Warehouse Operator Level 1 - 2 Positions
Your Manager: Process Leader
Team: Production, Bulk Operations
Location: Balgray, with travel across other sites as required
Contract Type: Permanent
Pernod Ricard is a worldwide leader in the spirits and champagne industry, blending traditional craftsmanship, state-of-the-art brand development, and global distribution technologies. Our prestigious portfolio of premium to luxury brands includes Absolut vodka, Ricard pastis, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater gin, Malibu liqueur, and Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes. Our mission is to ensure the long-term growth of our brands with full respect for people and the environment, while empowering our employees around the world to be ambassadors of our purposeful, inclusive, and responsible culture of authentic conviviality
Chivas Brothers is the Pernod Ricard business dedicated entirely to Scotch whisky and is part of the Gold Brand Unit, our global division for Aged Spirits & Champagne, which brings together the prestigious portfolios of Irish Distillers, Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouët and North American Distillers, alongside Chivas Brothers. Our award-winning portfolio features some of the world’s most revered single malt and blended Scotch whisky brands, including Chivas, Ballantine’s, Royal Salute, The Glenlivet and Aberlour, which are exported from Scotland to over 100 countries worldwide. As the world’s No.2 Scotch whisky producer with a 1,600-strong team across 26 sites, we are committed to upholding the heritage and pursuing the progress of Scotch and ensuring its sustainable future, as well as opening it up to new audiences across the globe.
About the role
The role of the Warehouse Operator Level 1 is to carry out the full range of warehousing and operations tasks necessary to enable new spirit to be processed into mature blended spirit within the warehousing and operations areas to meet business goals and customer requirements.
What you will do
Cask Management - to remove and receipt casks from warehousing to meet customer demands and control empty casks to meet inventory requirements on filling, dumping and storage. You will consolidate part filled tiers to maximise warehouse utilisation and carry out regauging to update cask content information.
Operations – to operate machinery, vehicles and equipment appropriate to skill level and training.
Collaboration – to participate towards a positive safety culture and contribute to the Continuous Improvement Process. You will also support training of colleagues.
Compliance – to record and retrieve data when required, recording activities on paperwork and computer. You will also maintain spirit integrity through checking identity of casks received or filled and checking casks are fit for fill and do not leak when filled, reporting any anomalies promptly and will carry out stock checking and leak hunting to meet company legislative requirements.
Your skills and background
Have experience in a similar role with experience operating within Health & Safety, Environmental, Revenue and Customs and other statutory requirements and with regard to Bond Security.
Can perform tasks within a given time constraints and according to the operational plan.
Can demonstrate the ability to develop new skills and train others.
Are able to understand and contribute to continuous improvement.
Competent in use of computerised software and systems.
Why join us?
Collective Spirit
You will be part of a connected, international community shaped by iconic brands, a performance mindset, and a proud legacy, where collaboration, fun and ambition coexist.
Craft your path
We empower you to own your career, innovate boldly and grow alongside our business, surrounded by leaders who value curiosity, energy, and impact.
Cultivate the future
You’ll help shape a business with a soul — one that cherishes the land, respects communities, and brings good times from a good place, responsibly and sustainably.
People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’. We promote inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse work force and an inclusive culture, an environment where we can truly be ourselves.
We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences, and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Our recruiting team are more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process, in order for you to participate fully in our recruitment experience.
Our mix of benefits
Competitive salary
Defined Contribution Pension
Private medical insurance, including income protection.
Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
20 days’ annual holiday (increasing with length of service) plus public holidays,
Pernod Ricard share incentive plan and share ownership plan
Life Assurance
An allowance each year to spend on our brands.
Our reward & recognition scheme
Employee discounts from a range of high street retailers.
Learn more about working with Pernod Ricard https://www.pernod-ricard.com/en
Learn more about Chivas Brothers https://www.chivasbrothers.com/
Closing Date for Applications:
14th June 2026
Job Posting End Date:
2026-06-15
Target Hire Date:
2026-08-01
Target End Date:
