UK Environmental, Health and Safety Specialist Projects

PepsiCo Deutschland GmbH; Leicester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global food and beverage company is seeking an Engineering Project Manager in Leicester. This role involves ensuring compliance with EHS legislation, managing contractors, and conducting site inspections. The ideal candidate will have a NEBOSH Diploma and experience in a regulatory driven environment, along with strong influencing and communication skills. The position offers a competitive salary and various benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Car allowance

Flexible working

Health benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in a regulatory driven environment.
• Knowledge of Construction, Design & Management Regulations.
• Experience operating in a Lean environment is advantageous.
• Strong coaching style and ability to manage difficult discussions.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with Environmental Health and Safety Legislation.
• Manage contractor management and safety standards.
• Conduct regular inspections for compliance.
• Be available for support and travel to various sites as needed.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Knowledge of EHS legislation

Strong influencing skills

Communication skills

Team player

Education

NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent degree

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 a cccountable for project completion including contractor management, KPI sign off and ‘customer’ acceptance.

Responsibilities

• To ensure that the UK projects comply with Environmental Health and Safety Legislation and operates within the internal (Global Environmental, Health and Safety Management System).
• Own multiple standards across the UK as UK subject matter expert – as defined by BU Lead, including Contractor Management, Permit to Work, Work at height and Confined Spaces.
• Provide regular coaching to other site standard owners, meeting at least quarterly.
• Critical role in allocated projects to ensure safe execution of all change, compliance to CDM regulations and safe handover to operations.
• To be an active member of project meetings and reviews to monitor compliance and ensure safe methods are adopted. Manage interface between site and project teams for EHS.
• Manager ownership of 3rd party external providers, meeting regularly and reviewing key KPIs. External suppliers include safe contractor and EHS Global tech.
• Central role in leading all investigations involving 3rd party independent contractors and updating the strike policy.
• Onboard all 3rd party principle contractors in line with UK policies.
• Regularly inspect project areas or sites to ensure compliance with health and safety standards including CDM regulations documenting findings and following up on corrective actions.
• Flexible, can be available for support 24 hours/7 days as business needs dictate and travel to UK sites to support as necessary.
• Critical role in EHS training across the UK in all topics relating to Contractor management and PTW.
• Travel 25% of the time covering all UK supply chain sites.
• Support HAZOP studies when required.
• Ability to set and manage own agenda to achieve overall EHS strategy of the site/project.

Qualifications

• Experience of a regulatory driven environment (Environment, Health and Safety).
• Knowledge of Construction, Design & Management Regulations.
• Fundamental knowledge of Environmental, Health and Safety legislation.
• Experience of operating in a Lean environment would be advantageous.
• Strong influencing skills with the ability to manage in all directions, including influencing people higher in the organisation and in other sites and functions. Deal with external agencies e.g. HSE, Environment Agency.
• Comfortable dealing with difficult discussions and situations. Team player who is able to adapt to different audiences with a strong coaching style. Ability to accept challenge and form logical responses based on expert knowledge of subject matter. Understand when to escalate and when to take action personally.
• Qualified to NEBOSH Diploma or an equivalent degree qualification.
• Excellent communication skills - able to communicate clearly and confidently at all levels - 1:1, in writing and presenting in group situations.
• Experience - In a similar role with transferable competence set as above.

A Space to be You

We 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 Opportunities

We’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 PepsiCo

PepsiCo 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 that includes 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, visit www.pepsico.com, and follow on X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @PepsiCo.