAFF DISCOUNT | 25% off in bars, 30% off online and 50% off BrewDog Merch to fill up your fridge and your wardrobe* (*don’t put your hoody in the fridge though)
ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY DAYS | For every full year completed up to your 5th year with us we add on one additional day’s leave above and beyond your initial entitlement. You therefore get an extra full week off at 5 years every single year onward to rest up.
BEER TRAINING | We love beer and we want you to love beer too, so we’ll support you through the internationally-recognised Cicerone qualifications, so you can love it almost as much as we do. We’ll also pay you more for each level you pass.
AND A LOT MORE | Okay, deep breath… enhanced sick pay, healthcare, life assurance, high street retail discounts, employee assistance programmes, enhanced family friendly policies around maternity and paternity leave, pawternity leave, DE+I and crew forum groups and an allowance to quality check some beers each month!
We’re also the world’s first carbon negative beer business. We’re focused on making sure that we, and future generations, have a planet to brew great beer on. Our industry leading techniques help us create and deliver unique beer whilst doing our bit (and others’) for the environment.
About The Role
Project management
- Manage defined projects from initiation to completion ensuring that they are managed according to the Brewdog project management approach
- Ensure clear and structured project governance is in place
- Report and escalate using project governance structure as required
- Identify and resolve project issues and risks running a proper risk management process throughout the lifecycle of the project
- Developing project scopes and deliverables involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
- Ensure that project deliverables and scope are met on time and within budget.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets ensuring any slippage to programme or budget is reported, investigated and mitigated as far as possible
- Manage changes to the project scope, schedule, and budget.
- Manage day-to-day operational aspects of the project(s)
- Coordinate site activities across inspections, installation, commissioning, ramp up and close out
- Source and manage all site-based deliveries, shipments and hire equipment
- Prepare detailed installation reports for all on-site activities and recommended actions
- Measure project performance through project review and lessons learned sessions
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
- Ensure appropriate handover to the operational teams ensuring training is completed. Documented handover is in place giving control of installation to operational teams with defined remaining actions for the project to close out
Cross functional team
- Lead and coordinate the activities of the project team.
- Define resource needs for projects and ensure resource availability and allocation against an agreed plan with a defined project team in place
- Coach the team where required ensuring they are clear on what is expected of them and have the support they need to meet these expectations
- Coordinate internal resources for the flawless execution of projects
- Maintain effective communication with project team ensuring everyone is clear on project progress and issues;
- Work closely with operational teams to ensure smooth operations and processes;
- Ensure training plans are in place as part of the delivery of the project and that operational teams are set up for success
- Engage with operational teams to get buy in for the project and to keep them updated on progress
- Ensure clear channels of communication within the project team
- Drive a collaborative working culture with other departments and encourages openness and approachability
- Work with other departments to ensure smooth running of projects
- Make decisions based on what is best for the total operation and not just for projects
- Establishes contacts and relationships outside their own team to share resources and actively develop beyond a confined area, with the intention of generating a common focus to support business outcomes
Health & Safety
- Ensure all site rules and health & safety standards are observed both by the project team and external parties
- Identify safety issues, escalating where appropriate, and ensuring good communication between relevant teams.
- Lead by example, demonstrating a proactive approach to health and safety and providing a safe work environment for yourself and others, challenging unsafe conditions and providing solutions where possible.
- Lead the investigation of safety incidents and near misses related to the project ensuring that they are completed and corrective and preventative measures are implemented to avoid a reoccurrence
- Identify areas for improvement and drive these improvements to improve the safety standards on our site.
- Ensure the correct safety procedures are followed with regards to contractor management and safe systems of work
- Ensure risk assessments are in place at design stage and regularly updated throughout the project as new information/understanding comes to light
quality
- Identify quality and food safety issues, escalating where appropriate, and ensuring good communication between relevant teams.
- Lead by example, demonstrating a proactive approach to quality and providing a food safe work environment.
- Lead the investigation of quality incidents and product holds related to project work ensuring that they are completed and corrective and preventative measures are implemented to avoid a reoccurrence
- Ensure risk assessments are in place at design stage and regularly updated throughout the project as new information/understanding comes to light. Ensure any updates to HACCP or technical documentation are completed as part of the project.
- Ensure housekeeping is maintained to a high standard and cleaning plans are completed as required
- Identify areas for improvement and drive these improvements to improve the quality standards on our site.
- Ensure the correct quality procedures are followed with regards to contractor management and on-site installation and commissioning
Environment & sustainability
- Identify environmental issues, escalating where appropriate, and ensuring good communication between relevant teams.
- Lead by example, demonstrating a proactive approach to environment and sustainability.
- Lead the investigation of environmental incidents related to project work ensuring that they are completed and corrective and preventative measures are implemented to avoid a reoccurrence
- Ensure correct waste segregation from all project work
Output & cost
- Ensure business case is in place for each project and is regularly updated throughout the project flagging any changes to benefit case of a project
- Ensure project budget is created and actively managed throughout a project to deliver the project on budget
- Ensure timely raising of PO’s and payment of invoices ensuring all internal processes are followed
- Take accountability for identifying areas to reduce cost without impact on scope or with impact on scope with sign off from the business owners
External parties
- Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors supporting the delivery of projects
- Ensure effective communication is in place for all third parties and act as the focal point for interaction between Brewdog and 3rd party vendors
- Ensure that an agreed procurement method is followed for the identification and appointment of third parties ensuring we are only working with approved 3rd parties where a contractual arrangement is in place
- Work alongside procurement to ensure the contract is managed through the full project process and that suppliers are performing in line with expectations. Where required take action alongside procurement to drive supplier performance
- Carry out pre-delivery inspections to identify potential issues and how to overcome these
- Coordinate third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
About You
The candidate will hold a qualification in Engineering or related field with 5+ years demonstrable experience in Project Management.
Consideration will be given to candidates with a SVQ Level 3 qualification, 10+ years relevant industry experience and 5+ years experience in Project Management.
Candidate will live and breath the Brewdog mission and charter ensuring you team understand it, live up to it and champion it internally and externally
Champion the mantra safety, quality, production (in that order) ensuring you make decisions and prioritise work for you, your project team and your suppliers based on this
Foster a mentally, physically and emotionally safe environment for you and the wider team ensuring respect for each other and that everyone feels feel comfortable to challenge and raise concerns
THE BREWDOG CHARTER
WE BLEED CRAFT BEER | This is our true North.
WE ARE UNCOMPROMISING | If we don't love it, we don't do it. Ever.
WE COUNT TIME IN DOG YEARS | We are ambitious. We are relentless. We take risks.
WE CHALLENGE EVERYTHING | We forge our own path.
WITHOUT US WE ARE NOTHING | We are BrewDog.
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