Job Title: Environment and Sustainability Manager

Function: Distilling

Location: Invergordon Distillery, Invergordon

Job Level: (Internal Reference Only) 6

Contract: Full Time / Permanent

Role Reports to: Distilling Director

Date vacancy will close: 14th August 2026. Where we receive high numbers of applications we may close vacancies early. If you think this is the right opportunity for you please don't delay in applying!

Who we are:

Born in Glasgow, made in Scotland and enjoyed around the world. Whyte and Mackay is home to a collection of multi-award-winning global whisky brands led by The Dalmore, Fettercairn, Jura and Tamnavulin. Our mission is to be a driving force in whisky, renowned for building brands that stand-out. Enabled by our brilliant community of 675 colleagues, reaching across 17 countries and counting. We're led by our values, continuing to grow and invest and looking for great talent to join our brilliant community. Ready to hear more?

What the opportunity looks like:

Ensure Environmental Compliance across the company. Reporting and engaging with Environment Agency, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, liaising with the Scotch Whisky Association. Owning the Green Print and ensuring delivery of our commitments in the areas of Agriculture & Biodiversity, Carbon Neutral, Water Stewardship, Zero Waste to Landfill & Packaging Regulation Compliance and building into Our Community activities, internally and externally.

Environmental Compliance: to ensure compliance to all regulatory licences for Water, Land and Air for both the UK Environment Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. To control the system for the licences and their compliance with incident reporting and auditing of the system. Ensure compliance to Packaging Regulations for our global markets, reporting and updating company on adherence.
Licences to Operate: Reporting of information for Energy, Water and Packaging for adherence for the licences. Link in licences and reporting to key stakeholders, eg Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, Commercial and Marketing departments. Owner of the Climate Change Agreements and Levies (CCA & CCL), Waste Reporting, Extended Packaging Responsibility.
Reporting & Decision Making: Information for Monthly Reporting for Distilling Leadership Team and Supply Chain Leadership Team. Quarterly for Exec and Treasury for updates on Environment Compliance and Sustainability. Yearly for Corporate Reporting and Scotch Whisky Association.
Prosperity & Cost Efficiency Analyse & Act on data from Distilling for efficiencies of Grain (Malted Barley & Wheat), Fuels for Steam, Electricity and Water. Show opportunities of saving money from all utilities using data analysis, benchmarking and Root Cause Analysis and key in delivering improvement projects. Working with Finance and Procurement recording all credits from Energy, Renewable Gas Guarantees of Origin (RGGOs), Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGOs) and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) credits.
Winning Through Partnerships: Working with Procurement and Finance with Operations on key partnerships across all areas of the Green Print: Energy, Water, Agriculture, Packaging and Waste. Developing gains from partnerships from Green Gas, Green Biomass, Green Electricity and for Distilling sites working with the local Estates (Invergordon - Wyvis, Dalmore - Novar, Fettercairn - Fasque, Jura – Ardfin & Inver, Tamnavulin - Crown).
Innovation & Sustainability as a Driving Force : Long term thinking with 2030 and 2040 Green Print ambition goals. Horizon scanning with Engineering, Operations and Procurement for new opportunities and technologies. Continue to develop the Award-winning programmes and continue to nurture and improve.
As a People Manager, you will be responsible for motivating, connecting, and leading your team. You will carry out key people management activities throughout the year, including performance reviews, development planning, and fostering a positive team environment.
As a Leader, you will not only lead and inspire your team but also serve as a role model across the organisation. You will encourage collaboration and drive success by promoting a culture of teamwork and excellence.

Skills and experience that will help you be a success:

For this role we're looking for:

Degree‑level education or equivalent professional experience. Science or Engineering qualifications preferred.
A strong professional Environmental Compliance Knowledge.
Excellent understanding of Environmental Compliance.
Knowledge of Environmental Regulations for UK and Scotland.
In-depth understanding of Regulatory Frameworks and demonstrating compliance.
Awareness of distilling operations, raw‑material processes and energy and water systems, and the ability to drive to benchmark targets and realise business and planetary benefits.
Engineering knowledge of processes and technologies to improve performance for Distilling & Supply Chain Environmental and Sustainability performance.
Highly analytical with the ability to interpret Raw Material, Energy and Water data, assess financial risks, analyse variances and develop accurate forecasts.
Strong understanding of Raw Material, Energy and Water cost structures, cost drivers and commercial modelling.
Ability to support Operations, Procurement & Finance with forecasting and budget performance tracking.
Organised, methodical and able to manage multiple priorities within a fast‑moving operational environment.
Strong commercial judgement with resilience, professionalism and the ability to challenge constructively.
Valid driving licence (regular Distillery, Grangemouth, SVP Head Office and Supplier visits).

We believe that everyone has the potential for growth in our roles! You may feel you don't tick every box for this role, but if you believe you have relevant experiences that could help you succeed we'd much rather you apply rather than rule yourself out based on any self-limiting beliefs!

Why join us:

We offer a competitive salary, bonus package, life assurance, competitive pension, excellent product allowance, 35 days annual leave, plus enhanced family friendly policies. Our Rewards & Benefits page has further information.

Our application process:

If you like what you’ve read and want to explore this opportunity further, please apply before the closing date listed at the top of the advert.

Our team read each and every application, therefore you'll hear back from us in due course.

Candidate guidance on the use of AI in the application and screening process can be found on our career site.

Should you require any adjustments to our recruitment process to help you be at your best then please contact us at HRTeam@whyteandmackay.com and we'll do what we can to support.

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