Engineering Project Manager - 12 month FTC

PepsiCo; Leicester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading snack and beverage company in Leicester seeks an Engineering Project Manager to oversee capital projects, ensuring successful implementation within budget and time constraints. Candidates should have a technical background, project management skills, and experience in health and safety processes. The company promotes an inclusive culture and values individual contributions.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Flexible working

Health benefits

Qualifications

• Involvement in capital projects from small to medium scale.
• Ability to manage project planning and execution.
• Experience with project management theory.

Responsibilities

• Accountability for financial control of projects.
• Lead project groups with technical and non-technical roles.
• Manage contractors and ensure project delivery on time and budget.

Skills

Technical background

Project Management skills

H&S processes experience

Computer literacy

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

CAD

Job description

Overview

At PepsiCo UK, we’re proud to make some of the nation’s favourite snacks and drinks—like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers, and Monster Munch. With sites across the UK, including our Quaker mill in Cupar and Doritos factory in Coventry, we’re also home to one of the world’s largest crisp factories in Leicester. At the end of 2025 we will move our UK office to a vibrant new Reading town centre location, just minutes from Reading train station.

Why Join Us?We offer a competitive salary, bonus, car allowance, flexible working, and a wide range of benefits—from critical illness cover and discounted gym memberships to enhanced parental leave and electric car schemes. Our commitment to wellbeing and career growth makes us a Top Employer for 14 years running.

As an Engineering Project Manager you will deliver the capital of the Capital plan, work closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered successfully. You will support in scoping concepts & developing solutions through to capex writing, submission, and management of projects. You will be accountable for project completion including contractor management, KPI sign off and ‘customer’ acceptance.

Responsibilities

• Accountability for financial control of projects.
• Leadership of project groups including technical and non-technical roles.
• Management of on-site contractors including permit writing.
• Safe delivery of projects within time and budgetary constraints.

Qualifications

• Involved or responsible for small (<£100m) to med (£1mm) scale capital projects.
• Technical / Engineering background.
• Project Management and planning skills (knowledge of project management theory and processes).
• Experience of H&S processes (permit writing / risk assessments / ATC / ATO).
• Knowledge / experience of the CAPEX process.
• Knowledge / understanding of CDM regulations.
• Computer literate (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Project, CAD - preferred).

A Space to be YouWe celebrate individuality and are committed to building an inclusive workplace. Our Employee Resource Groups help embed inclusion into our culture, ensuring everyone feels valued and heard.

Equal OpportunitiesWe’re an equal opportunity employer, committed to the Equality Act 2010. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and will provide any necessary adjustments to support you through the recruitment process.

About PepsiCoPepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated nearly$92 billion in net revenue in 2024, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio thatincludes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo’s product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with pep+ (PepsiCo Positive). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the centre of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visitwww.pepsico.com, and follow onX (Twitter),Instagram,Facebook, andLinkedIn @PepsiCo.