Job Introduction
Join the heart of our spirit making process as a Vat Hall Team Leader and play a key role in ensuring our world class whiskies and spirits are crafted to perfection. Based within our Vat Hall in Bellshill, you will lead, support, and develop a high performing team responsible for preparing, managing, and delivering spirit for bottling. If you’re passionate about operations, people leadership, and continuous improvement, this is a fantastic opportunity to step into a role with genuine impact.
Main Responsibility
1. Leading day to day Vat Hall operations to deliver production targets efficiently and safely.
2. Managing, motivating, and developing the team to support high performance and engagement.
3. Ensuring all spirit preparation, batching, and transfer activities meet accuracy, safety, and regulatory requirements, including HMRC compliance.
4. Monitoring performance and driving continuous improvement across processes and working methods.
5. Building strong working relationships with Bottling, Wet Goods, Supply Chain, Compliance, Quality and our partner sites at Girvan and Dufftown to ensure smooth operational flow.
6. Maintaining high standards of housekeeping, hygiene, safety, and adherence to all H&S, Environmental and Customs & Excise regulations.
7. Completing documentation, reports, and system updates accurately and on time.
Our Ideal Candidate
8. Experience in a production, manufacturing, or spirit processing environment.
9. IOSH and COMAH training preferred, with experience leading teams through change and managing a demanding workload in a fast‑paced environment
10. Strong people leader with the ability to coach, motivate, and build high performing teams.
11. Proactive mindset with a strong focus on safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
12. Confident decision‑maker with excellent problem‑solving skills.
13. Clear and effective communicator who works well across multiple departments.
14. Understanding of process operations, compliance, or HMRC controlled environments.
15. Committed to upholding WG&S values and delivering high standards consistently.
Be part of something exceptional, your next chapter starts here.
What we can offer you
16. 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.
17. Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
18. Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
19. 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.
20. Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
21. Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
22. Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
23. 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.
24. Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1, per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
25. Learning resources to help you be your best self.