Site Reliability & Asset Care Leader

PepsiCo Inc.; Coventry; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo Inc. is seeking a Reliability Manager to provide strategic and technical leadership for the site’s Reliability, Asset Care, Controls Systems and Condition-Based Maintenance functions.

You will develop a world-class reliability framework delivering improvements in equipment reliability, asset performance, and maintenance effectiveness. You will lead a team including Reliability Leads and CBM Specialists, ensuring compliance with engineering standards, Safety and governance processes, and

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Mechanical, Electrical, Automation or Manufacturing Engineering.
• Proven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong maintenance and reliability experience within FMCG or manufacturing environments.
• Advanced knowledge of preventive, predictive and Reliability Centred Maintenance methodologies.
• Experience leading Root Cause Analysis, FMEA and equipment loss elimination programmes.
• Strong understanding of asset care systems, lifecycle management and maintenance best practices.
• Working knowledge of SAP PM or equivalent CMMS/EAM systems.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Demonstrated capability leading engineering strategy deployment and organisational change.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and convert findings into practical business actions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy the site Reliability Strategy aligned to business objectives, engineering functional priorities and PepsiCo standards, delivering sustainable improvements in asset reliability, maintenance effectiveness and technical availability.
• Own site reliability performance through delivery of KPIs including TE improvement, MTBF, MTTR, Technical Availability, PM Compliance and Equipment Reliability; drive RCA, IDA, FMEA.
• Lead the Asset Care function with preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance programmes; develop lifecycle plans for critical assets.
• Provide leadership for site control systems ensuring robust PLCs, SCADA, HMIs, networks, backups and cybersecurity.
• Own and improve the Condition-Based Maintenance programme using vibration, thermography and oil analysis.
• Lead Engineering compliance programmes ensuring adherence to PepsiCo standards, permit-to-work, GEHSMS, Change Control, Food Safety and governance.
• Develop and maintain a Lean Six Sigma pipeline delivering reliability improvements and strategic projects.
• Provide leadership, coaching and development for Reliability Leads and CBM Specialist; build talent pipelines.
• Own reliability and asset care budgets; support AOPs and CAPEX proposals; prioritise expenditure for ROI.
• Lead Engineering Excellence initiatives, PeMM deployment, visual management, KPI alignment; collaborate across maintenance and operations.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Reliability engineering

Maintenance management

FMCG experience

Root Cause Analysis

SAP PM / CMMS

Stakeholder management

Project governance

Lean Six Sigma

Cybersecurity basics

Education

Mechanical/Electrical/Automation/Manufacturing Engineering degree

Tools

SAP PM

CMMS/EAM systems

Control systems (PLC/SCADA/HMI)

Job description

PepsiCo Inc. is seeking a Reliability Manager to provide strategic and technical leadership for the site’s Reliability, Asset Care, Controls Systems and Condition-Based Maintenance functions.

You will develop a world-class reliability framework delivering improvements in equipment reliability, asset performance, and maintenance effectiveness. You will lead a team including Reliability Leads and CBM Specialists, ensuring compliance with engineering standards, Safety and governance processes, and