Engineering Safety Compliance Engineer

Company: Diageo
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Location: Elgin
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will drive safety compliance for industrial machinery across sites, partnering with CAPEX and suppliers to uphold BS/EN/ISO standards. You will shape safety solutions, validate installations, and lead incident investigations to prevent recurrence. The position sits within a fast-paced Supply Chain & Manufacturing environment, focused on quality, efficiency and sustainable practices. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed a culture of safety and continuous improvement. This is an opportunity to influence safety design across assets and lifecycle, making life’s moments safer for our brands.

Pay / Benefits

  • flexibility
  • competitive rewards and benefits

Responsibilities

  • Lead and support safety compliance activities for machinery, including PUWER assessments and EN ISO standard alignment
  • Coordinate PUWER machinery assessments and provide guidance to sites and governance partners
  • Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, and drive corrective and preventative actions as SME
  • Develop and update machinery safety standards and translate legislation impact into Diageo practices
  • Engage with CAPEX, suppliers and external design partners to ensure safe, compliant equipment
  • Provide safety guidance, data reporting, and visibility of PUWER status using established tools
  • Support cost-effective safety improvements and sustainability initiatives in machine design
  • Maintain documentation and contribute to improvements in tools, templates, and ways of working

Key requirements

  • Relevant Electrical qualification (HNC or equivalent)
  • Machinery Safety qualification (UCPD/CMSE/C&G or equivalent, or willingness to pursue)
  • Safety qualification (NEBOSH or willingness to pursue)
  • ATEX qualification (COMPEX 1-4 and/or 14 or equivalent)
  • 3-5 years in an industrial environment
  • Knowledge of CE marking
  • Knowledge of machinery safety functions (EN ISO 13849-1/EN 62061)
  • Knowledge of PUWER
  • Problem solving
  • Effective communication
  • Teamwork
  • CE marking
  • Machinery safety design (EN ISO 13849-1/EN 62061)
  • PUWER

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Posted: October 17th, 2026