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Plainfield – Warehouse Team Member – F22 (85)

From pioneers like Arthur Guinness, John Walker and Elizabeth Cumming, to the digital disrupters already shaping our future, at Diageo, we’ve never stopped looking forward. We’re continuing to build on our heritage and, with eCommerce at the heart of everything we do, we’re creating our legacy for tomorrow. Join us and explore new ways ahead with digital sales channels, consumer insight and data. As you help us to keep shaking up the market with industry-leading solutions, you’ll transform your career too.

About us

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Bulleit, Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. With over 200 brands in 180 countries and a global network of entrepreneurial individuals, we blend a diverse range of experience, knowledge and skills. We connect customers and consumers to our iconic products and create innovative experiences that bring people together to celebrate life.

PAY RATE: $15.18/hour. $1/hour differential for overnights.

WORK LOCATION: Plainfield, Illinois

SCHEDULE: Shifts are currently allocated by seniority, new employees start with the overnight, 6 pm to 6 am. Rotational Panama shifts of 12-hours. 24/7 operation.

About the role

At Diageo Plainfield, we seek to operate a Zero Harm environment. We believe everyone goes home safe, every day, everywhere! In this role you will promote and lead a spirit of “Safety First” in all other areas of the operation! The ability to address problems and work in highly effective teams is essential for success. As a self-motivated member of the Diageo Plainfield Team, you will provide support, training and mentor to your fellow team members, and encourage and engage others. You will have the opportunity to also work closely with multi-functional departments (Operations, Processing, Asset Care, Quality, and Logistics) to ensure the safe and efficient operation of all aspects of the facility. A few more things:

+ Follow all safety and quality procedures

+ General manual work

+ Unstacking/stacking and building pallets

+ Placing bottles into boxes

+ Cut straps and plastic

+ Cleaning and / or re-working bottles and labels

+ Line quality inspection

+ Adding additional items to bottles/ boxes i.e. stickers, ribbons, designs etc.

+ Perform all responsibilities in compliance with safety, sanitation, quality and housekeeping rules.

+ Clean machinery to maintain optimum machine performance. This may include using tools to: scrape, wipe, sweep, squeegee.

+ Repair substandard packages. This may include relabeling bottles, restacking boxes on pallet.

+ Loading equipment with packaging supplies. This may include lifting overhead, regularly lifting to 50 lbs.

+ Moving and dumping garbage and recycling containers. This may include lifting up to 100 lbs*.

+ Follow Good Manufacturing Procedures (GMP), perform tasks per the Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS) and follow general housekeeping guidelines and rules for Food Safety Regulations. Keep area updated with 5S.

+ Performs other duties as assigned.

**Physical Aspects** :

**Lifting** - Minimum: 20 lbs constantly - Maximum: 100 lbs* occasionally

**Repetitive Motion** - Frequently manipulating controls on forklift. Constant entering and exiting forklift

**Dexterity -** Frequent manipulating controls on forklift. Frequent completion of paperwork

**Climbing** - Minimal

**Standing/Sitting** - Constant sitting. Frequent standing. Occasional bending

**Walking** - Frequent

**Pushing** - Frequent to close overhead dock and trailer door and to operate cleaning equipment.

**Pulling** - Constant pulling overhead to get on and off forklift, Frequent pulling overhead to close trailer and dock doors. Frequent pulling to raise dock plates.

**Vibration** - Constant vibration from forklift operation.

**Environment -** Indoor, outdoor; subject to the following:

Extreme cold, including icy conditions

+ Extreme heat and humidity

+ Occasional in climate weather

+ Noise

+ Wet, slippery

* Lifting is performed with assistance of other workers / equipment

About you

You will be responsible for:

+ Perform all job functions safely.

+ Must regularly lift, push or pull up to +50 lbs

+ Regularly exposed to a noisy, wet environment.

+ Work in and around moving machinery, moving vehicles.

+ General proficiency in English

You will need:

+ Minimum 21 years of age.

+ Excellent communication skills demonstrated partnership capability and can-do attitude.

+ Flexibility to adapt to different shift working practices and patterns.

Diversity Statement

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

Character Is Everything

Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Plainfield Plant

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2025-07-09

With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.

Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.

With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.

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