Shift Technician/Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

PepsiCo Deutschland GmbH; Leicester; On-site; GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an established industry player at the world’s largest crisp factory, where your skills in maintenance engineering will be put to the test. This dynamic role allows you to work in a fast-paced environment, providing essential technical support and ensuring the optimal performance of plant equipment. With a strong emphasis on teamwork and continuous improvement, you will play a key role in driving operational efficiency and achieving production targets. Enjoy a competitive salary, generous benefits, and the opportunity for career progression in a company that values its workforce and promotes from within. If you are ready to make an impact in a supportive and innovative environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Quarterly Bonus Incentive

Competitive Pension Scheme

23 days holiday

PPE provided

Staff discount shop

Cycle to work scheme

Subsidised Canteen

Long Service Rewards

Qualifications

• Good electrical and mechanical maintenance skills required.
• Experience in a production environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise for electrical and mechanical maintenance.
• Support site contractor activity and coordinate contracts.

Skills

Electrical Maintenance

Mechanical Maintenance

Problem-Solving

Team Collaboration

Continuous Improvement

Education

NVQ Level 3 Engineering

City & Guilds 2391

Tools

PLC Systems

CMMS

SCADA Systems

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Overview

Why PepsiCo?

PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world's most loved food and drink products, making everyday favorites like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers, and Monster Munch, to name a few! We have a fantastic reputation for developing and launching products that our consumers love. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers around the world more than one billion times a day in over 200 countries and territories. The company generated $91 billion in net revenue in 2023. In the UK, we pride ourselves on being a great place to work and in 2023 have been awarded the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality for the 18th year in a row and Top Employer for the 12th year in a row.

We offer a competitive salary, quarterly bonus incentive, critical illness cover, discounted gym membership, market-leading health and wellbeing support, generous company pension plus much more. In 2024, we have enhanced our extended parental leave offering, now paying in full for 26 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks for paternity leave for those who have the respective length of service. We’re also pushing our benefits to be more pep+ by offering electric cars through salary sacrifice with a partnership with Octopus Energy.

Join the world of PepsiCo Supply Chain; our famous Leicester manufacturing site is the world’s largest crisp factory producing millions of bags every day. It’s already a great plant but our ambition is to make it even greater. We not only want to be the largest crisp factory in the world, we want to be the best and that’s where you come in! Your leadership, innovation, and problem-solving skills will be utilized to the fullest; in this fast-paced and ever-changing environment, we can go from idea to implementation in a matter of days. You will be inspired by the drive of your team and feel a true sense of connection and camaraderie with your colleagues who are proud to work in Leicester.

Position Summary

Reports to: Site Maintenance Manager

Direct reports: None

Working Hours: Continental shift pattern (4 on, 4 off) working 12-hour shifts, rotating between days and nights each block, which will also include working weekends and bank holidays. This will average to 42 hours per week.

Salary & Benefits:

1. £54,848.25 per annum (inclusive of shift allowance)
2. Quarterly Bonus Incentive
3. Competitive Pension Scheme
4. 23 days holiday (with the option to buy/sell holiday)
5. PPE provided by the business
6. Staff discount shop
7. Cycle to work scheme
8. Subsidised Canteen
9. Long Service Rewards

Responsibilities

Main Accountability

As a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (internally known as Shift Technician), your role is to provide a safe, high-quality, cost-effective maintenance service to site assets including preventative, predictive, and breakdown maintenance ensuring achievement of Factory Key Performance Indicators, targets, and budgets. To provide technical support to Operational teams, Technicians, and Operations Management, monitoring maintenance activities, routines, and procedures for accuracy, effectiveness, and completion. To drive line performance to meet targets coordinating technical & operational activities.

Roles & Responsibilities

1. Provide technical expertise for Electrical and Mechanical maintenance of plant equipment whilst carrying out reactive and PPM using electrical, control system, and mechanical engineering skill set.
2. Key responsibility for reviewing production targets and priorities / balance the lines to meet them with minimal waste.
3. Act as the effective link between Operations & Engineering.
4. Support site contractor activity through issuing Permit to Works and review of risk assessments and method statements (RAMS).
5. Responsible for coordination of contractors and contracts including issuing of PTW.
6. Coaching and supporting the Manufacturing Technician (MT) group to develop their technical skills.
7. Provide support to and involvement in site Project and Change Initiatives (CIs) as appropriate.
8. Undertake tasks which require data and strong diagnostics to identify and act upon underlying root cause issues.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Good electrical and mechanical maintenance skills.
2. Experience within a production environment.
3. NVQ L3 or equivalent time served Engineering apprenticeship with proven hands-on experience.
4. City & Guilds 2391 holder
5. Strong team player who demonstrates a continuous improvement approach.
6. Ability to manage and prioritise workloads to support business needs.
7. Computer literate (Word, Excel, etc).

Preferred (but not essential) Qualifications:

1. Experience within a FMCG or high-volume continuous production environment.
2. Experience of leading and coaching a team.
3. Working knowledge of PLC systems- Allen Bradley and/or Siemens an advantage.
4. Working knowledge of CMMS and SCADA systems and the associated applications (further training will be provided by PepsiCo).

We pride ourselves on our superb workforce. The people in this business genuinely care about doing a great job! We have a common goal - strive to continuously improve our business performance and our own personal development. With the majority of the executive team having been promoted organically, we are continually developing and encouraging our employees to push themselves further and offer them support with their continual learning. Career progression is incredibly important to us and we provide great opportunities to grow a long-term career.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010; we value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, disability or race including; colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin.

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